Internet Traffic

December 03, 2024 8:43 PM

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? ...

By 
• João Tomé

November 20, 2024 9:30 PM

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. ...

By 
• David Belson

November 06, 2024 8:00 AM

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....

By 
• João Tomé
• , Jocelyn Woolbright

October 29, 2024 1:05 PM

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....

By 
• David Belson

September 27, 2024 1:00 PM

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...

By 
• David Belson
• , Sabina Zejnilovic

September 11, 2024 4:00 PM

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....

By 
• João Tomé

September 05, 2024 7:00 AM

Cloudflare brings visibility to the practice of connection tampering as observed from our global network....

By 
• Ram Sundara Raman
• , Luke Valenta
• , Marwan Fayed

September 05, 2024 7:00 AM

New TCP resets and timeouts dataset on Cloudflare Radar surfaces connection tampering, scanning, DoS attacks, and more....

By 
• Luke Valenta

August 14, 2024 1:00 PM

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....

By 
• João Tomé

August 13, 2024 2:00 PM

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....

By 
• David Belson

August 01, 2024 3:21 PM

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....

By 
• David Belson

July 30, 2024 8:46 PM

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....

By 
• João Tomé
• , Jorge Pacheco

July 22, 2024 2:41 PM

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...

By 
• João Tomé
• , Jorge Pacheco

July 16, 2024 1:00 PM

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...

By 
• David Belson

July 11, 2024 4:41 PM

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...

By 
• João Tomé