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"According to Cloudflare, the internet's second-largest content delivery
network (CDN), global internet traffic grew nearly 20% in 2025. You and I
watching more YouTube videos is not what's driving that growth. Much of this
rise comes from bots, AI crawlers, and automated attacks rather than human
users. At the same time, satellite connectivity, post-quantum encryption, and
mobile-heavy use have reshaped how and where people access the internet.
Cloudflare's
2025 Radar Year in Review shows global internet traffic rising
by about 19% year over year, with growth accelerating sharply from late summer
through November. Behind that overall growth, non-human activity expanded even
faster. A significant share of global traffic passing through Cloudflare's
network was classified as bot traffic, including search crawlers, AI agents,
and outright malicious automation."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
