Overview
JavaScript is Mali's most common secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.8% |
| Antibot | 20.4% |
| CAPTCHA | 25.1% |
| JavaScript | 36.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 10.4% |
| TLS | 18.2% |
WAF reaches 92.8% across Mali's 866 surveyed sites. JavaScript leads secondary barriers at 36.5%, but CAPTCHA at 25.1% is a narrower margin than in most markets. Antibot (20.4%), TLS (18.2%), and Rate Limiting (10.4%) follow.
Barrier Landscape
CAPTCHA places second in Mali's secondary barrier ranking
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.8% |
| Antibot | 20.4% |
| CAPTCHA | 25.1% |
| JavaScript | 36.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 10.4% |
| TLS | 18.2% |
| Has robots.txt | 79.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13% |
WAF reaches 92.8% across Mali's 866 sites. JavaScript leads secondary barriers at 36.5%, followed by CAPTCHA at 25.1% and Antibot at 20.4%. Rate Limiting is the lowest secondary barrier at 10.4%.
Two-barrier sites are Mali's most common configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.6% |
| 1 barrier | 32.7% |
| 2 barriers | 34.2% |
| 3 barriers | 15.9% |
| 4 barriers | 8.7% |
| 5 barriers | 3.6% |
| 6 barriers | 0.3% |
4.6% of Mali's sites present no detectable barriers. Two barriers is the modal count at 34.2% of sites, just ahead of one-barrier at 32.7%. Sites with three or more barriers account for 28.5%.
Most Mali sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
Mali's browser median of 1 and mean of 1.55 describe a predominantly straightforward access profile. Tier 1 covers 57.9% of sites. The 9.5% at Tier 3 or above pulls the mean above the Simple threshold.
Nine in ten Mali sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 57.9% |
| 2 - Easy | 32.6% |
| 3 - Moderate | 6.9% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.8% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.8% |
Tier 1 accounts for 57.9% of Mali's 866 sites; Tier 2 adds 32.6%, for a combined share of 90.5%. Tier 3 covers 6.9%, Tier 4 covers 1.8%, and Tier 5 covers 0.8%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Mali's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.1% |
| SEO / search indexing | 13.5% |
| SEO audit tools | 13.3% |
| Commercial scrapers | 6.6% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.7% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 5.7% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.3% |
AI crawlers appear in robots.txt on 15.1% of Mali's 866 sites — the highest of any category. SEO / search indexing follows at 13.5%, barely ahead of SEO audit tools at 13.3%. All figures are percentages of all surveyed sites.
Uniform rules are Mali's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 38.5% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 33.8% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 4.3% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.5% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.9% |
20.3% of Mali's sites carry no robots.txt. Uniform per-agent rules cover 38.5% of all 866 sites and path-level mixed rules cover 33.8%. Allow-only posture — no disallow rules at all — stands at 4.3%, while blanket Disallow: / covers 2.9%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Mali's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 10.5% | 2% |
| CCBot | 8.1% | 0.7% |
| ClaudeBot | 8.4% | 0.9% |
| Google-Extended | 8.2% | 0.9% |
| Bytespider | 6.9% | 0.3% |
| meta-externalagent | 4.2% | 0.5% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.4% | 2.5% |
| PerplexityBot | 6.2% | 2.1% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.4% | 0.1% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 3.6% | 1.8% |
| anthropic-ai | 3.8% | 0.5% |
Of 866 surveyed sites, GPTBot is named in a Disallow rule by 10.5% — the highest of any AI agent. ClaudeBot follows at 8.4% and Google-Extended at 8.2%. ChatGPT-User leads explicit allows at 2.5%.
Multiple Mali sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 100% |
| Graphic Design | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Wholesalers | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Consumer Electronics | 90% |
| Entertainment | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Investment | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Newspapers | 90% |
| Online Services | 90% |
| Printing | 90% |
| Publishing | 90% |
Design, Graphic Design, Retail, and Wholesalers each show a 100% named-bot Disallow rate — every site in those sectors names at least one bot to restrict. Eleven further sectors stand at 90%.
Mali's Airlines sites sites lead in explicitly allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Airlines | 90% |
| Travel & Tourism | 80% |
| Ecology & Environment | 70% |
| Investment | 70% |
| Medical Devices | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Renewable Energy | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Sporting Goods | 70% |
| Graphic Design | 66.7% |
| Computer Hardware | 60% |
| Construction | 60% |
| Consulting | 60% |
Airlines has the highest named-bot Allow rate in Mali at 90% of sites. Travel & Tourism follows at 80%. Nine further sectors reach 70%. Figures reflect sites naming at least one bot in an explicit Allow rule.
Industry Patterns
Computer Hardware and Retail share Mali's hardest mean access tier
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 50% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 80% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Education | 100% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Finance | 80% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 100% | 30% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 40% | 10% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Real Estate | 80% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 0% | 10% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 90% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 80% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 40% | 70% | 10% | 20% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Computer Hardware and Retail are joint hardest in Mali, each with a mean browser tier of 2.50. Consumer Electronics and Hospitality follow at 2.40. All top 15 industries share a tier median of 2.
Advertising & Marketing sites are Mali's most accessible
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banking | 100% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 10% | 0% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 80% | 20% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Non-Profit | 90% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Publishing | 90% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 10% | 0% | 90% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 10% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Science | 100% | 30% | 20% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Airlines | 90% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 20% | 100% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Distance Learning | 100% | 30% | 50% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Import & Export | 100% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Music | 100% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 20% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Photography | 90% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 20% | 90% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Travel & Tourism | 100% | 30% | 10% | 70% | 20% | 0% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 90% | 30% | 50% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Advertising & Mktg | 100% | 30% | 50% | 50% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Advertising & Marketing records Mali's lowest mean browser tier at 1.60. Seven sectors — Airlines, Distance Learning, Import & Export, Music, Photography, Travel & Tourism, and Wholesalers — cluster at 1.70.