01 · Operator
Who operates Clickagy
02 · Behavior
What Clickagy does
Known Agents classifies it as an intelligence gatherer. It analyses pages for brand safety, competitive insight and ad targeting. Crawl patterns range from page revisits to wider site crawls. Versions v2 and v3 have been observed.
03 · Impact
Why Clickagy matters for your site
If you allow it
- Pages may be classified correctly for ad targeting
If you block it
- Commercial data collection
- No direct traffic benefit
04 · Allow
How to allow Clickagy
robots.txt
User-agent: Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2")
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: Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2 [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Clickagy
Start with robots.txt. If Clickagy keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2 [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Clickagy
The user agent published by the operator:
Clickagy Intelligence Bot v207 · Verification
Is it really Clickagy?
Clickagy’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.
FAQ
Questions about Clickagy
What is Clickagy Intelligence Bot?
It is a crawler operated by Clickagy. It collects page data for audience and advertising intelligence.
How do I block Clickagy?
Known Agents suggests 'User-agent: Clickagy Intelligence Bot v2' with 'Disallow: /'. Blocking the user agent at the server is more reliable.
Last reviewed Oct 7, 2026