Overview
Antibot and CAPTCHA are virtually tied as Algeria's second secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.9% |
| Antibot | 20.8% |
| CAPTCHA | 20.9% |
| JavaScript | 43.3% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.7% |
| TLS | 17.1% |
WAF leads at 92.9%. Antibot (20.8%) and CAPTCHA (20.9%) are separated by just 0.1 percentage points — an unusually even pairing. JavaScript reaches 43.3%; TLS (17.1%) and Rate Limiting (12.7%) trail.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Algeria's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.9% |
| Antibot | 20.8% |
| CAPTCHA | 20.9% |
| JavaScript | 43.3% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.7% |
| TLS | 17.1% |
| Has robots.txt | 79.9% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13.5% |
WAF sits at 92.9%. JavaScript leads the secondary barriers at 43.3%. Antibot and CAPTCHA are effectively equal at 20.8% and 20.9%. TLS (17.1%) and Rate Limiting (12.7%) complete the profile.
Three in ten Algeria sites carry three or more barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.9% |
| 1 barrier | 30.1% |
| 2 barriers | 34.9% |
| 3 barriers | 17.4% |
| 4 barriers | 8.3% |
| 5 barriers | 3.7% |
| 6 barriers | 0.6% |
34.9% of Algeria sites deploy exactly two barriers. A further 30.0% stack three or more. 4.9% operate with no barriers. The distribution spreads further toward higher barrier counts than in most African markets surveyed.
Most Algeria sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
The recommended browser tier has a median of 2 and a mean of 1.66. Fewer than 50% of Algeria sites are accessible at Tier 1, making browser-based retrieval the modal requirement for this market.
Most Algeria sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 49% |
| 2 - Easy | 38.9% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.5% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.8% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.7% |
Tier 1 accounts for 49.0% of Algeria sites — just short of a majority. Tier 2 follows with 38.9%. Tiers 3 through 5 together account for 12.0% of sites, with the hardest tier reaching just 0.7%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Algeria's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.7% |
| SEO / search indexing | 13.4% |
| SEO audit tools | 14.4% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.2% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 5.2% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers are named in 15.7% of all Algeria sites. SEO audit tools follow closely at 14.4%, and SEO / search indexing at 13.4%. Commercial scrapers appear at 8.0%.
Uniform per-agent rules are Algeria's dominant robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 40.7% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 34% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.3% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.5% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.6% |
Uniform per-agent rules apply to 40.7% of all Algeria sites; path-level mixed rules cover 34.0%. 20.1% of sites have no robots.txt. Blanket Disallow: / accounts for 2.6%, Allow-only for 2.3%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Algeria's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.3% | 2.3% |
| CCBot | 8.7% | 0.9% |
| ClaudeBot | 8.1% | 1.2% |
| Google-Extended | 8.1% | 1.3% |
| Bytespider | 6.8% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.9% | 0.3% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.2% | 2.9% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.6% | 2.1% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.7% | 0.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4% | 2% |
| anthropic-ai | 5.2% | 0.8% |
GPTBot is blocked on 11.3% of all Algeria sites, followed by CCBot at 8.7% and Google-Extended at 8.1%. ChatGPT-User leads explicit allows at 2.9%, ahead of PerplexityBot at 2.1%.
Multiple Algeria sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Medical Devices | 100% |
| Printing | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Veterinary | 100% |
| Visual Art | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Consumer Electronics | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Machinery | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Medical Devices, Printing, Retail, Veterinary, and Visual Art each show a 100% named-bot Disallow rate — every site in those sectors restricts at least one named bot.
Algeria's Automotive and Retail sites lead in explicitly allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 80% |
| Retail | 80% |
| Airlines | 70% |
| Architecture | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Telecom | 70% |
| Facilities Services | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Hospitality | 60% |
| Mental Health | 60% |
| Non-Profit | 60% |
| Oil & Gas | 60% |
| Plastics & Polymers | 60% |
Automotive and Retail each have an 80% explicit Allow rate — the highest in Algeria. Airlines, Architecture, Photography, Publishing, Science, and Telecom follow at 70%. Facilities Services and five others sit at 60%.
Industry Patterns
Jewellery & Luxury and Real Estate are Algeria's hardest sectors to access
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 60% | 80% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 30% | 20% | 50% | 30% | Tier 3 |
| Furniture | 100% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Automotive | 100% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 30% | 0% | 60% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Medical Devices | 100% | 0% | 20% | 60% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 100% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 0% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 30% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Jewellery & Luxury and Real Estate are the only two sectors in Algeria with a tier median of 3 — both at a mean of 2.70. Furniture, Automotive, and Retail all share a mean of 2.50 immediately below.
Algeria's most accessible sectors share a floor mean tier of 1.90
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Goods | 90% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 70% | 10% | 40% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 70% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 0% | 40% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 70% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 10% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Renewable Energy | 90% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 10% | 30% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| TV & Film | 100% | 50% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 50% | 10% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 100% | 40% | 0% | 60% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 100% | 20% | 20% | 60% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 90% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Visual Art | 100% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Visual Art has the lowest mean recommended tier in Algeria's bottom group at 1.90. Crafts, Pharmaceuticals, Public Safety, and Telecom share that floor. The group ranges from 1.90 to 2.10.