Overview
CAPTCHA, Antibot, and TLS form a tight secondary cluster in Egypt
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.1% |
| Antibot | 19.9% |
| CAPTCHA | 20.2% |
| JavaScript | 42.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.1% |
| TLS | 19.3% |
WAF leads at 92.1%. Among secondary barriers, CAPTCHA (20.2%), Antibot (19.9%), and TLS (19.3%) are clustered within one percentage point of each other. JavaScript reaches 42.5%; Rate Limiting sits at 13.1%.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Egypt's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.1% |
| Antibot | 19.9% |
| CAPTCHA | 20.2% |
| JavaScript | 42.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.1% |
| TLS | 19.3% |
| Has robots.txt | 79.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13.3% |
WAF sits at 92.1%. JavaScript leads at 42.5% among secondary barriers. CAPTCHA (20.2%), Antibot (19.9%), and TLS (19.3%) are within one point of each other. Rate Limiting records 13.1%.
Two-barrier sites are Egypt's most common configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 5.1% |
| 1 barrier | 29.5% |
| 2 barriers | 35.8% |
| 3 barriers | 17.3% |
| 4 barriers | 7.7% |
| 5 barriers | 4.2% |
| 6 barriers | 0.4% |
35.8% of Egypt sites deploy exactly two barriers — the modal count. A further 29.6% stack three or more. At 5.1%, the zero-barrier share sits above the 3% threshold that distinguishes accessible-heavy markets.
Most Egypt 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 1.72. Only 44.8% of Egypt sites resolve at Tier 1 — below the 50% threshold — making browser-based retrieval necessary for the majority.
Most Egypt sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 44.8% |
| 2 - Easy | 42.3% |
| 3 - Moderate | 10% |
| 4 - Complex | 2% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.9% |
Tier 1 accounts for 44.8% of Egypt sites; Tier 2 is close behind at 42.3%. Tier 3 adds 10.0%. Tiers 4 and 5 together reach just 2.9% — the site distribution is strongly concentrated in the two lowest tiers.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Egypt's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 14.7% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.4% |
| SEO audit tools | 12.4% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.7% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.2% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.3% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers are named in 14.7% of all Egypt sites. SEO / search indexing and SEO audit tools are exactly tied at 12.4% each. Commercial scrapers appear at 7.7% of all sites.
Uniform per-agent rules top Egypt's robots.txt posture distribution
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41.3% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 32.9% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.6% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.6% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.7% |
Uniform per-agent rules apply to 41.3% of all Egypt sites. Path-level mixed rules cover 32.9%. 20.3% of sites have no robots.txt. Blanket Disallow: / and Mixed AI posture each account for 2.7% and 2.6%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Egypt's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 10.7% | 2.3% |
| CCBot | 7.9% | 1.1% |
| ClaudeBot | 7.9% | 1.2% |
| Google-Extended | 7.6% | 1.4% |
| Bytespider | 6.7% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 3% | 0.3% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.2% | 2.4% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.4% | 2.2% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.9% | 0.5% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.7% | 0.9% |
GPTBot is blocked on 10.7% of all Egypt sites. CCBot and ClaudeBot follow at 7.9% each. ChatGPT-User leads explicit allows at 2.4%, with PerplexityBot at 2.2% and OAI-SearchBot at 1.9%.
Multiple Egypt sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Consumer Electronics | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Medical Devices | 100% |
| Telecom | 100% |
| Visual Art | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% |
| Civil Engineering | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Newspapers | 90% |
Consumer Electronics, Design, Entertainment, Medical Devices, Telecom, and Visual Art each show a 100% named-bot Disallow rate in Egypt. Every site in those sectors names at least one bot to restrict.
Egypt's leading sectors explicitly allow crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Airlines | 70% |
| Automotive | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Sporting Goods | 70% |
| Travel & Tourism | 70% |
| Agriculture | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Education | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Non-Profit | 60% |
| Performing Arts | 60% |
| Pharmaceuticals | 60% |
Airlines, Automotive, Photography, Publishing, Retail, Science, Sporting Goods, and Travel & Tourism all sit at 70% explicit Allow rate — the ceiling for Egypt. No sector reaches 80% or above.
Industry Patterns
Four Egypt sectors reach Moderate difficulty — Jewellery & Luxury leads
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 60% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 50% | 20% | 60% | 30% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 30% | 40% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Medical Devices | 90% | 0% | 10% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 20% | 10% | 90% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 70% | 60% | 40% | 50% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 80% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 30% | 0% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Furniture | 90% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 80% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 50% | 20% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 90% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Jewellery & Luxury and Real Estate each carry a mean tier of 2.80 — the highest in Egypt — with a median of 3. Hospitality (2.70) also reaches Moderate median. Medical Devices and Human Resources both average 2.40; Medical Devices sits at Moderate median, Human Resources at Easy.
Education, Adult, and Chemicals share Egypt's most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Banking | 80% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 10% | 40% | 100% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 100% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 90% | 50% | 70% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| TV & Film | 100% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 10% | 70% | 30% | 0% | 80% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 50% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 30% | 80% | 10% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Chemicals | 70% | 0% | 10% | 50% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Education | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Education, Adult, and Chemicals each record the lowest mean recommended tier in Egypt's bottom group at 1.90. The full bottom group spans 1.90 to 2.10 — a narrow band of relatively accessible sectors.