By the end of 2023, 60 percent of the top most used news websites in Germany were blocking Google's AI crawler, having been quick to act after the crawlers were launched. The figure was substantially lower in Spain and Poland, and in both cases, news publishers were slower to react, meaning that by the end of 2023 just seven percent of top news sites (print, broadcast, and digital-born) in each country were blocking Google's AI from crawling their content.
Share of top news websites blocking Google AI's crawler worldwide as of the end of 2023, by country
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (February 22, 2024). Share of top news websites blocking Google AI's crawler worldwide as of the end of 2023, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463530/google-crawlers-and-news-websites-worldwide-by-country/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of top news websites blocking Google AI's crawler worldwide as of the end of 2023, by country." Chart. February 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463530/google-crawlers-and-news-websites-worldwide-by-country/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2024). Share of top news websites blocking Google AI's crawler worldwide as of the end of 2023, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463530/google-crawlers-and-news-websites-worldwide-by-country/
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of top news websites blocking Google AI's crawler worldwide as of the end of 2023, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463530/google-crawlers-and-news-websites-worldwide-by-country/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Share of top news websites blocking Google AI's crawler worldwide as of the end of 2023, by country [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, February 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463530/google-crawlers-and-news-websites-worldwide-by-country/
