diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5637083df..36abc9f517 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Fix
+- Fix for removing from statistics the count of the download of plans that lack an user id in exported_plans table. Most of such downloads will have been associated with robots harvesting.
+
 ## v5.0.2
 - Bump Ruby to v3.1.4 and use `.ruby-version` in CI
   - [#3566](https://github.com/DMPRoadmap/roadmap/pull/3566)
diff --git a/app/models/stat_exported_plan/create_or_update.rb b/app/models/stat_exported_plan/create_or_update.rb
index 0ef504976c..b3fde3fb57 100644
--- a/app/models/stat_exported_plan/create_or_update.rb
+++ b/app/models/stat_exported_plan/create_or_update.rb
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ def org_plan_ids(org_id:, filtered:)
             .uniq
       end
 
+      # Exclude plans harvested by robots, by excluding plans that have a user_id nil.
       def exported_plans(start_date:, end_date:, org_id:, filtered:)
         ExportedPlan.where(plan_id: org_plan_ids(org_id: org_id, filtered: filtered))
                     .where(created_at: start_date..end_date)
+                    .where.not(user_id: nil)
                     .count
       end
     end