Category
38.9% of the 36 News & mediasites 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 |
|---|---|---|
| apnews.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| bbc.co.uk | Open | — |
| bbc.com | Open | — |
| bild.de |
| — |
| businessinsider.com | Open | — |
| cbsnews.com | Open | — |
| cnbc.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| cnet.com | Open | — |
| cnn.com | Open | — |
| dailymail.co.uk | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| elpais.com | Protected | DataDome |
| forbes.com | Open | — |
| foxnews.com | Open | — |
| ft.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| go.com | Open | — |
| independent.co.uk | Open | — |
| indiatimes.com | Open | — |
| latimes.com | Open | — |
| lefigaro.fr | Open | — |
| lemonde.fr | Open | — |
| nbcnews.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| news.com.au | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| npr.org | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| nytimes.com | Protected | DataDome |
| reuters.com | Protected | DataDome |
| spiegel.de | Open | — |
| techcrunch.com | Open | — |
| telegraph.co.uk | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| theguardian.com | Open | — |
| theverge.com | Open | — |
| time.com | Open | — |
| usatoday.com | Open | — |
| washingtonpost.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| welt.de | Open | — |
| wired.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| wsj.com | Protected | DataDome |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 1005 reachable top sites, 57.2% are protected).