Overview
JavaScript is Saint Helena's most common secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.2% |
| Antibot | 11.4% |
| CAPTCHA | 31.8% |
| JavaScript | 45.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 8% |
| TLS | 26.1% |
Based on 88 surveyed sites, WAF stands at 93.2% and JavaScript at 45.5%. CAPTCHA is elevated at 31.8% and TLS at 26.1%, while Antibot (11.4%) and Rate Limiting (8.0%) are low relative to the other barriers.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Saint Helena's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.2% |
| Antibot | 11.4% |
| CAPTCHA | 31.8% |
| JavaScript | 45.5% |
| Rate Limiting | 8% |
| TLS | 26.1% |
| Has robots.txt | 81.8% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 19.3% |
After WAF at 93.2%, JavaScript leads at 45.5%. CAPTCHA stands at 31.8% and TLS at 26.1%. Antibot at 11.4% and Rate Limiting at 8.0% are at the low end. Based on 88 sites.
Three-barrier sites are Saint Helena's most common configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 3.4% |
| 1 barrier | 23.9% |
| 2 barriers | 37.5% |
| 3 barriers | 27.3% |
| 4 barriers | 4.5% |
| 5 barriers | 3.4% |
| 6 barriers | 0% |
Based on 88 surveyed sites, two barriers is the modal configuration at 37.5%. Sites with exactly three barriers account for 27.3% — a notable share. 3.4% of sites present no detectable barrier.
Most Saint Helena sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.4 |
A mean of 1.41 and median of 1 characterise Saint Helena's access difficulty across 88 surveyed sites. Tier 1 accounts for 65.9% — a clear majority. No sites require Tier 4 or Tier 5.
Most Saint Helena sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 65.9% |
| 2 - Easy | 27.3% |
| 3 - Moderate | 6.8% |
| 4 - Complex | 0% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0% |
Tier 1 covers 65.9% of Saint Helena's 88 sites and Tier 2 covers 27.3%, giving a combined 93.2%. Tier 3 accounts for 6.8%. No sites require Tier 4 or Tier 5 access.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Saint Helena's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 19.3% |
| SEO / search indexing | 20.5% |
| SEO audit tools | 10.2% |
| Commercial scrapers | 20.5% |
| Social / content scrapers | 15.9% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.5% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0% |
SEO / search indexing and Commercial scrapers are each mentioned in 20.5% of Saint Helena's 88 sites — tied at the top. AI crawlers follow at 19.3%. Based on a small sample; each site represents roughly 1.1 percentage points.
Uniform rules are Saint Helena's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 27.3% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 44.3% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 0% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 6.8% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 10.2% |
18.2% of Saint Helena's sites publish no robots.txt. Path-level mixed rules is the most common posture at 44.3% of all sites — ahead of uniform rules at 27.3%. Blanket Disallow: / covers 10.2% of all sites. Based on 88 sites.
Google-Extended and PerplexityBot face the most blocks in Saint Helena
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 14.8% | 4.5% |
| CCBot | 10.2% | 2.3% |
| ClaudeBot | 10.2% | — |
| Google-Extended | 15.9% | 4.5% |
| Bytespider | 9.1% | 2.3% |
| meta-externalagent | 1.1% | — |
| ChatGPT-User | 11.4% | 4.5% |
| PerplexityBot | 15.9% | 4.5% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5.7% | — |
| OAI-SearchBot | 6.8% | 4.5% |
| anthropic-ai | 8% | — |
Google-Extended and PerplexityBot are each Disallowed by 15.9% of Saint Helena's 88 sites. GPTBot follows at 14.8%. GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, and OAI-SearchBot each have an explicit Allow rate of 4.5%. Based on a small sample.
Multiple Saint Helena sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Telecom | 83.3% |
| General | 80% |
| Online Services | 80% |
| Software & Dev | 70% |
| IT Services | 60% |
Six sectors are represented in Saint Helena's named-bot Disallow ranking. Mass Media leads at 90%, followed by Telecom at 83.3%. General and Online Services stand at 80%. Based on 88 surveyed sites, individual sector rates are sensitive to single-site changes.
Saint Helena's Mass Media sites lead in explicitly allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Mass Media | 70% |
| General | 60% |
| Online Services | 60% |
| Software & Dev | 60% |
| Telecom | 50% |
| IT Services | 40% |
Mass Media has the highest named-bot Allow rate in Saint Helena at 70%. General, Online Services, and Software & Dev follow at 60%. Only six sectors appear in this ranking, limited by the small 88-site sample.
Industry Patterns
Telecom is Saint Helena's most challenging sector to access
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telecom | 83.3% | 16.7% | 0% | 33.3% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 83.3% | 16.7% | Tier 2 |
| Software & Dev | 90% | 30% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| General | 100% | 10% | 70% | 60% | 10% | 40% | 80% | 40% | Tier 1 |
| IT Services | 80% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 0% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 1 |
| Mass Media | 100% | 0% | 60% | 50% | 10% | 30% | 90% | 40% | Tier 1 |
| Online Services | 100% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 10% | 30% | 80% | 30% | Tier 1 |
Saint Helena's surveyed domain pool yields only six industries. Telecom leads at a mean browser tier of 1.67 with a median of 2. Software & Dev follows at 1.50. Four industries share a mean tier of 1.40 and a median of 1. Based on 88 total sites.
No further industry tier data is available for Saint Helena
Saint Helena's 88 surveyed sites span only six identifiable industries. No additional industry tier group is available beyond those shown in the chart above.