Overview
JavaScript leads Brazil's secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.6% |
| Antibot | 20.3% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.9% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.9% |
| TLS | 17.6% |
WAF reaches 92.6%. JavaScript tops secondary barriers at 42.2%. CAPTCHA (22.9%) and Antibot (20.3%) are within two points of each other. TLS stands at 17.6% and Rate Limiting at 12.9%.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript leads all secondary barriers by the widest margin
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.6% |
| Antibot | 20.3% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.9% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.9% |
| TLS | 17.6% |
| Has robots.txt | 77.1% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 12.3% |
WAF adopted by 92.6% of sites. JavaScript is the second-highest barrier at 42.2%. CAPTCHA follows at 22.9%, with Antibot at 20.3%, TLS at 17.6%, and Rate Limiting at 12.9%.
Two barriers is the most common site configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 5.4% |
| 1 barrier | 27.5% |
| 2 barriers | 36.6% |
| 3 barriers | 17.8% |
| 4 barriers | 9.4% |
| 5 barriers | 3.1% |
| 6 barriers | 0.3% |
36.6% of sites carry exactly two barriers — the modal count. 5.4% carry none. 30.6% deploy three or more: 17.8% at three, 9.4% at four, 3.1% at five, and 0.3% at all six.
Most Brazil sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
Mean recommended tier is 1.65; median is 1. 50.6% of sites return at Tier 1, just above the majority threshold. 37.1% reach Tier 2.
Nearly nine in 10 Brazil sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 50.6% |
| 2 - Easy | 37.1% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.8% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.4% |
| 5 - Advanced | 1.1% |
Tier 1 and Tier 2 together cover 87.7% of sites. Tier 3 stands at 9.8%. Tier 4 accounts for 1.4% and Tier 5 for 1.1%.
robots.txt
SEO audit tools outrank SEO indexing bots in robots.txt
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 14.3% |
| SEO / search indexing | 11.7% |
| SEO audit tools | 13% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.4% |
| Social / content scrapers | 5.7% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.1% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers are named on 14.3% of all sites. SEO audit tools (13.0%) rank ahead of SEO/search indexing bots (11.7%) — a reversal of typical ordering. Commercial scrapers reach 7.4%; monitoring bots just 0.5%.
Uniform rules are the most common posture in Brazil
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 40.9% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 30.7% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.8% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.2% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.4% |
40.9% of all sites use uniform per-agent rules. Path-level mixed rules cover 30.7%. Allow-only posture accounts for 2.8%, blanket Disallow: / for 2.4%, and mixed AI posture for 2.2%.
GPTBot is most restricted and ties for the top Allow rate
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 10.6% | 2.3% |
| CCBot | 8% | 0.9% |
| ClaudeBot | 7.6% | 0.7% |
| Google-Extended | 7.8% | 1.3% |
| Bytespider | 6.6% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.9% | 0.2% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5% | 2.3% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.3% | 1.7% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.5% | 0.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 3.6% | 1.8% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.2% | 0.7% |
GPTBot holds a Disallow on 10.6% of all sites. CCBot follows at 8.0%, then Google-Extended at 7.8%. GPTBot and ChatGPT-User share the highest explicit Allow rate at 2.3% each.
Seven sectors unanimously name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Nanotechnology | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Visual Art | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Medical Devices | 90% |
| Online Services | 90% |
| Printing | 90% |
Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Nanotechnology, Newspapers, Retail, and Visual Art each show 100% named-bot Disallow rates. Eight further sectors reach 90%.
Wellness leads explicit bot Allow rules — an atypical top sector
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Wellness | 80% |
| Architecture | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Automotive | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Non-Profit | 60% |
| Pharmaceuticals | 60% |
| Plastics & Polymers | 60% |
| Public Relations | 60% |
| Retail | 60% |
| Software & Dev | 60% |
| Veterinary | 60% |
Wellness is the sector most likely to name a bot in an Allow rule, at 80.0%. Architecture, Photography, Publishing, and Science follow at 70.0%. Airlines, Automotive, and eight others reach 60.0%.
Industry Patterns
Jewellery & Luxury and Hospitality are Brazil's hardest sectors to access
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 60% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 100% | 30% | 0% | 70% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 100% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 50% | 10% | 70% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Real Estate | 90% | 50% | 20% | 70% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 90% | 0% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 30% | 10% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Medical Devices | 100% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 10% | 0% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 40% | 50% | 40% | 0% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Jewellery & Luxury reaches a median tier of 3 and a mean of 3.00 — the highest in Brazil and the only sector to hit that ceiling. Hospitality follows at median 3, mean 2.70.
Four sectors share Brazil's most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 90% | 10% | 20% | 60% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 90% | 10% | 0% | 50% | 10% | 20% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | 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 |
| Reference | 80% | 60% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Veterinary | 100% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 40% | 40% | 80% | 20% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Import & Export | 100% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 90% | 10% | 20% | 40% | 0% | 40% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 100% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 10% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
The most accessible sectors reach a mean tier of 1.90. Four industries share this floor: Adult, Import & Export, Manufacturing, and Public Safety.