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The #Internet shutdown in #Iran has entered its 4th day, continuing to isolate the country from the outside world.

Traffic volume remains near zero -- the artifacts of what little traffic is getting through can be seen at radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and...

#IranDigitalBlackout
January 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Iran's Internet shutdown is now in its third day. Traffic volumes remain extremely low.

Follow the latest status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir

#IranProtests2026 #IranDigitalBlackout
January 11, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Now over a day into the shutdown, the #Internet in #Iran remains almost completely unavailable. Although some traffic appeared again around 10:00 UTC today, trafflic levels are less than 0.01% of pre-shutdown peaks. Follow the latest status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir
January 9, 2026 at 10:44 PM
#Iran has now been largely offline for over 18 hours. It appears that access to @1111Resolver was briefly restored around 10:00 UTC. Internal data suggests some nominal traffic recovery starting around 09:00 UTC, but volumes remain extremely low.

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January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
#Internet traffc in #Iran has dropped to effectively zero as of 18:45 UTC (22:15 PM local time), signaling a complete shutdown in the country, and disconnection from the global Internet.

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January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Starting around 16:30 UTC (20:00 local time), traffic in #Iran began to drop rapidly, falling nearly 90% in the following 30 minutes. Declines were seen across major network providers.

Follow the latest status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
January 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
After initially falling around 11:50 UTC, IPv6 traffic from #Iran has now almost completely disappeared, starting around 13:30 UTC.
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Just before 1200 UTC today, the amount of announced IPv6 address space in #Iran dropped by ~98.5%, concurrent with IPv6 traffic share dropping from ~12% to ~1.8%, as the govt. selectively blocks Internet access amid protests.

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January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In #Ukraine, the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts were targeted by Russian bombing that disrupted power. There's a clear drop in Internet traffic, especially in Dnipropetrovsk, after 20:45 UTC, falling by over 40%. Traffic recovered by around 04:00 UTC (06:00 local time).
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Reposted by Cloudflare Radar
A BGP route leak in Venezuela recently impacted internet connectivity. Our latest analysis breaks down how this happened and why it highlights the need for better routing security across the global Internet. https://cfl.re/4snOAHH
A closer look at a BGP anomaly in Venezuela
There has been speculation about the cause of a BGP anomaly observed in Venezuela on January 2. We take a look at BGP route leaks, and dive into what the data suggests caused the anomaly in question.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The start of 2026 is a great time to take a look back at key #Internet trends from 2025 in the @CloudflareRadar Year in Review.

Insights into traffic, AI, connectivity, adoption/usage, and security, and supports comparisons, sharing, and translation.

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Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review
The Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year In Review features interactive charts, graphs, and maps you can use to explore what changed on the Internet Worldwide throughout 2025.
radar.cloudflare.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
#Internet traffic in #Venezuela surged nearly 150% after reported US military strikes in the country.

See the latest traffic trends at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ve?d...
January 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
According to a post from Congo Telecom, connectivity in Congo (Brazzaville) is due to "an international incident on the WACS cable". Traffic has dropped as much as 82% below expected levels.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We found that traffic from
Starlink grows quickly once service becomes available in the country. In 2025, we saw this in #Armenia, #Niger, and #SriLanka, among others.

See our 2025 Year in Review for more on how Starlink traffic grew in your country: radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-revi...
December 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Mixed purpose" bots have also been incorporated into the AI Insights Crawl Purpose graph and filter

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December 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Building on a visualization in the 2025 Year in Review, Radar's AI Insights page now includes a view into traffic by client type: human, non-AI bot, AI bot, and "mixed purpose" (bots that crawl for search indexing & AI training).

radar.cloudflare.com/ai-insights#...
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In #Mexico, the top sources of bot traffic in 2025 were subscriber networks, while in the #UnitedStates, the top sources were cloud platforms.

Find the top sources of bot traffic for your country/region in the 2025 Year in Review:
radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-revi...
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Earlier today, customers of Israeli provider Cellcom experienced a ~90 minute #Internet disruption. The provider acknowledged that a "malfunction" affected connectivity, with the impact visible between 07:30-09:00 UTC.

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December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
DeepSeek, Grok, and Google Gemini were new to the global top 10 list of most popular Generative AI services in 2025. Check out the Year in Review to see the most popular Generative AI services in your country:

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December 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
¿Sabías que el informe anual de Cloudflare Radar de 2025 está disponible en español y otros trece idiomas? Consúltalo en radar.cloudflare.com/es-es/year-i... y lee la publicación del blog en blog.cloudflare.com/es-es/radar-...
December 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Reposted by Cloudflare Radar
We've seen the highest Internet traffic in history this year. What drove the surge? Was it AI, gaming, or something unexpected?

Find out where all that traffic came from and what it means for the future of the web: radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
That email from the .christmas TLD is probably naughty. In 2025, 99.8% of messages from that domain analyzed by @cloudflare.social Email Security were classified as malicious or spam. The .lol TLD wasn't much better -- it's no laughing matter.

Find out more at radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-revi...
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
More than half of TLS 1.3 traffic is using post-quantum (PQ) encryption, protecting it from "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks. Major growth seen in mid-September when Apple OS updates enabled default PQ support. Learn more in our 2025 Year in Review: radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-revi...
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reposted by Cloudflare Radar
AI competition intensified in 2025 as ChatGPT gained strong challengers. Instagram climbed, X declined, and platforms like Shopee, Temu, and Kwai reshaped global Internet usage. https://cfl.re/3L2kuIX
ChatGPT-s rivals, Kwai-s quiet rise- the top Internet services of 2025
AI competition intensified in 2025 as ChatGPT gained strong challengers. Instagram climbed, X declined, and platforms like Shopee, Temu, and Kwai reshaped global Internet usage. Our 2025 DNS data show...
blog.cloudflare.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Excited to launch the 2025 Year in Review! This year's edition is packed with new stats and interactive visualizations, and is available in 14 languages. Read the blog posts, and explore the microsite at radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-revi...
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM