Overview
CAPTCHA is the US Virgin Islands's most elevated secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.7% |
| Antibot | 20.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 24.8% |
| JavaScript | 41.9% |
| Rate Limiting | 15.1% |
| TLS | 18.3% |
WAF covers 93.7% of sites. JavaScript (41.9%) leads secondary barriers. CAPTCHA at 24.8% exceeds the global average of 23.1% and is the most elevated secondary barrier. Rate Limiting (15.1%) also sits above the global 12.9%.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops US Virgin Islands active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.7% |
| Antibot | 20.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 24.8% |
| JavaScript | 41.9% |
| Rate Limiting | 15.1% |
| TLS | 18.3% |
| Has robots.txt | 80.1% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.2% |
WAF reaches 93.7% of sites. JavaScript (41.9%) heads the secondary barriers. CAPTCHA (24.8%) and Rate Limiting (15.1%) both exceed their respective global averages of 23.1% and 12.9%. Antibot (20.6%) and TLS (18.3%) are near global norms.
Most US Virgin Islands sites carry at least two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.2% |
| 1 barrier | 27.8% |
| 2 barriers | 35.6% |
| 3 barriers | 19.2% |
| 4 barriers | 8.5% |
| 5 barriers | 4.2% |
| 6 barriers | 0.5% |
35.6% of US Virgin Islands sites carry exactly two barriers — the modal count. 4.2% have none. Sites with three or more barriers account for 32.4%, including a small tail reaching all six.
US Virgin Islands sites sit comfortably in the Easy access band
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
The median recommended tier is 2 (Easy), with fewer than half of sites reachable at Tier 1 (Simple). A mean of 1.70 reflects a substantial proportion of simple sites keeping the overall score low within the Easy band.
Most US Virgin Islands sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 47.4% |
| 2 - Easy | 39.6% |
| 3 - Moderate | 10.1% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.9% |
| 5 - Advanced | 1% |
Tier 1 (Simple) covers 47.4% of sites; Tier 2 (Easy) a further 39.6% — 87.0% combined. Tier 3 (Moderate) applies to 10.1%. Tiers 4 and 5 together account for 2.9% of sites.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top US Virgin Islands robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.8% |
| SEO / search indexing | 11.1% |
| SEO audit tools | 14.9% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.8% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.9% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.2% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.7% |
AI crawlers appear in robots.txt on 15.8% of all US Virgin Islands sites. SEO audit tools follow closely at 14.9%. SEO/search indexing is cited on 11.1% of sites. Commercial scrapers appear on 7.8% and monitoring bots on 0.7%.
Uniform rules are the most common US Virgin Islands robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41.4% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 32.2% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.8% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 3.1% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 3% |
41.4% of all sites use uniform per-agent rules and 32.2% apply path-level mixing. Blanket Disallow: / covers 3.0% of sites and mixed AI posture 3.1% — both among the higher rates in this country group. Allow-only sits at 2.8%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in US Virgin Islands robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.3% | 2.2% |
| CCBot | 8.7% | 1.6% |
| ClaudeBot | 8.8% | 1.4% |
| Google-Extended | 8.7% | 1.6% |
| Bytespider | 7.3% | 1% |
| meta-externalagent | 3.3% | 0.3% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.3% | 2.9% |
| PerplexityBot | 6.6% | 2.6% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5.1% | 0.9% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.5% | 2.6% |
| anthropic-ai | 5.6% | 1% |
GPTBot is named in Disallow rules on 11.3% of all US Virgin Islands sites. ClaudeBot (8.8%) and CCBot (8.7%) follow closely. ChatGPT-User receives the most explicit Allow rules at 2.9%.
Six US Virgin Islands sectors all name at least one bot
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Packaging | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Telecom | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Insurance | 90% |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 90% |
| Libraries | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Packaging, Retail, and Telecom each see 100% of sites naming at least one bot to restrict. Nine further sectors — including Apparel & Fashion, Beauty & Cosmetics, and Healthcare — sit at 90%.
Six US Virgin Islands sectors lead in explicitly allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 70% |
| Insurance | 70% |
| Non-Profit | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Religion & Belief | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Veterinary | 66.7% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Computer Hardware | 60% |
| Performing Arts | 60% |
| Pharmaceuticals | 60% |
| Photography | 60% |
| Renewable Energy | 60% |
| Science | 60% |
| Social & Charitable | 60% |
Design, Insurance, Non-Profit, Publishing, Religion & Belief, and Retail each see 70% of their sites naming at least one bot in an explicit Allow rule. Veterinary (66.7%) and nine additional sectors sit at 60%.
Industry Patterns
Sporting Goods is the US Virgin Islands's most demanding sector for crawlers
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Goods | 90% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Automotive | 90% | 30% | 10% | 40% | 60% | 30% | 40% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Furniture | 100% | 40% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 50% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 30% | 0% | 70% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% | 0% | 20% | 60% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 40% | 0% | 50% | 20% | 60% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 20% | 0% | 40% | 10% | 30% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 100% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 30% | 40% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Sports | 100% | 10% | 20% | 60% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 60% | 50% | 40% | 0% | 10% | 30% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 90% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 10% | 70% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Computers & Electronics | 90% | 10% | 40% | 60% | 0% | 0% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Sporting Goods records the highest mean recommended tier at 3.05, with a median of 3 (Moderate). Automotive and Equipment & Supplies follow at mean 2.70, both with a median of 3. Furniture, Real Estate, and Hospitality all share a mean of 2.50.
Healthcare and Insurance are the US Virgin Islands's most accessible sectors
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Resources | 100% | 40% | 50% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 30% | 40% | 80% | 10% | 10% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 10% | 40% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Music | 100% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 10% | 0% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Packaging | 100% | 40% | 80% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Printing | 100% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 10% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Airlines | 80% | 0% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 90% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 100% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Government | 100% | 20% | 0% | 70% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 60% | 30% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 10% | 0% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Travel & Tourism | 100% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Military | 87.5% | 0% | 25% | 62.5% | 0% | 12.5% | 75% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Healthcare | 100% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 80% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Healthcare and Insurance share the lowest mean recommended tier in the US Virgin Islands at 1.80 — the floor of the accessible-sector group. Both carry a median of Tier 2 (Easy). Six sectors cluster at 1.90.