An early look at Thanksgiving 2022 Internet trends
2022-11-25
Yesterday, November 24, 2022, was Thanksgiving Day in the US. Last year, we saw how the US paused shopping (and browsing) for Thanksgiving. So, how was it this year?...
How the Brazilian Presidential elections affected Internet traffic
2022-11-03
What happens to the Internet traffic of a country when an important election happens. In Brazil, the first round of the Presidential elections brought a 10% decrease in Internet traffic, but the runoff on Sunday had a bigger: 21% drop...
How to enable Private Access Tokens in iOS 16 and stop seeing CAPTCHAs
2022-09-23
Nobody likes CAPTCHAs. Now, with iOS 16 on iPhones, a small enabled toggle can make them disappear while improving privacy on your device. Here’s how to check if it’s “on” and try it out...
Deep dives & how the Internet works
2022-08-25
We have amazing deep dives in our blog, but also research and how the Internet works kind of stories. Here are some highlights from 2022, and before (with glimpses of our history)....
2022 attacks! An August reading list to go “Shields Up”
2022-08-11
In 2022, cybersecurity, more than ever, is a must-have for those who don’t want to take chances on getting caught in a cyberattack with difficult to deal with consequences. Here’s a reading list what you need to know about attacks that is also a guide on how to be protected...
How the James Webb Telescope's cosmic pictures impacted the Internet
2022-07-14
We show how the July 11-12 James Webb Telescope images that were revealed had an impact on DNS traffic in NASA and ESA websites, video and image hosting platforms, and news websites. The ‘cosmic’ results may be surprising...
Cloudflare’s view of the Rogers Communications outage in Canada
2022-07-08
An outage at one of the largest ISPs in Canada, Rogers Communications, started earlier today, July 8, 2022, and is ongoing (eight hours and counting), and is impacting businesses and consumers....
How Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee had an impact on the Internet
2022-06-09
The UK's Internet traffic was clearly impacted with less traffic than usual during this weekend's celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. We also show impact from Canada to New Zealand and the royals and news websites...
Eurovision 2022, the Internet effect version
2022-05-19
The 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, in Turin, Italy, had two semi-finals (May 10 and 12) and a final (May 14), all of them with highlights, including Ukraine’s victory...
How Ramadan shows up in Internet trends
2022-05-16
What happens to the Internet traffic in countries where many observe Ramadan? Depending on the country, there are clear shifts and changing patterns in Internet use, particularly before dawn and after sunset...
Watching Eurovision 2022 on Cloudflare Radar
2022-05-10
This year, for the 66th edition, we have a dedicated page for Eurovision fans, journalists or anyone interested in following Internet trends related to the event taking place in Turin, Italy. ...
Tracking shifts in Internet connectivity in Kherson, Ukraine
2022-05-04
Over this past week, we observed an outage in the occupied city of Kherson, south Ukraine, coupled with an apparent shift in who controls the Internet within the region...
The deluge of digital attacks against journalists
2022-05-03
In Uruguay today, UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Global Conference is underway, with a 2022 theme of “Journalism under Digital Siege.” It is a fitting and timely theme...
Two voting days, a debate and a polling rule in France impacts the Internet
2022-04-26
We blogged previously about some trends concerning the first round of the 2022 French presidential election, held on April 10. Here we take a look at the run-off election this Sunday, April 24, that ended up re-electing Emmanuel Macron as President of France...
US Tax Day 2022. How leaving it to the last day impacts tax sites
2022-04-20
How tax related websites were impacted by the Tax Day 2022 (the April 18 deadline to fill federal and state taxes)? With the highest growth in April...
The 2022 French Presidential election leaves its mark on the Internet
2022-04-11
What happens to the Internet trends in France when an election like the 2022 French presidential happens? Here are some answers....
How the Oscars impacted the Internet (at least in the US)
2022-03-29
How the Internet was impacted by the Oscars 2022 moments, including the Will Smith incident...
Internet is back in Tonga after 38 days of outage
2022-02-22
Tonga, the South Pacific archipelago nation (with 169 islands), was reconnected to the Internet this early morning (UTC) and is back online after successful repairs to the undersea cable that was damaged on Saturday, January 15, 2022, by the January 14, volcanic eruption...
Who won Super Bowl LVI? A look at Internet traffic during the big game
2022-02-14
By now, everyone knows that the Los Angeles Rams won, but we also want to look at which Super Bowl advertisers were the biggest winners, and how traffic to food delivery services, social media and messaging apps, and sports and betting websites changed throughout the game...
Burkina Faso experiencing second major Internet disruption this year
2022-01-24
The early hours of Sunday, January 23, 2022, started in Burkina Faso with an Internet outage or shutdown...