Eurovision 2022, the Internet effect version
May 19, 2022 1:30 PM
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
May 16, 2022 1:44 PM
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
May 10, 2022 6:02 PM
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
May 04, 2022 6:12 PM
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...
Two voting days, a debate and a polling rule in France impacts the Internet
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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...
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Tonga’s likely lengthy Internet outage
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