Overview
JavaScript leads Morocco's secondary barriers well ahead of CAPTCHA and Antibot
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.1% |
| Antibot | 21.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 23.2% |
| JavaScript | 42.4% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.8% |
| TLS | 18.1% |
WAF is near-universal at 93.1% across Morocco's 1,111 surveyed sites. JavaScript leads secondary barriers at 42.4%, followed by CAPTCHA at 23.2%, Antibot at 21.6%, TLS at 18.1%, and Rate Limiting at 12.8%.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Morocco's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.1% |
| Antibot | 21.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 23.2% |
| JavaScript | 42.4% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.8% |
| TLS | 18.1% |
| Has robots.txt | 80.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.8% |
WAF reaches 93.1% across Morocco's 1,111 sites. JavaScript is the leading secondary barrier at 42.4% — 19 points ahead of CAPTCHA at 23.2%. Antibot (21.6%), TLS (18.1%), and Rate Limiting (12.8%) follow.
Two-barrier sites are Morocco's most common configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.8% |
| 1 barrier | 28.7% |
| 2 barriers | 35.6% |
| 3 barriers | 17.5% |
| 4 barriers | 8.8% |
| 5 barriers | 4.1% |
| 6 barriers | 0.5% |
4.8% of Morocco's 1,111 sites present no detectable barriers. Two barriers is the modal count at 35.6%. Sites deploying three or more barriers account for 30.9% of the total.
Most Morocco sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
Morocco's browser median of 2 and mean of 1.66 reflect a more demanding access profile. Tier 1 covers 49.1% of sites — just under half. The remaining 50.9% require browser retrieval at Tier 2 or above.
Most Morocco sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 49.1% |
| 2 - Easy | 38.9% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.4% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.1% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.6% |
Tier 1 accounts for 49.1% of Morocco's sites and Tier 2 adds 38.9%, for a combined share of 88.0%. Tier 3 covers 9.4%, Tier 4 covers 2.1%, and Tier 5 covers 0.6%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Morocco's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 16.6% |
| SEO / search indexing | 13.1% |
| SEO audit tools | 13.8% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.3% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.4% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 5.2% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers are the most-mentioned bot category, appearing on 16.6% of Morocco's 1,111 sites. SEO audit tools follow at 13.8%, and SEO / search indexing at 13.1%. All figures are percentages of all surveyed sites.
Uniform rules are Morocco's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 42.8% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 33.4% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.1% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.8% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.3% |
19.3% of Morocco's sites carry no robots.txt. Of all 1,111 sites, 42.8% use uniform per-agent rules and 33.4% use path-level mixed rules. Blanket Disallow: / applies to 2.3% of all sites.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Morocco's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.9% | 2.7% |
| CCBot | 9.8% | 1.1% |
| ClaudeBot | 9.3% | 1.5% |
| Google-Extended | 9% | 1.4% |
| Bytespider | 7.4% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 3.5% | 0.3% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.4% | 2.8% |
| PerplexityBot | 6% | 2% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5.1% | 0.5% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.1% | 1.9% |
| anthropic-ai | 5.5% | 1% |
Of 1,111 surveyed sites, GPTBot is named in a Disallow rule by 11.9% — the highest of any agent. CCBot follows at 9.8% and ClaudeBot at 9.3%. ChatGPT-User leads explicit allows at 2.8%.
Multiple Morocco sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Civil Engineering | 100% |
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Medical Devices | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Visual Art | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Automotive | 90% |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Consumer Electronics | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Machinery | 90% |
Civil Engineering, Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Medical Devices, Retail, and Visual Art each show a 100% named-bot Disallow rate — every site in these sectors names at least one bot to restrict.
Morocco's leading sectors explicitly allow crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Airlines | 70% |
| Architecture | 70% |
| Automotive | 70% |
| Facilities Services | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Public Policy | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Telecom | 70% |
| Travel & Tourism | 70% |
| Veterinary | 70% |
| Education | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Investment | 60% |
No sector exceeds 70% for named-bot Allow rules in Morocco. Airlines, Architecture, Automotive, Facilities Services, Photography, Public Policy, Publishing, Retail, Science, Telecom, Travel & Tourism, and Veterinary all reach 70%.
Industry Patterns
Jewellery & Luxury is Morocco's hardest sector to access programmatically
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 50% | 50% | 60% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 30% | 40% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 10% | 0% | 60% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 30% | Tier 3 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 70% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 60% | 20% | 20% | 100% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Furniture | 100% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 40% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Medical Devices | 100% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 100% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 80% | 30% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 40% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 50% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 0% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 90% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Jewellery & Luxury is Morocco's hardest industry, with a mean browser tier of 2.90 and a tier median of 3. Hospitality and Real Estate follow at mean tier 2.70 — also with median tier 3.
Four Morocco sectors share the most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 50% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 90% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 0% | 10% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Import & Export | 100% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 10% | 0% | 50% | 10% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 100% | 30% | 40% | 70% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Textiles & Nonwovens | 100% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 50% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 90% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 0% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Reference | 90% | 60% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 40% | 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 |
Manufacturing, Reference, Telecom, and Visual Art are Morocco's most accessible industries, each averaging a mean browser tier of 1.90. Eleven other sectors in this group sit at 2.00.