Overview
JavaScript leads Uruguay's secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.8% |
| Antibot | 20.2% |
| CAPTCHA | 21.9% |
| JavaScript | 42.3% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.9% |
| TLS | 18.1% |
WAF reaches 92.8% of Uruguay sites. JavaScript is the strongest secondary barrier at 42.3%, followed by CAPTCHA (21.9%) and Antibot (20.2%). TLS (18.1%) and Rate Limiting (12.9%) are the lowest-adoption barriers.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript and CAPTCHA both lead Uruguay secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 92.8% |
| Antibot | 20.2% |
| CAPTCHA | 21.9% |
| JavaScript | 42.3% |
| Rate Limiting | 12.9% |
| TLS | 18.1% |
| Has robots.txt | 79.3% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.1% |
WAF leads at 92.8%. Among secondary barriers, JavaScript (42.3%), CAPTCHA (21.9%), and Antibot (20.2%) all clear 20%. TLS reaches 18.1%. Rate Limiting trails at 12.9%.
Two-barrier stacks are the most common configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.6% |
| 1 barrier | 29.5% |
| 2 barriers | 36.2% |
| 3 barriers | 17% |
| 4 barriers | 8.4% |
| 5 barriers | 3.8% |
| 6 barriers | 0.5% |
36.2% of Uruguay sites deploy exactly two barriers — the most common count and the highest two-barrier share among these four countries. Single-barrier sites account for 29.5%. Zero-barrier sites stand at 4.6%; sites with three or more reach 29.7%.
Most Uruguay sites are Easy to access programmatically
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.6 |
The browser-based median tier is 2, indicating fewer than half of Uruguay sites are retrievable at Tier 1. Tier 1 accounts for exactly 49.5% of the sample. The mean of 1.65 sits close to the median.
Most Uruguay sites are Easy rather than Simple to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 49.5% |
| 2 - Easy | 38.8% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.3% |
| 4 - Complex | 1.7% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.6% |
Tier 1 accounts for 49.5% of Uruguay sites — just below the majority threshold — and Tier 2 for 38.8%, combining to 88.3%. Tier 3 adds 9.3%. Tiers 4 and 5 together represent 2.3% of sites.
robots.txt
AI crawlers are the most-cited bot category in robots.txt
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.7% |
| SEO / search indexing | 11.7% |
| SEO audit tools | 13.1% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.7% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.4% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4.2% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers appear in robots.txt files for 15.7% of all Uruguay sites — the highest category. SEO audit tools follow at 13.1% and SEO / search indexing at 11.7%. Commercial scrapers appear in 7.7% of files; monitoring bots in 0.5%.
Uniform per-agent rules are the most common posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41.8% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 32.5% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.2% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.5% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.6% |
41.8% of all Uruguay sites use uniform per-agent rules and 32.5% use path-level mixed rules. Blanket Disallow: / covers 2.6% of sites; mixed AI posture covers 2.5%. Allow-only files account for 2.2%.
GPTBot draws the most Disallow rules in Uruguay
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 11.7% | 2% |
| CCBot | 8.3% | 1.1% |
| ClaudeBot | 8.1% | 1.1% |
| Google-Extended | 8.2% | 1.4% |
| Bytespider | 6.6% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.7% | 0.1% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.9% | 2.3% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.6% | 1.7% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.6% | 0.5% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.3% | 1.8% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.6% | 0.7% |
11.7% of all Uruguay sites name GPTBot in a Disallow rule. CCBot follows at 8.3%, Google-Extended at 8.2%, and ClaudeBot at 8.1%. ChatGPT-User leads Allow mentions at 2.3%.
Six sectors unanimously name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Visual Art | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Food & Beverages | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, Newspapers, Retail, and Visual Art each see every site name at least one bot in a Disallow rule. Nine further sectors — including Apparel & Fashion, Beauty & Cosmetics, and Healthcare — reach 90%.
Automotive leads sectors on explicit bot Allow rules
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 80% |
| Non-Profit | 70% |
| Pharmaceuticals | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Education | 60% |
| Military | 60% |
| Real Estate | 60% |
| Social & Charitable | 60% |
| Software & Dev | 60% |
| Sports | 60% |
Automotive sites carry explicit Allow rules on 80.0% of their files in Uruguay. Non-Profit, Pharmaceuticals, Photography, Publishing, Retail, and Science all follow at 70.0%. Airlines, Architecture, Education, Military, Real Estate, Social & Charitable, Software & Dev, and Sports reach 60.0%.
Industry Patterns
Hospitality and Jewellery & Luxury are Uruguay's hardest sectors to access
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 60% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 100% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 50% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 30% | 10% | 40% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 40% | 20% | 40% | 50% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Oil & Gas | 100% | 30% | 10% | 50% | 0% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Furniture | 90% | 20% | 40% | 60% | 20% | 20% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 90% | 0% | 10% | 30% | 40% | 10% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 30% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 0% | 0% | 60% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 60% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 90% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Hospitality and Jewellery & Luxury are the two hardest sectors, each recording a median of Tier 3. Hospitality has a mean of 2.90 and Jewellery & Luxury 2.80. All remaining top-15 sectors sit at a median of Tier 2 with means ranging from 2.10 to 2.50.
Advertising and Crafts share Uruguay's most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0% | 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 | 100% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Reference | 80% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 100% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 90% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 100% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 40% | 60% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Renewable Energy | 80% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 30% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Veterinary | 100% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Visual Art | 100% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 60% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Advertising & Mktg | 100% | 30% | 50% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Crafts | 100% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
The most accessible sectors in Uruguay are Advertising & Marketing and Crafts, both with a mean tier of 1.80 and a median of Tier 2. The rest of the bottom 15 range from mean 1.90 (seven sectors) to 2.10.