The AI Lockout Index: media pack (theStacc, November 2026)

Full study: https://thestacc.com/research/ai-crawler-blocking-statistics/

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Suggested credit: Source: The AI Lockout Index by theStacc (linked to the study page).

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- charts/*.png  high-resolution charts (2400 px wide)
- charts/*.svg  vector versions (text uses Geist with a system sans-serif fallback)
- ai-lockout-index-summary-infographic.png
- ai-lockout-index-banner.png
- data/*.csv    aggregate results (no site-level data)

Method summary: theStacc requested 140,000 US local business homepages (Overture Maps Places,
30 industries, 50 states + DC) as nine bots and as a desktop browser between Oct 31 and Nov 2, 2026,
rechecking every refusal at least 24 hours later. 88,640 sites were valid after removing parked and
placeholder domains. Requests identified as each bot but came from theStacc's servers, so results
describe "requests identifying as" each bot.
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