Bot IP: 91.242.162.3

Name: Bot IP Lookup: 91.242.162.3 (Qwant Bot)
Creator: Track-A-Bot

Bot Name: Qwant Bot

Qwant Bot is the web crawler operated by Qwant, a privacy-focused search engine based in France. It indexes web pages to provide search results for Qwant users.

Verified bot

Track-A-Bot Trust Score: 100/100

100

score

0255075100

Why Track-A-Bot rated this IP (tap to expand)

Identity

✅ Marked as bot traffic
✅ Bot name present
✅ User-agent matches bot name
✅ User-agent includes identity link/email

Hostname

✅ Hostname observed
✅ Hostname resembles bot name
ℹ️ Hostname status not verified
✅ No hostname mismatch flags

Behavior

✅ Requested /robots.txt
✅ No referrer (typical crawler behavior)
✅ Mostly 200/304 responses
📌 Visits: 87
⏱️ Age: 12243h

Penalties

✅ No major spoof pattern
✅ No fingerprint fields
✅ Cookies not enabled
✅ No connection type

Total visits: 87 First seen: Jul 20th, 2024 4:17 PM Last seen: Dec 12th, 2025 7:23 PM

Known Hostname(s)

qwantbot-3-162-242-91.qwant.com

Known User Agent(s)

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Qwantbot-prod/1.0; +Qwantbot@qwant.com)
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.6 Safari/605.1.15
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Qwantbot/1.0; +https://help.qwant.com/bot/)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Qwantbot-prod89826/1.0; +Qwantbot@qwant.com)

Known Accepted Language(s)

*
en-US
fr-FR, fr;q=0.9, en;q=0.5, *;q=0.3

Known Accepted Encoding(s)

*
gzip, deflate, br
br, gzip

Common User-Agent Tokens

These are identifiers found inside user-agent strings we observed for qwantbot.

Token

Seen

First seen

Last seen

qwant.com

528

7/19/24

12/12/25

qwant.com 528 seen

First 7/19/24

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot

528

7/19/24

12/12/25

qwantbot 528 seen

First 7/19/24

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot-prod89826/1.0

266

7/19/24

10/29/24

qwantbot-prod89826/1.0 266 seen

First 7/19/24

Last 10/29/24

qwantbot-prod/1.0

175

7/19/24

12/12/25

qwantbot-prod/1.0 175 seen

First 7/19/24

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot-prod489826/1.0

11/21/24

11/30/24

qwantbot-prod489826/1.0 64 seen

First 11/21/24

Last 11/30/24

qwantbot/1.0

3/25/25

12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0 57 seen

First 3/25/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_1697896

12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_1697896 26 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot-prod97896/1.0

12/12/25

qwantbot-prod97896/1.0 19 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_601443

12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_601443 18 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

10_15_7

8/20/25

12/12/25

10_15_7 11 seen

First 8/20/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_4995192

12/2/25

12/11/25

qwantbot/1.0_4995192 7 seen

First 12/2/25

Last 12/11/25

qwantbot-prod297896/1.0

12/12/25

qwantbot-prod297896/1.0 4 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_612896

12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_612896 4 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_897896

12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_897896 3 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantify-prod/1.0

6/23/24

qwantify-prod/1.0 2 seen

First 6/23/24

Last 6/23/24

qwantify-prod89826/1.0

6/23/24

qwantify-prod89826/1.0 2 seen

First 6/23/24

Last 6/23/24

gecko/20100101

12/12/25

gecko/20100101 1 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_407896

12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_407896 1 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

qwantbot/1.0_489826

3/25/25

qwantbot/1.0_489826 1 seen

First 3/25/25

Last 3/25/25

Identity Links

These are URLs we observed in association with qwantbot (often used as an identity, help, or policy link).

URL

Seen

First seen

Last seen

help.qwant.com/bot/

121

6/23/24

12/12/25

help.qwant.com/bot/ 121 seen help.qwant.com

First 6/23/24

Last 12/12/25

Bot FAQ for this IP

Why is qwantbot visiting my website?

Qwantbot is a web crawler associated with the Qwant search engine. Its visits are typically for the purpose of indexing publicly available content on websites, which helps Qwant provide up-to-date search results. The recent activity from IP address 91.242.162.3 shows repeated requests to /robots.txt and the homepage, which is standard behavior for search engine bots verifying crawling permissions and discovering site structure. If you want to confirm the legitimacy of these visits, check the reverse DNS for qwantbot-3-162-242-91.qwant.com, review your server logs for consistent user agent strings, and consult Qwant’s official documentation on bot behavior. To manage access, update your robots.txt file, use allow/block lists, or implement rate limiting as needed.

What does qwantbot do?

Qwantbot is designed to automatically browse and index web pages for the Qwant search engine. It collects information from publicly accessible parts of websites to update Qwant’s search index, making content discoverable to users searching via Qwant. The bot typically identifies itself with user agents such as 'Qwantbot/1.0' or 'Qwantbot-prod/1.0' and requests robots.txt files to respect site owners’ crawling preferences. To verify its activity, monitor for these user agents, check the reverse DNS for the qwant.com domain, and review Qwant’s published guidelines for webmasters. If you wish to control its access, adjust your robots.txt directives or use firewall rules.

Is qwantbot safe?

Based on available data, qwantbot appears to follow standard search engine bot practices, such as identifying itself clearly and requesting robots.txt files. There are no widespread reports of malicious activity associated with this bot. However, as with any automated traffic, it is important to verify legitimacy. Recommended steps include checking the reverse DNS to ensure it resolves to qwant.com, monitoring user agent consistency, and reviewing request frequency. If unwanted or excessive crawling occurs, consider updating your robots.txt file, implementing rate limiting, or adding the IP to a block list. Regularly monitor your logs for unusual patterns to maintain site security.

This page provides a detailed lookup for the bot with the IP address of 91.242.162.3, based on real-world traffic observed across websites using Track-A-Bot software. Use this information to verify whether activity from this IP belongs to a legitimate search engine crawler, or to analyze bot behavior on your website.