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41.7% of the 36 Entertainmentsites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
Vendors in this category
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| atlasobscura.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| axs.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| bandsintown.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| boxofficemojo.com | Open |
| — |
| buzzfeed.com | Open | — |
| cbr.com | Open | — |
| collider.com | Open | — |
| comicbook.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| deadline.com | Open | — |
| eonline.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| eventbrite.com | Open | — |
| ew.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| fandango.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| giphy.com | Open | — |
| hollywoodreporter.com | Open | — |
| imdb.com | Protected | AWS WAF + 1 more |
| letterboxd.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| mtv.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| myanimelist.net | Open | — |
| pbs.org | Open | — |
| people.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| popsugar.com | Open | — |
| ranker.com | Protected | Cloudflare Turnstile + 1 more |
| rottentomatoes.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| screenrant.com | Open | — |
| setlist.fm | Open | — |
| stubhub.com | Open | — |
| tenor.com | Open | — |
| themoviedb.org | Open | — |
| theonion.com | Open | — |
| ticketmaster.com | Protected | Unidentified WAF / bot protection |
| timeout.com | Open | — |
| tmz.com | Open | — |
| tvguide.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| usmagazine.com | Open | — |
| variety.com | Open | — |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 1005 reachable top sites, 57.2% are protected).