Bots have overtaken humans on one of the internet’s largest networks — for the first time, agentic AI is pushing web-page requests past the halfway line
For much of the internet’s life, you could assume a person sat at the other end of most clicks. That assumption has quietly flipped. In June 2026, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince announced that on his…
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Bot traffic surpasses human internet traffic for first time, Cloudflare CEO reports
Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm’s latest data.

Bots surpass humans in global web traffic for the first time, Cloudflare CEO reports
Security firms report a sharp jump in AI traffic on websites, and even human-generated traffic can't keep up.
Cloudflare CEO: Automated bot traffic surpasses human internet traffic for first time
Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm’s latest data.
Bot Traffic Surpasses Human Traffic Online for First Time, Cloudflare Data Shows
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forbes.com·26d agoBot Traffic Surpasses Human Traffic Online for First Time, Cloudflare Data Shows
Bot traffic has surpassed humans on the Internet. The winners in the next infrastructure cycle are the companies building trust rails for ma
forbes.com·26d agoBot traffic surpasses human traffic on the internet for the first time, Cloudflare data shows
Cloudflare's CEO didn't expect this to happen until next year.
AI bot traffic surpasses human web traffic for first time, Cloudflare data shows
Traffic to websites from AI agents and bots has eclipsed human-generated web traffic for the first time.

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