01 · Operator
Who operates trendictionbot
- Company
- Trendiction S.A. (Talkwalker)
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- radar.cloudflare.com
02 · Behavior
What trendictionbot does
Cloudflare Radar lists trendictionbot as a verified bot operated by Trendiction S.A. for Talkwalker. Talkwalker sells media monitoring and consumer insight analytics to brands. The crawler likely collects public web content for these products.
03 · Impact
Why trendictionbot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Your brand mentions can appear in Talkwalker monitoring
- It is a verified bot in Cloudflare Radar
If you block it
- Data feeds a commercial analytics product
- No direct search visibility or traffic
04 · Allow
How to allow trendictionbot
robots.txt
User-agent: trendictionbot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "trendictionbot")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: trendictionbot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "trendictionbot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} trendictionbot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block trendictionbot
Start with robots.txt. If trendictionbot keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: trendictionbot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "trendictionbot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: trendictionbot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "trendictionbot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} trendictionbot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for trendictionbot
| User agent | Share | Last seen | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; trendictionbot0.5.0; trendiction search; http://www.trendi… |
88% | Unverified | |
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; trendictionbot0.5.0; trendiction search; http://www.trendi… |
12% | Verified |
07 · Verification
Is it really trendictionbot?
trendictionbot’s operator publishes no IP ranges or hostnames, so requests cannot be verified. Treat the user agent as a claim, and watch your logs for unusual request rates.
IP addresses we saw from verified trendictionbot requests
| IP range | Share | Last seen |
|---|---|---|
144.76.14.8 |
11% | |
144.76.23.44 |
11% | |
144.76.23.43 |
11% | |
144.76.23.145 |
11% | |
144.76.23.76 |
11% | |
144.76.14.14 |
11% | |
144.76.14.7 |
11% | |
144.76.22.117 |
11% | |
144.76.23.135 |
11% |
Always check against the operator’s current list; ranges change.
FAQ
Questions about trendictionbot
Who operates trendictionbot?
Cloudflare Radar lists Trendiction S.A. as the operator. The bot is associated with Talkwalker, a social listening and analytics company.
How do I block trendictionbot?
Add a robots.txt group with User-agent: trendictionbot and Disallow: /. Its robots.txt compliance is not officially documented, so check your logs afterwards.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026