Crawl stats
Tool ID: bingwebmaster_crawl_stats_get
Summary
Returns crawl statistics for a verified site — roughly the last six months of how Bing crawled your site. Read-only.
When to use it
- Crawl health — See whether Bing is actively crawling your site.
- After launches — Confirm crawl activity picked up after new content or submits.
- Troubleshooting — Investigate indexing delays alongside Crawl issues.
What you need
| Requirement | Required? |
|---|---|
| Metraclick connection | Yes |
| Tool enabled for your account | Yes |
| Bing Webmaster credentials | Yes |
Verified site_url |
Yes |
Parameters
| Parameter | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|
site_url |
Yes | Verified site URL from List sites. |
limit |
No | Max rows to return (default 50, max 500). |
What you get back
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
site_url |
The site you queried |
count |
Number of crawl stat rows returned |
crawl_stats |
Crawl activity records from Bing (dates, pages crawled, bytes downloaded, and related fields) |
Example prompts
Show Bing crawl stats for https://www.example.com/ over the last few months.
Is Bing crawling our site regularly? Pull crawl statistics from Webmaster Tools.
After we submitted new URLs, check crawl stats and crawl issues for our main site.
Tips
- ~6 month window — Bing exposes roughly six months of crawl history; older detail may not be available.
- Pair with issues — Crawl issues explains errors; this shows overall crawl volume.
- Submit does not guarantee crawl — Submit URL requests a crawl; stats show what actually happened.