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bbc.com · measured 28 October 2026

Is BBC AI-ready?

No.

BBC scores 54/100 for AI search readiness. AI crawlers struggle to access or read this site in its current state.

#5 of 6 in media and publishing#89 of 102 sites measured10 points below the industry median (64)
AI readiness0/ 100F
Bot access19
Content extractability63
Semantic metadata76
Citation readiness69

Can AI crawlers get in?

What bbc.com/robots.txt says to each crawler.

  • GPTBotOpenAIBlocked
  • PerplexityBotPerplexityBlocked
  • ClaudeBotAnthropicBlocked
  • Google-ExtendedGoogleBlocked
OAI-SearchBotChatGPT-UserClaude-SearchBotApplebot-ExtendedCCBotMeta-ExternalAgentBytespider

Key signals

What an answer engine finds on the homepage.

llms.txt

Not found

llms-full.txt

Not found

Sitemap

100 URLs

Schema.org JSON-LD

WebPage, NewsMediaOrganization

Text in initial HTML

2,433 words

Response time

56 ms

Biggest wins

What BBC could fix first

  1. 1

    llms.txt is present and valid

    Bot access+5 pts possible

    Generate an llms.txt below and upload it to your site root.

  2. 2

    GPTBot can crawl

    Bot access+4 pts possible

    Add "User-agent: GPTBot" with "Allow: /" to robots.txt (and remove any matching Disallow rules).

  3. 3

    PerplexityBot can crawl

    Bot access+4 pts possible

    Add "User-agent: PerplexityBot" with "Allow: /" to robots.txt (and remove any matching Disallow rules).

  4. 4

    ClaudeBot can crawl

    Bot access+4 pts possible

    Add "User-agent: ClaudeBot" with "Allow: /" to robots.txt (and remove any matching Disallow rules).

  5. 5

    Google-Extended can crawl

    Bot access+4 pts possible

    Add "User-agent: Google-Extended" with "Allow: /" to robots.txt (and remove any matching Disallow rules).

Every check

The full breakdown

Snapshot of the homepage measured on 28 October 2026 with the same live crawl as the free LLMready audit. A high score means AI engines can reach, read and understand a site. It doesn't guarantee citations — those also depend on authority, relevance and the question being asked. Sites change — run a fresh audit for today's result.

Media and publishing ranking

Full benchmark

Median 64/100 across 6 measured media and publishing sites (all sites: 77).

1
68
Substacksubstack.comD2
67
TechCrunchtechcrunch.comD3
64
WIREDwired.comD4
63
The Vergetheverge.comD5
54
BBCbbc.comF6
49
The Guardiantheguardian.comF

Similar scores elsewhere

Sites in other industries that landed close to 54.

55
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55
Skyscannerskyscanner.netF
55
Wayfairwayfair.comF
56
Airbnbairbnb.comF
52
Perplexityperplexity.aiF
57
Bubblebubble.ioF
All 102 measured sites

How does your site compare to BBC?

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