Overview
Secondary barrier rates closely mirror global averages in Peru
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.9% |
| Antibot | 21% |
| CAPTCHA | 23% |
| JavaScript | 42.6% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.6% |
| TLS | 18% |
WAF reaches 92.9%. JavaScript leads secondary barriers at 42.6%. CAPTCHA (23.0%) and Antibot (21.0%) both sit within one percentage point of global averages. TLS (18.0%) and Rate Limiting (13.6%) also track near global benchmarks.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript leads all secondary barriers by nine points in Peru
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.9% |
| Antibot | 21% |
| CAPTCHA | 23% |
| JavaScript | 42.6% |
| Rate Limiting | 13.6% |
| TLS | 18% |
| Has robots.txt | 79% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13.9% |
WAF leads at 92.9%. JavaScript (42.6%) is the clear secondary leader, nine points ahead of CAPTCHA (23.0%). Antibot (21.0%), TLS (18.0%), and Rate Limiting (13.6%) follow in descending order.
Two barriers is the most common site configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.9% |
| 1 barrier | 28.8% |
| 2 barriers | 35.3% |
| 3 barriers | 17.6% |
| 4 barriers | 9.1% |
| 5 barriers | 3.9% |
| 6 barriers | 0.5% |
35.3% of sites carry exactly two barriers — the most common count. 4.9% have zero. 31.1% deploy three or more barriers, with 0.5% using all six.
Most Peru sites are Easy to access programmatically
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
Mean recommended tier is 1.66 with a median of 2, indicating that fewer than 50% of Peru sites resolve at the simplest retrieval level. The mean sits near 1.66 — among the lower values in the region.
Nearly nine in 10 Peru sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 49.3% |
| 2 - Easy | 38.3% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.5% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.3% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.5% |
Tier 1 accounts for 49.3% of sites and Tier 2 for 38.3% — 87.6% combined. Tier 3 reaches 9.5%, Tier 4 is 2.3%, and Tier 5 is 0.5%.
robots.txt
AI crawlers lead the named-bot categories in Peru
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.8% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.1% |
| SEO audit tools | 13% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.8% |
| Social / content scrapers | 5.9% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.5% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
15.8% of all sites name at least one AI crawler in robots.txt — the top category. SEO audit tools follow at 13.0% and SEO/search indexing at 12.1%. Commercial scrapers appear at 7.8%. Monitoring bots are named by 0.5% of sites.
Allow-only posture reaches its highest share in this country group
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 40.5% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 32.7% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 3.1% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.5% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.6% |
40.5% of all sites use uniform per-agent rules and 32.7% use path-level mixed rules. Allow-only (3.1%) exceeds both Blanket Disallow (2.6%) and Mixed AI posture (2.5%) — an unusual ordering.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Peru's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.1% | 2.3% |
| CCBot | 8.6% | 0.9% |
| ClaudeBot | 8.2% | 1.2% |
| Google-Extended | 8.1% | 1.5% |
| Bytespider | 7.2% | 0.3% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.7% | 0.2% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.9% | 2.6% |
| PerplexityBot | 6% | 2.1% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.5% | 0.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.6% | 2% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.9% | 0.9% |
GPTBot is Disallowed by 11.1% of all sites — the top blocked agent. CCBot (8.6%) and ClaudeBot (8.2%) follow. meta-externalagent receives the lowest block rate at 2.7%. ChatGPT-User leads explicit Allow at 2.6%.
Four sectors unanimously name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Architecture | 90% |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% |
| Chemicals | 90% |
| Civil Engineering | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Crafts | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Newspapers | 90% |
Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, and Retail each show 100% of sites naming at least one bot in a Disallow rule. Eleven further sectors sit at 90%, including Adult, Architecture, Beauty & Cosmetics, and Healthcare.
Automotive leads sectors on explicit bot Allow rules in Peru
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 80% |
| Architecture | 70% |
| Oil & Gas | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Plastics & Polymers | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Ceramics & Pottery | 60% |
| Farms & Ranches | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Investment | 60% |
| Non-Profit | 60% |
| Public Policy | 60% |
Automotive shows 80% of sites naming at least one bot in an Allow rule — the highest rate. Architecture, Oil & Gas, Photography, Plastics & Polymers, Publishing, Retail, and Science follow at 70%. Seven further sectors sit at 60%.
Industry Patterns
Real Estate is Peru's hardest sector to access programmatically
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Estate | 100% | 10% | 0% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 30% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Furniture | 100% | 50% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 40% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 50% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 90% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 0% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 100% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 90% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 50% | 20% | 50% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Real Estate reaches a median tier of 3 and a mean of 3.00 — the only sector at that ceiling. Hospitality and Jewellery & Luxury follow at median tier 3, mean 2.90. Furniture reaches median tier 3 with a mean of 2.50.
Three sectors share Peru's most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesalers | 80% | 10% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | 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 |
| Medical Devices | 90% | 10% | 0% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 100% | 40% | 40% | 60% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Reference | 80% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 10% | 0% | 40% | 20% | 20% | 90% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Veterinary | 100% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Advertising & Mktg | 100% | 20% | 40% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Construction | 90% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 50% | 90% | 30% | 0% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
The most accessible sectors reach a mean tier of 1.80. Advertising & Mktg, Construction, and Food & Beverages all share this floor — each with a median of 2.