AI Agents Overtake Humans in Global Web Traffic, Cloudflare Reports

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince announced Wednesday that AI‑driven agents now generate more internet traffic than human users worldwide. Data from the company's Radar service shows agentic bot activity accounting for 57.4% of total web requests, while human‑originated traffic fell to 42.6%. Prince said the shift happened faster than he expected, noting that the trend is already evident across most regions, with North America seeing the highest bot share. The rise reflects the growing use of AI chatbots that browse the web on users' behalf. Ler mais