Overview
JavaScript is Nepal's most common secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.1% |
| Antibot | 20.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.2% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.5% |
| TLS | 18.4% |
WAF reaches 93.1% — the primary barrier across Nepalese sites. JavaScript at 42.2% leads all secondary barriers. CAPTCHA follows at 22.2%, then TLS at 18.4%, Antibot at 20.6%, and Rate Limiting at 13.5%.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Nepal's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.1% |
| Antibot | 20.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.2% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.5% |
| TLS | 18.4% |
| Has robots.txt | 79.7% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.6% |
WAF leads at 93.1%. JavaScript at 42.2% is the strongest secondary barrier. TLS at 18.4% and Rate Limiting at 13.5% follow.
Two-barrier sites are Nepal's most common configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.7% |
| 1 barrier | 30.2% |
| 2 barriers | 33.2% |
| 3 barriers | 18.7% |
| 4 barriers | 9.2% |
| 5 barriers | 3.5% |
| 6 barriers | 0.5% |
Two-barrier sites account for 33.2% of Nepalese domains. Sites with three or more barriers total 31.9% — among the higher stacking rates in this batch. Barrier-free sites stand at 4.7%.
Most Nepal sites are Easy to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
The browser-based recommended tier averages 1.73 across 1,100 Nepalese sites. A median of 2 shows that fewer than half require only Tier 1 retrieval; the majority land at Tier 2 (Easy) or above.
Moderate sites are more prevalent here than typical
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 44.6% |
| 2 - Easy | 41.5% |
| 3 - Moderate | 10.5% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.4% |
| 5 - Advanced | 1% |
Tier 1 (Simple) covers 44.6% of Nepalese sites; Tier 2 (Easy) a further 41.5%. Tier 3 (Moderate) at 10.5% is notable. Tier 4 and 5 together account for 3.4%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Nepal's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 16.5% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.7% |
| SEO audit tools | 12.8% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.1% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.3% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers appear on 16.5% of all Nepalese sites. SEO audit tools at 12.8% and SEO / search indexing at 12.7% share second place, separated by less than 0.1 percentage points across 1,100 sites.
Uniform rules are Nepal's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41.2% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 32.4% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 3.2% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.8% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.6% |
Uniform per-agent rules appear on 41.2% of all Nepalese sites. Path-level mixed rules follow at 32.4%. Allow-only rules cover 3.2% of sites. About 20.3% of Nepalese sites publish no robots.txt.
GPTBot tops both the block list and the explicit Allow list
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.9% | 3% |
| CCBot | 9.1% | 1.4% |
| ClaudeBot | 9% | 1.5% |
| Google-Extended | 8.6% | 2.1% |
| Bytespider | 7% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.9% | 0.1% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.6% | 2.5% |
| PerplexityBot | 6.5% | 2.5% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5% | 0.5% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| anthropic-ai | 5.6% | 0.9% |
GPTBot is named in a Disallow rule on 11.9% of all Nepalese sites — the highest of any agent. It also leads Allow rules at 3.0%, making it the most actively addressed AI agent in both directions.
Design, Entertainment, and Telecom each achieve full named-bot Disallow coverage
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Telecom | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Civil Engineering | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Consumer Electronics | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Insurance | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Medical Devices | 90% |
| Newspapers | 90% |
| Online Services | 90% |
Design, Entertainment, and Telecom each show 100% of their sites naming at least one bot to restrict. Adult, Civil Engineering, Comics & Animation, and nine further sectors follow at 90%.
Airlines and Architecture jointly lead explicit bot Allow rules
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Airlines | 80% |
| Architecture | 80% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Plastics & Polymers | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Travel & Tourism | 70% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Performing Arts | 60% |
| Public Policy | 60% |
| Software & Dev | 60% |
| Sports | 60% |
| Telecom | 60% |
| Training & Cert. | 60% |
Airlines and Architecture sites name at least one bot in an Allow rule on 80% of their domains — the highest rate in Nepal. Photography, Plastics & Polymers, Publishing, Retail, Science, and Travel & Tourism follow at 70%.
Industry Patterns
Hospitality and Retail share the hardest scraping profile
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | 90% | 30% | 0% | 60% | 20% | 40% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 20% | 10% | 90% | 50% | Tier 3 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 20% | 50% | 90% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Furniture | 100% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 80% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Real Estate | 90% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 80% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Medical Devices | 100% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 10% | 0% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 30% | 20% | 50% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 90% | 0% | 20% | 60% | 0% | 40% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Hospitality and Retail share the highest mean tier in Nepal, both with a Moderate median. Consumer Electronics, Equipment & Supplies, Apparel & Fashion, Human Resources, and Real Estate all share the next cluster.
Five sectors share the most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textiles & Nonwovens | 100% | 0% | 30% | 50% | 0% | 10% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| TV & Film | 100% | 60% | 10% | 60% | 50% | 10% | 50% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 80% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 90% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 80% | 10% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 60% | 20% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 90% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 40% | 80% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Banking | 100% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Events | 100% | 30% | 30% | 100% | 20% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Automotive, Banking, Crafts, Design, and Events each record a mean recommended tier of 2.00 — the lowest in Nepal. Food & Beverages at 2.05 sits just above, with most sectors in this list clustered between 2.00 and 2.20.