What is New York Times Newsgathering?
New York Times Newsgathering is an uncategorized agent operated by The New York Times. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
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Expected Behavior
New York Times Newsgathering has no established behavior profile yet. Read its pattern in Agent Analytics: steady polite crawling suggests an unannounced index, while fast deep sweeps suggest scraping. Its user agent string and IP addresses are the best clues to who runs it.
Overview
| Operated By | The New York Times |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 6, 2026 |
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
As of July 6, 2026, 0% of top websites block New York Times Newsgathering in their robots.txt files.
Overall Uncategorized Traffic
As of July 6, 2026, 1.7% of all web traffic came from uncategorized agents.
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.
How To Block New York Times Newsgathering
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block New York Times Newsgathering from accessing your entire website. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: New York Times Newsgathering # https://knownagents.com/agents/new-york-times-newsgathering
Disallow: /Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block New York Times Newsgathering?
Watch it first. New York Times Newsgathering has not been categorized yet, so there is no track record to lean on. Check which pages it requests and how often, and block it if the traffic is heavy or pointed at content you would not give an unknown bot. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for New York Times Newsgathering right now.
Does New York Times Newsgathering Respect Robots.txt?
Yes. New York Times Newsgathering is expected to honor robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms New York Times Newsgathering actually honors it.
Does New York Times Newsgathering Access Private Content?
Unknown. New York Times Newsgathering has no documented scope, so watch what it actually requests. Repeated hits on login or admin paths are the signal to block it.
Why Is New York Times Newsgathering Visiting My Website?
Nobody knows yet. New York Times Newsgathering is undocumented, so until its operator explains it, its behavior on your site is the only evidence of its intent.
How Can I Tell if New York Times Newsgathering Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks New York Times Newsgathering 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 "New York Times Newsgathering". Log the paths it requests and how often, since nothing about it is documented. Keep in mind that New York Times Newsgathering 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.