Lisbon, Portugal
After years as a journalist covering technology, cinema, sports (soccer/football), and mobility (including hosting a TV show about it), I’m now telling data-driven and other stories at Cloudflare.
2025-12-15
AI competition intensified in 2025 as ChatGPT gained strong challengers. Instagram climbed, X declined, and platforms like Shopee, Temu, and Kwai reshaped global Internet usage. Our 2025 DNS data shows how Internet patterns evolved....
2025-08-29
By mid-2025, training drives nearly 80% of AI crawling, while referrals to publishers (especially from Google) are falling and crawl-to-refer ratios show AI consumes far more than it sends back....
2025-08-21
Fogos.pt, a volunteer-run wildfire tracker in Portugal, grew from a side project into a critical national resource used by citizens, media, and government. During 2025 fire season it was hit by DDoS ...
2025-07-01
From May 2024 to May 2025, crawler traffic rose 18%, with GPTBot growing 305% and Googlebot 96%....
2025-03-17
Cloudflare is now using a wall of waves in our Lisbon, Portugal office to create entropy and strengthen Internet security, turning liquid chaos into secure, unpredictable encryption....
2025-03-10
Looking at which Generative AI services are more popular, new entrants into the space, how these services have grown in traffic, where that traffic originates, and others....
2025-02-11
This blog examines how diverse cultural celebrations — from Western Christmas to Orthodox and Lunar New Year festivities — shape global Internet traffic....
2025-01-21
On January 19, 2025, ByteDance suspended TikTok and related apps for US users. We examine the 14-hour traffic plunge, recovery near Donald Trump’s inauguration....
2025-01-19
On January 19, 2025, ByteDance shut down access to TikTok and other owned/operated apps for US users, causing an 85% traffic plunge and a rapid shift to alternatives like RedNote....
2024-12-24
From Christmas Eve dinners in Europe to New Year’s Eve countdowns in Asia, Cloudflare data reveals how global festivities have typically shaped Internet usage and cultural rhythms...
2024-12-23
In 2024, as elections took place across over 60 countries, the Internet became both a battleground for cyberattacks and a vital platform for democratic engagement....
2024-12-09
The 2024 popular Internet services landscape highlights rising generative AI, e-commerce shifts, and the continued dominance of platforms like Google and Facebook, as revealed by Cloudflare’s rankings...
2024-12-03
How significant are Cyber Week shopping days on the Internet? Is it a global phenomenon? Does E-commerce interest peak on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, and are attacks increasing during this time? ...
2024-11-06
Election Day 2024 in the US saw a surge in cyber activity. Cloudflare blocked several DDoS attacks on political and election sites, ensuring no impact. In this post, we analyze these attacks, as well...
2024-09-11
See how the first 2024 US presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump influenced Internet traffic patterns compared to the Biden-Trump debate. We also review email trends and observed attack activity....
2024-08-23
This analysis highlights the 2024 Democratic National Convention’s impact on Internet traffic and security, with spikes in interest for sites related to Kamala Harris and the Democrats, as well as news sites, plus pre-convention attacks on political organizations....
2024-08-14
As the Paris 2024 Olympics ended, our analysis shows the event’s impact on the Internet in France and other countries at different moments, its effect on specific web properties, and a spike in cyber threats and emails related to Simone Biles and others....
2024-07-30
This blog post explores the impact of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on Internet traffic in France and beyond, concentrating on web activity during the opening ceremony and the initial days of competition. Let the games continue....
2024-07-22
As the Paris 2024 Olympics approach, our analysis reveals France, the host nation, leads in DNS traffic to official Olympic sites, followed by the UK, the US, and Australia...
2024-07-19
This week, the Republican National Convention was hosted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from July 15 to 18, 2024. We examined traffic shifts and cyberattacks since June 2024 to see how these events have...
