About this bot
Tumblr is an automated identity associated with Automattic and used for Tumblr is used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
The primary recorded identity signal is Tumblr. Representative HTTP identity: Tumblr/14.0.835.186.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Unverified with Medium confidence. Identity type: observed.
robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed; use server-side controls when enforcement is required.
Risk classification: Neutral. Recommended handling: depends.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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TumblrTumblr/14.0.835.186 - Also known as
- Tumblr/
Details
- Kind
- Preview
- Family
- Automattic
- Purpose
- Scraping
- Common Use
- Tumblr is used for public web data collection, page extraction, content monitoring, and third-party crawler activity.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
Verification
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `Tumblr` as an identification signal only. Corroborate the claimed identity independently before applying trust-based rules.
- Detection Notes
- Match the `Tumblr` User-Agent token and consider recorded aliases where applicable. A User-Agent match identifies a claim, not authenticated origin.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on a robots.txt rule without verification.- Apache Rule
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Tumblr" bot_match- Nginx Rule
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Tumblr") { set $bot_match 1; }