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# robots.txt for soundcloud.com
# Updated: 2026-05-05
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# AI Crawlers: editorial only, no UGC training
User-Agent: anthropic-ai
User-Agent: ClaudeBot
User-Agent: Claude-Web
User-Agent: GPTBot
User-Agent: ChatGPT-User
User-Agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-Agent: CCBot
User-Agent: PerplexityBot
User-Agent: Google-Extended
User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
User-Agent: Bytespider
User-Agent: Amazonbot
User-Agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-Agent: cohere-ai

# Homepage
Allow: /$

# Platform: Legal & Policy
Allow: /terms-of-use
Allow: /community-guidelines
Allow: /transparency-reports
Allow: /accessibility-statement
Allow: /imprint

# Platform: Discovery & Editorial
Allow: /discover
Allow: /stories
Allow: /topic

# Platform: Product & Marketing
Allow: /pro
Allow: /download
Allow: /jobs
Allow: /go
Allow: /getstarted

# Platform: Corporate
Allow: /company

# Platform: Technical
Allow: /sitemap
Allow: /sitemapIndex

# Block everything else (catches all UGC at root paths)
Disallow: /

# Search engines and all other crawlers: index UGC, block low-value paths
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /you/
Disallow: /stream
Disallow: /upload
Disallow: /settings
Disallow: /messages
Disallow: /*?

Sitemap: https://soundcloud.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://soundcloud.com/sitemapIndex.xml
