Bot traffic surpasses human traffic on the internet for the first time, Cloudflare data shows
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Matt Binder
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince announced that bot traffic has surpassed human traffic on the internet for the first time in history, happening faster than he predicted. Prince initially expected this milestone by the end of 2027, then revised to early 2027, but the rapid growth of agentic traffic accelerated the timeline significantly. Cloudflare's data confirms bots now account for more internet traffic than humans.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledWelp, that happened faster than I predicted.
Thought it would be end of 2027, then early 2027 but agentic traffic growing so fast that bots have now passed human traffic online for the first time in the Internet's history.
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