Overview
JavaScript leads among Paraguay secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.6% |
| Antibot | 20.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 23.8% |
| JavaScript | 42.1% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.9% |
| TLS | 17.8% |
WAF reaches 92.6% of Paraguay sites. JavaScript is the strongest secondary barrier at 42.1%, followed by CAPTCHA at 23.8% and Antibot at 20.6%. Rate Limiting (12.9%) and TLS (17.8%) trail the field.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript and CAPTCHA outpace Antibot among secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.6% |
| Antibot | 20.6% |
| CAPTCHA | 23.8% |
| JavaScript | 42.1% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.9% |
| TLS | 17.8% |
| Has robots.txt | 80.3% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13.6% |
WAF leads at 92.6%. Among the five secondary barriers, JavaScript (42.1%) and CAPTCHA (23.8%) rank ahead of Antibot (20.6%), TLS (17.8%), and Rate Limiting (12.9%).
Two barriers is the most common site configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 5% |
| 1 barrier | 29.4% |
| 2 barriers | 34.9% |
| 3 barriers | 17.1% |
| 4 barriers | 8.9% |
| 5 barriers | 4.3% |
| 6 barriers | 0.4% |
34.9% of Paraguay sites deploy exactly two barriers — the most common count. Single-barrier sites account for 29.4%. Zero-barrier sites stand at 5.0%, while 30.7% carry three or more.
Most Paraguay sites are Simple to access
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
The browser-based median tier is 1, indicating more than half of Paraguay sites are retrievable at Tier 1. The mean of 1.64 reflects a tail of harder sites pulling the average above the median.
Nearly nine in 10 Paraguay sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 51% |
| 2 - Easy | 37.2% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.2% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.7% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.8% |
Tier 1 accounts for 51.0% of sites and Tier 2 for 37.2%, combining to 88.2%. Tier 3 adds 9.2%. Tiers 4 and 5 together account for 2.5% of sites.
robots.txt
AI crawlers are the most-named bot category in robots.txt
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.4% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.2% |
| SEO audit tools | 12.5% |
| Commercial scrapers | 8.5% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.2% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 5% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.6% |
AI crawlers are cited by 15.4% of all Paraguay sites — the highest category. SEO audit tools follow at 12.5% and SEO / search indexing at 12.2%. Commercial scrapers appear in 8.5% of files; monitoring bots in just 0.6%.
Uniform per-agent rules are the most common posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 39.7% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 33.9% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 3.7% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.3% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.8% |
Uniform per-agent rules cover 39.7% of all Paraguay sites and path-level mixed rules cover 33.9%. Allow-only files reach 3.7%. Blanket Disallow: / applies to 2.8% of sites; mixed AI posture to 2.3%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Paraguay's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.6% | 1.9% |
| CCBot | 8.8% | 0.8% |
| ClaudeBot | 8.3% | 0.8% |
| Google-Extended | 8.5% | 1.1% |
| Bytespider | 6.8% | 0.2% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.7% | 0.1% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.3% | 2.3% |
| PerplexityBot | 6.4% | 1.7% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.7% | 0.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.6% | 1.7% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.8% | 0.6% |
11.6% of all Paraguay sites name GPTBot in a Disallow rule — the highest block rate. CCBot (8.8%), Google-Extended (8.5%), and ClaudeBot (8.3%) follow. ChatGPT-User leads Allow mentions at 2.3%.
Six sectors — including Retail and Newspapers — block every named bot
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Insurance | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Online Services | 90% |
| Printing | 90% |
| Publishing | 90% |
| Tobacco | 90% |
Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Insurance, Newspapers, and Retail each see every site name at least one bot in a Disallow rule. A further nine sectors, including Healthcare and Publishing, reach 90%.
Automotive leads sectors on explicit bot Allow rules in Paraguay
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 90% |
| Public Relations | 85.7% |
| Publishing | 80% |
| Architecture | 70% |
| Education | 70% |
| Non-Profit | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Recreational Facilities | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Market Research | 63.6% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Chemicals | 60% |
| Crafts | 60% |
| Facilities Services | 60% |
| Foreign Language | 60% |
Automotive sites name at least one bot in an Allow rule on 90.0% of files, the highest rate in Paraguay. Public Relations follows at 85.7%, and Publishing at 80.0%. Architecture, Education, Non-Profit, Photography, Recreational Facilities, and Retail each reach 70.0%.
Industry Patterns
Furniture and Hospitality share the hardest access tier in Paraguay
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture | 100% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 50% | 10% | 50% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 30% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 0% | 70% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Medical Devices | 100% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 90% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 50% | 70% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 50% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 10% | 10% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 60% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 60% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 40% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 0% | 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 |
Furniture and Hospitality are jointly the hardest-to-scrape sectors in Paraguay, both recording a median of Tier 3 and a mean of 2.90. Real Estate follows with median 3 and mean 2.60. Equipment & Supplies and Medical Devices share mean 2.50; Equipment & Supplies holds a Moderate median, Medical Devices an Easy median.
Advertising, Biotech, and Education share Paraguay's most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 100% | 50% | 30% | 50% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 100% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 0% | 10% | 100% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 80% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 80% | 0% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 90% | 30% | 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 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Reference | 90% | 60% | 30% | 50% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 90% | 0% | 10% | 60% | 0% | 20% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 80% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 40% | 50% | 70% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Advertising & Mktg | 100% | 20% | 40% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Biotech | 90% | 30% | 50% | 60% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Education | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
The most accessible sectors in Paraguay record a mean tier of 1.80: Advertising & Marketing, Biotech, and Education. All carry a median of Tier 2. Nine other sectors in the bottom 15 range from mean 1.85 to 2.10.