Networks (ASN) / AS15169

AS15169 Google LLC

Content / cloudUS

Google's primary network: Search, YouTube, Gmail, Google Public DNS and most Google Cloud services announce from AS15169.

AS15169 is one of the largest networks on the internet by traffic. Google Cloud customer VMs typically appear under AS396982 (Google Cloud) rather than AS15169, so an address in AS15169 is usually Google's own infrastructure — crawlers (Googlebot), DNS, or front-end servers.

For fraud and bot detection, AS15169 traffic is mostly automated: Googlebot, Google Ads verification, Google Cloud NAT egress. Verify Googlebot by reverse DNS (hostnames end in googlebot.com or google.com) rather than by ASN alone.

Well-known addresses in AS15169

Frequently asked questions

Is an IP in AS15169 a real person?

Rarely. Consumer traffic uses ISP networks; AS15169 addresses are almost always Google services, crawlers or proxies (including Google One VPN and Chrome's IP Protection proxies).