From Google to Generative AI: ranking top Internet services in 2023
2023-12-12
Building on similar reports we’ve done over the past two years, we have compiled a ranking of the top Internet properties of 2023...
Cyber Week: analyzing Internet traffic and e-commerce trends
2023-11-28
How significant are Cyber Week 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? These questions are important to retailers and stakeholders around the world. ...
Do hackers eat turkey? And other Thanksgiving Internet trends
2023-11-24
Offline for turkey time: Which US states logged off on Thanksgiving Day? Is there a difference between coastal and central states? Do hackers take a Thanksgiving break? Are food delivery services gaining or losing traffic? We answer those questions and more...
Internet traffic patterns in Israel and Palestine following the October 2023 attacks
2023-10-09
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, attacks from the Palestinian group Hamas launched from the Gaza Strip against the south of Israel started a new conflict in the region. Cloudflare's data shows that Internet traffic was impacted in different ways...
Typo traps: analyzing traffic to exmaple.com (or is it example.com?)
2023-09-22
Cloudflare has owned exmaple.com for a few years now, but don’t confuse it with example.com! example.com is a reserved domain name set by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), under the direction of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)...
Cloudflare Radar’s 2023 overview of new tools and insights
2023-08-31
In this reading list, we want to highlight some of the new additions to Radar, as well as some of the Internet disruptions and trends we’ve observed and published posts about during this year...
An August reading list about online security and 2023 attacks landscape
2023-08-21
Here is a reading list with 2023 trends, what you need to know about attacks, and a guide on how to stay protected using Cloudflare...
How the coronation of King Charles III affected Internet traffic
2023-05-10
As the coronation ceremony unfolded, on Saturday morning, May 6, 2023, there were clear spikes and dips in traffic, each coinciding with key moments of the ceremony...
Effects of the conflict in Sudan on Internet patterns
2023-05-02
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, an armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan began. Cloudflare observed a disruption in Internet traffic on that Saturday, starting at 08:00 UTC, which deepened on Sunday...
How Easter, Passover and Ramadan show up in Internet trends
2023-04-19
How Easter (including Orthodox Easter), Passover & Ramadan affected 2023 Internet traffic...
How to stay safe from phishing
2023-03-13
Phishing attacks come in all sorts of ways to fool people. Email is definitely the most common, but there are others. Following up on our "Top 50 Most Impersonated Brands in Phishing Attacks" post, here are some tips to help you catch these scams before you fall for them....
One year of war in Ukraine: Internet trends, attacks, and resilience
2023-02-23
This blog post reports on Internet insights during an historical war in Europe that has been seen and shared online, and discusses how Ukraine's Internet remained resilient in spite of dozens of disruptions in three different stages of the conflict....
A look at Internet traffic trends during Super Bowl LVII
2023-02-13
We look at who the biggest winners were among Super Bowl advertisers, and examine traffic trends for food delivery services, social media, and sports and betting sites. We also review city and state-level traffic trends, as well as related email threat volume in the weeks ahead of the game...
Cloudflare Radar 2022 Year in Review
2022-12-22
We’re excited to present the Cloudflare Radar 2022 Year In Review, featuring interactive charts, graphs, and maps you can use to explore what changed on the Internet throughout this past year...
An early look at Thanksgiving 2022 Internet trends
2022-11-25
Yesterday, November 24, 2022, was Thanksgiving Day in the US. Last year, we saw how the US paused shopping (and browsing) for Thanksgiving. So, how was it this year?...
How the Brazilian Presidential elections affected Internet traffic
2022-11-03
What happens to the Internet traffic of a country when an important election happens. In Brazil, the first round of the Presidential elections brought a 10% decrease in Internet traffic, but the runoff on Sunday had a bigger: 21% drop...
How to enable Private Access Tokens in iOS 16 and stop seeing CAPTCHAs
2022-09-23
Nobody likes CAPTCHAs. Now, with iOS 16 on iPhones, a small enabled toggle can make them disappear while improving privacy on your device. Here’s how to check if it’s “on” and try it out...
Deep dives & how the Internet works
2022-08-25
We have amazing deep dives in our blog, but also research and how the Internet works kind of stories. Here are some highlights from 2022, and before (with glimpses of our history)....
2022 attacks! An August reading list to go “Shields Up”
2022-08-11
In 2022, cybersecurity, more than ever, is a must-have for those who don’t want to take chances on getting caught in a cyberattack with difficult to deal with consequences. Here’s a reading list what you need to know about attacks that is also a guide on how to be protected...
How the James Webb Telescope's cosmic pictures impacted the Internet
2022-07-14
We show how the July 11-12 James Webb Telescope images that were revealed had an impact on DNS traffic in NASA and ESA websites, video and image hosting platforms, and news websites. The ‘cosmic’ results may be surprising...