Overview
JavaScript is Venezuela's most common secondary barrier
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.6% |
| Antibot | 21% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.9% |
| JavaScript | 43% |
| Rate Limiting | 14.3% |
| TLS | 18.7% |
WAF reaches 93.6% of Venezuela sites. JavaScript is the strongest secondary barrier at 43.0%, followed by CAPTCHA (22.9%) and Antibot (21.0%). TLS (18.7%) and Rate Limiting (14.3%) are the lowest-adoption barriers.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript leads Venezuela's secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 93.6% |
| Antibot | 21% |
| CAPTCHA | 22.9% |
| JavaScript | 43% |
| Rate Limiting | 14.3% |
| TLS | 18.7% |
| Has robots.txt | 79.3% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 13.3% |
WAF leads at 93.6%. JavaScript (43.0%) is the clear secondary leader. CAPTCHA (22.9%) and Antibot (21.0%) cluster near 21%. TLS (18.7%) and Rate Limiting (14.3%) form the lower tier.
Two barriers is the most common site configuration
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 4.1% |
| 1 barrier | 27.8% |
| 2 barriers | 36.6% |
| 3 barriers | 18.4% |
| 4 barriers | 8.8% |
| 5 barriers | 3.9% |
| 6 barriers | 0.5% |
36.6% of Venezuela sites deploy exactly two barriers — the modal count. Single-barrier sites account for 27.8%. Zero-barrier sites stand at 4.1%. Sites with three or more barriers reach 31.6%, a relatively high share.
Most Venezuela sites are Easy to access programmatically
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
The browser-based median tier is 2, with Tier 1 accounting for 47.0% of sites — below the majority threshold. The mean of 1.71 is the highest among these four countries, with 10.8% at Tier 3 and above.
Moderate-difficulty sites reach an elevated share in Venezuela
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 47% |
| 2 - Easy | 39.1% |
| 3 - Moderate | 10.8% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.3% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.8% |
Tier 1 accounts for 47.0% of Venezuela sites and Tier 2 for 39.1%, combining to 86.1%. Tier 3 reaches 10.8%. Tiers 4 and 5 together account for 3.1% of sites.
robots.txt
AI crawlers are the most-cited bot category in robots.txt
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 15.1% |
| SEO / search indexing | 11.3% |
| SEO audit tools | 12.9% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.2% |
| Social / content scrapers | 5.7% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 4% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers are named in robots.txt by 15.1% of all Venezuela sites — the highest category. SEO audit tools follow at 12.9% and SEO / search indexing at 11.3%. Commercial scrapers appear in 7.2% of files; monitoring bots in just 0.5%.
Uniform per-agent rules are the most common posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 41.5% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 32.8% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 2.3% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.3% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.5% |
41.5% of all Venezuela sites use uniform per-agent rules and 32.8% use path-level mixed rules. Allow-only files and mixed AI posture each cover 2.3% of sites — tied. Blanket Disallow: / applies to 2.5%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Venezuela's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 10.8% | 2.1% |
| CCBot | 7.8% | 0.9% |
| ClaudeBot | 7.5% | 0.7% |
| Google-Extended | 7.8% | 1.4% |
| Bytespider | 6.4% | 0.3% |
| meta-externalagent | 2.6% | 0.1% |
| ChatGPT-User | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| PerplexityBot | 5.4% | 1.9% |
| Applebot-Extended | 4.4% | 0.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 3.8% | 2.1% |
| anthropic-ai | 4.4% | 0.6% |
10.8% of all Venezuela sites name GPTBot in a Disallow rule. CCBot (7.8%), Google-Extended (7.8%), and ClaudeBot (7.5%) follow. ChatGPT-User leads explicit Allow mentions at 2.4%.
Civil Engineering, Retail, and Design all block every named bot
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Civil Engineering | 100% |
| Computer & Video Games | 100% |
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Adult | 90% |
| Agriculture | 90% |
| Comics & Animation | 90% |
| Foreign Language | 90% |
| General | 90% |
| Healthcare | 90% |
| Machinery | 90% |
| Mass Media | 90% |
| Newspapers | 90% |
| Online Services | 90% |
Civil Engineering, Computer & Video Games, Design, Entertainment, and Retail each see every site name at least one bot in a Disallow rule. A further nine sectors — including Agriculture, Comics & Animation, and Healthcare — reach 90%.
Eight sectors tie at the top explicit bot Allow rate in Venezuela
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 70% |
| Oil & Gas | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Plastics & Polymers | 70% |
| Public Relations | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 60% |
| Facilities Services | 60% |
| Graphic Design | 60% |
| Insurance | 60% |
| Investment | 60% |
No sector reaches above 70% for explicit Allow rules in Venezuela. Automotive, Oil & Gas, Photography, Plastics & Polymers, Public Relations, Publishing, Retail, and Science all record 70.0%. Airlines, Architecture, and six further sectors follow at 60.0%.
Industry Patterns
Furniture is the hardest sector to access programmatically in Venezuela
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture | 100% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 20% | 50% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 20% | 20% | 30% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 0% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 90% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 90% | 30% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 0% | 60% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Customer Services | 100% | 20% | 30% | 60% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 10% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 20% | 40% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Computer Hardware | 100% | 30% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 60% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 90% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 80% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 100% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
Furniture leads at mean 2.95, followed by Hospitality and Jewellery & Luxury (2.90 each) and Real Estate (2.80) — all at a median of Moderate. Equipment & Supplies, Customer Services, and Human Resources all share a mean of 2.50.
Five sectors share Venezuela's most accessible floor
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive | 100% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 90% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Textiles & Nonwovens | 100% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wholesalers | 80% | 10% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 30% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 20% | 30% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 100% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 0% | 10% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 80% | 40% | 10% | 10% | 0% | 20% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Public Safety | 100% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 20% | 30% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Reference | 80% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Warehousing | 100% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 20% | 0% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Manufacturing | 80% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 0% | 40% | 70% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Public Utility | 90% | 10% | 10% | 80% | 10% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Recruitment & Staffing | 100% | 40% | 50% | 30% | 0% | 10% | 60% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Renewable Energy | 100% | 0% | 10% | 60% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Sports | 100% | 0% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 0% | 80% | 50% | Tier 2 |
Manufacturing, Public Utility, Recruitment & Staffing, Renewable Energy, and Sports all record a mean tier of 1.90 — the lowest in Venezuela's bottom-15 breakdown. All carry a median of Tier 2. The remaining sectors in the group range from mean 2.00 to 2.10.