Bot intelligence record

MuckRack

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MuckRack is a web scraper from Muck Rack used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring; it appears in server logs as `MuckRack`.

Content Crawler Content Discovery Documented Confidence: Medium Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
Muck Rack
Family
Muck Rack
Source type
Observed
Last checked
2026-06-22

User-Agent Pattern

Muck Rack
MuckRack
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: MuckRack
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Monitor

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

MuckRack is used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Muck Rack
Family
Muck Rack
Type
Content Crawler
Purpose
Content Discovery
Identity type
Documented
Confidence
Medium
Last verified
2026-06-22
Last checked
2026-06-22
Source type
Observed
Verification
Verify MuckRack by matching `MuckRack` to Muck Rack evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Spoofing risk
MuckRack has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.

Notes

  • MuckRack is a web scraper from Muck Rack used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is MuckRack.
  • MuckRack is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
  • MuckRack does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
  • MuckRack should be monitored first, then rate-limited or blocked if the crawl rate, paths, or behavior are unwanted.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify MuckRack by matching `MuckRack` to Muck Rack evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
  • MuckRack traffic is primarily detected by the `MuckRack` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Muck Rack infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
  • MuckRack is used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
  • MuckRack has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.

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