AI agent web traffic grew 8x in two months, bots now 54% of web traffic
omooretweets · x · 2026-11-12
In 'Welcome to the B2A Economy', omooretweets argues the internet's primary users are no longer humans but AI agents, backed by data:
- HUMAN Security: monthly agentic web traffic hit an index of 1,626 in October (Feb = 100), an 8x jump vs. August; bot traffic is forecast at 54% of the web in 2026.
- Meta and OpenAI drive 90% of agent traffic: Meta Muse 59%, ChatGPT Agent 16%, Codex Browser 5.8%; Claude, Gemini and Grok trail far behind.
- AI now writes roughly half of new online articles; OpenRouter agentic tokens average 7.3T/day, up 142% and well past human usage.
The thesis: this is an early platform shift — adoption is measurable but business models aren't visible yet. As agents move from answering questions to completing tasks, they'll decide which products to use and where to spend money on our behalf; the transformation of distribution is just beginning.
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