Cloudflare predicts machine traffic could hit 1,000x human traffic in 5 years

avgarrison · hn · 2026-08-18

Cloudflare released a report predicting that machine traffic, such as AI crawlers and automated agents, could reach 1,000 times human traffic within the next five years. This trend highlights the rapidly increasing share of AI and automation tools in internet activity, posing new challenges for infrastructure and security strategies.

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Cloudflare predicts machine traffic could hit 1,000x human traffic in 5 years

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