Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review
2024-12-09
The 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review is our fifth annual review of Internet trends and patterns at both a global and country/region level....
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From ChatGPT to Temu: ranking top Internet services in 2024
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...
From deals to DDoS: exploring Cyber Week 2024 Internet trends
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? We try to answer these questions and more. ...
Resilient Internet connectivity in Europe mitigates impact from multiple cable cuts
2024-11-20
Two recent cable cuts that occurred in the Baltic Sea resulted in little-to-no observable impact to the affected countries, in large part because of the significant redundancy and resilience of Internet infrastructure in Europe. ...
Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election
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 Internet traffic increases across the US and other key trends....
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October 29, 2024 1:05 PM
Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary
The third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions. Underlying causes included government-directed shutdowns, power outages, hurricane damage, terrestrial and submarine cable cuts, military action, and more....
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September 27, 2024 1:00 PM
Network trends and natural language: Cloudflare Radar’s new Data Explorer & AI Assistant
The Cloudflare Radar Data Explorer provides a simple Web-based interface to build more complex API queries, including comparisons and filters, and visualize the results. The accompanying AI Assistant translates a user’s natural language statements or questions into the appropriat...
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September 11, 2024 4:00 PM
How the Harris-Trump US presidential debate influenced Internet traffic
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....
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September 05, 2024 7:00 AM
A global assessment of third-party connection tampering
Cloudflare brings visibility to the practice of connection tampering as observed from our global network....
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September 05, 2024 7:00 AM
Bringing insights into TCP resets and timeouts to Cloudflare Radar
New TCP resets and timeouts dataset on Cloudflare Radar surfaces connection tampering, scanning, DoS attacks, and more....
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August 14, 2024 1:00 PM
Paris 2024 Olympics recap: Internet trends, cyber threats, and popular moments
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....
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August 13, 2024 2:00 PM
Introducing HTTP request traffic insights on Cloudflare Radar
The traffic graphs on Cloudflare Radar have been enhanced to include HTTP request traffic. This new metric complements the existing bytes-based “HTTP traffic” view, and the new graphs can be found on Radar’s Overview and Traffic pages....
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August 01, 2024 3:21 PM
A recent spate of Internet disruptions
Cloudflare Radar is constantly monitoring the Internet for widespread disruptions. Here we examine several recent noteworthy disruptions detected in the first month of Q3, including traffic anomalies observed in Bangladesh, Syria, Pakistan, and Venezuela....
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July 30, 2024 8:46 PM
How the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics has impacted Internet traffic
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....
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July 22, 2024 2:41 PM
Countdown to Paris 2024 Olympics: France leads in web interest
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...
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July 16, 2024 1:00 PM
Q2 2024 Internet disruption summary
Government directed shutdowns and cable cuts were both significant sources of Internet outages in Q2 2024. This post explores these disruptions, as well as others caused by power outages, maintenance, technical problems, military action, and unknown causes...
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July 11, 2024 4:41 PM
Euro 2024’s impact on Internet traffic: a closer look at finalists Spain and England
Here we examine how UEFA Euro 2024 football matches have influenced Internet traffic patterns in participating countries, with a special focus on the two finalists, Spain and England, on their journey to the final...
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July 08, 2024 3:52 PM
French elections: political cyber attacks and Internet traffic shifts
Check the dynamics of the 2024 French legislative elections, the surprising election results’ impact on Internet traffic changes, and the cyber attacks targeting political parties...
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July 05, 2024 1:24 PM
UK election day 2024: traffic trends and attacks on political parties
Here, we explore the dynamics of Internet traffic and cybersecurity during the UK’s 2024 general election, highlighting late-day traffic changes and a post-vote attack on a political party...
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July 03, 2024 1:00 PM
First round of French election: party attacks and a modest traffic dip
How Cloudflare mitigated DDoS attacks targeting French political parties during the 2024 legislative elections, as detailed in our ongoing election coverage...
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