2025-07-01
Cloudflare Radar now shows how often a given AI model sends traffic to a site relative to how often it crawls that site. This helps site owners make decisions about which AI bots to allow or block. ...
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2025-07-01
From May 2024 to May 2025, crawler traffic rose 18%, with GPTBot growing 305% and Googlebot 96%....
2025-05-21
Real-time BGP route visualization is now available on Cloudflare Radar, providing immediate insights into global Internet routing....
2025-04-28
A massive power outage struck significant portions of Portugal and Spain at 10:34 UTC on April 28, disrupting everyday activities and services....
2025-04-27
DDoS attacks are surging. In 2025 Q1, Cloudflare blocked +20M attacks (a 358% YoY spike) along with 5.6 Tbps and 4.8 Bpps record-breaking attacks....
April 22, 2025 1:00 PM
In Q1 2025, we observed Internet disruptions around the world caused by cable damage, power outages, natural disasters, fire, a cyberattack, and technical problems....
March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
For Security Week 2025, we are adding several new DDoS-focused graphs, new insights into leaked credential trends, and a new Bots page to Cloudflare Radar. ...
March 10, 2025 2:00 PM
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....
February 27, 2025 2:00 PM
The new Cloudflare Radar DNS page provides increased visibility into aggregate traffic and usage trends seen by our 1.1.1.1 resolver...
February 11, 2025 2:00 PM
This blog examines how diverse cultural celebrations — from Western Christmas to Orthodox and Lunar New Year festivities — shape global Internet traffic....
February 04, 2025 2:00 PM
Today, we are launching a new dedicated “AI Insights” page on Cloudflare Radar that incorporates this graph and builds on it with additional metrics....
January 28, 2025 2:00 PM
After a rather busy third quarter, the fourth quarter of 2024 saw significantly fewer Internet disruptions....
January 21, 2025 2:00 PM
2024 ended with a bang. Cloudflare mitigated another record-breaking DDoS attack peaking at 5.6 Tbps....
January 21, 2025 1:50 PM
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....
January 19, 2025 4:19 PM
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....
December 24, 2024 10:00 AM
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...
December 23, 2024 2:00 PM
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....
December 16, 2024 2:00 PM
Internationalization and localization require more than translation: tone, images, date/time and number formatting, among other items, need to be considered....
December 09, 2024 2:05 PM
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....
December 09, 2024 2:00 PM
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...
