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Internet Traffic Surges 19% Amidst Digital Divide Shifts
16 Dec, 2025
Summary
- Global internet traffic saw a 19 percent increase this year.
- AI bots now represent 4.2 percent of all HTML requests.
- Starlink experienced a 2.3x growth rate, connecting remote areas.
Global internet traffic experienced a significant 19 percent growth over the past year, underscoring humanity's deepening reliance on online connectivity. This upward trend, tracked from mid-January, saw a steady increase in the latter half of the year.
The digital landscape also witnessed a narrowing of the divide, with the official discontinuation of AOL dial-up contrasting with satellite services like Starlink reaching previously unconnected remote areas. AI's impact is evident as bots now comprise 4.2 percent of all HTML requests, driven by data scraping activities.
