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David Belson @dbelson.com · 15d

Proud of the @radar.cloudflare.com team for the work done to add three great new data sets to Radar -- we're constantly expanding visibility into what's happening on the #Internet!

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · 15d

Three new Radar features launched today for @cloudflare.social #BirthdayWeek!

First: regional traffic data is now available. You can now get a more localized perspective on the impact of events and disruptions on Internet traffic. Learn more at blog.cloudflare.com/new-regional...

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David Belson @dbelson.com · 23d

So did you get one?

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David Belson @dbelson.com · 24d

Hopefully it won’t suck.

ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 24d

BREAKING NEWS: The Muppet Show is returning! Set for 2026 on Disney+, in time for The Muppet Show's 50th anniversary.

www.toughpigs.com/muppet-show-...

BREAKING: The Muppet Show Returns! - ToughPigs

A new Muppet Show set in the Muppet Theatre is coming to Disney+ in 2026!

www.toughpigs.com

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David Belson @dbelson.com · 26d

I didn't realize my Macbook Air had a dialup modem... 🤣

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · 26d

Multiple reports of a brief #Starlink outage earlier this morning corroborated by a significant drop in HTTP requests between 04:00-05:00 UTC.

Large burst of #BGP announcements seen at that time as well. Announced IP address space also saw some shifts.

radar.cloudflare.com/routing/as14...

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Sep 11

For Apple devices, it's already started to grow over the last several months as beta and RC versions of iOS and MacOS 26 became available.

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Sep 11

Keep an eye on radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and... next week as Apple releases their latest OS upgrades - we expect to see Post-Quantum adoption grow!

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David Belson @dbelson.com · Sep 10

Maybe a mistranslation of VCS? Or maybe this? www.bitsavers.org/pdf/vectorGr...

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Avani @avani.bsky.social · Sep 4

Who here do I know that hosts their own webpages or blogs? A postdoc colleague and I would like to ask a few fast questions about your traffic patterns over the last 5 years.

(please reshare for reach thank you!)

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David Belson @dbelson.com · Aug 28

The Radar team's latest work on bringing increased visibility to traffic from AI crawlers.

Cloudflare @cloudflare.social · Aug 28

We are extending AI-related insights on Cloudflare Radar with new industry-focused data and a breakdown of bot traffic by purpose, such as training or user action. https://cfl.re/4lNIVX2

A deeper look at AI crawlers: breaking down traffic by purpose and industry

We are extending AI-related insights on Cloudflare Radar with new industry-focused data and a breakdown of bot traffic by purpose, such as training or user action. These new views help website owners ...

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Aug 27

On August 20, Let' s Encrypt switched certificate issuance to use intermediate certificates R12 and R13, retiring the use of R10 and R11. The shift is clearly visible in our Certificate Transparency graphs, starting ~18:00 UTC.

community.letsencrypt.org/t/switching-...

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David Belson @dbelson.com · Aug 27

I didn't realize that movie had an actual soundtrack...

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David Belson @dbelson.com · Aug 25

Some of those submissions are... special.

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Aug 19

Pakistani backbone provider PTCL is experiencing a near-complete outage, with traffic dropping over 90% around 16:10 UTC.

Interestingly, traffic to Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver spiked concurrently with the observed outage.

radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as17...

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Aug 18

A nominal Starlink disruption lasted less than 15 minutes, between 17:40-17:55 UTC. Biggest impacts to traffic were observed in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria. No word yet on what caused the disruption.

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ACM Internet Measurement Conference @acm-imc.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎃 Save the date! Spooktacular IMC Hackathon

📅 Oct 31, 2025 · ⏰ 1–8 PM CT
📍 Discovery Building, Madison, WI

🤝 Partners: Internet Society, IIJ, M-Lab, IODA, Cloudflare, OONI & Sorbonne

🛠️ Open to IMC attendees/hosts. Agenda soon.
#IMC2025 #Hackathon #InternetMeasurement

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Aug 6

Digital certificates underpin Web security and certificate transparency brings visibility into the millions of certificates issued daily.

Our new Certificate Transparency page shares a wealth of data on certificates, CAs, CT logs, and more.

radar.cloudflare.com/certificate-...

#MerkleTown

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Aug 5

AI bots generally crawl for training, search indexing, or in response to a user action. @radar.cloudflare.com now provides a "crawl purpose" perspective on AI bot traffic trends -- see more at radar.cloudflare.com/ai-insights#...

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David Belson @dbelson.com · Aug 4

Whatever happened to Almost Home Peanut Butter Fudge cookies?

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Aug 3

The latest series of partial #Internet shutdowns in #Syria, intended to prevent cheating on high school exams, finished today. These shutdowns targeted mobile providers, limiting the impact.

radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sy?d...

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David Belson @dbelson.com · Jul 30

Nice!

David Belson @dbelson.com · Jul 30

Are you in my hemisphere?

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · Jul 30

A M8.8 #earthquake at 23:40 UTC off the Kamchatka Peninsula in #Russia resulted in a ~50% drop in Internet traffic from the region.

#Tsunami warnings have been issued for Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and other Russian regions.

www.reuters.com/business/env...

x.com/USGS_Quakes/...

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David Belson @dbelson.com · Jul 22

My latest post for the @cloudflare.social blog, looking at #Internet disruptions during the second quarter, as seen through @radar.cloudflare.com

Cloudflare @cloudflare.social · Jul 22

Internet shutdowns disrupted connectivity in multiple countries in Q2 2025, as did power outages, cable damage, technical problems, and a cyberattack. See the impacts though a Cloudflare Radar lens at blog.cloudflare.com/q2-2025-inte...

Shutdown season- the Q2 2025 Internet disruption summary

In Q2 2025, we observed Internet disruptions around the world resulting from government-directed shutdowns, power outages, cable damage, a cyberattack, and technical problems, as well as several with ...

blog.cloudflare.com

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IODA (Internet Outage Detection and Analysis) @ioda.live · Jul 21

Amidst violent clashes between Druze and Bedouins, there are reports of a government ordered #shutdown of the #Internet in As Suwayda' #Syria. IODA shows a loss of connectivity since July 14. #keepiton

Follow connectivity in As Suwayda' in near realtime:
ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/asn/29256-39...

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