What is FeedFlow?

FeedFlow is an RSS reader application that fetches and syncs RSS feed content across multiple devices. The bot visits websites to retrieve RSS feed updates for users who have subscribed to those feeds through the FeedFlow app. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.

Category

Fetcher
Retrieves web page metadata to power app features like link previews or feeds

Expected Behavior

FeedFlow shows up within seconds of someone sharing one of your URLs, grabs the title, description, and preview image, and leaves. Expect one hit per share, no link following, and volume that tracks how much your content circulates. A widely shared link can mean thousands of fetches in an hour.

Overview

Operated By FeedFlow
Expected To Follow Robots.txt No
Insights Last Updated July 6, 2026

Robots.txt Blocked Percentage

0%
0% of top websites are blocking FeedFlow
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Country of Origin

United States
FeedFlow normally visits From the United States

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

As of July 6, 2026, 0% of top websites block FeedFlow in their robots.txt files.

Overall Fetcher Traffic

As of July 6, 2026, 3.8% of all web traffic came from fetchers.

Top Visited Website Categories

News
Arts and Entertainment
Hobbies and Leisure
Food and Drink
Internet and Telecom
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This data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.

FeedFlow's User Agent

User Agent FeedFlow/1.0

Access other known user agents and IP addresses using the Enterprise API.

How To Block FeedFlow

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that FeedFlow not access your website. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.

User-agent: FeedFlow # https://knownagents.com/agents/feedflow
Disallow: /
Block Every Fetcher
⚠️ Manually adding individual robots.txt rules is not scalable. Instead, use Automatic Robots.txt.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I Block FeedFlow?

No. FeedFlow builds the link preview that appears when someone shares your page in a chat or social feed. Blocking it turns those shares into bare links with no title or image, which fewer people click. Its traffic normally follows sharing activity rather than a crawl schedule, so if it ever starts crawling at volume, rate limit it instead of blocking it. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for FeedFlow right now.

Does FeedFlow Respect Robots.txt?

No. FeedFlow is not expected to honor robots.txt, so a disallow rule only states your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then confirm in Agent Analytics that its requests actually stop.

Does FeedFlow Access Private Content?

It cannot. FeedFlow loads only the exact URL someone shared, reads the title, description, and preview image, and leaves. It has no credentials and does not follow links to other pages.

Why Is FeedFlow Visiting My Website?

Someone shared a link to your page. FeedFlow fetched it once to build the preview card, and every new share can trigger another fetch, so spikes mean your content is spreading.

How Can I Tell if FeedFlow Is Visiting My Website?

Agent Analytics tracks FeedFlow visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "FeedFlow". Look for hits on single pages moments after someone shares a link, with no crawling afterward. Keep in mind that FeedFlow doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.

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