For the first time in internet history, bots now generate more online traffic than humans, a shift Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince expected to occur in 2027.
On April 27, 2026, bots accounted for 57% of all HTML-based internet traffic
Jun 05, 2026
10:38 am
What's the storyIn a major milestone for the digital world, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) bots now outnumber humans in terms of web traffic.
The revelation comes from data collected by Cloudflare's global traffic monitoring system.
Shift likely driven by exponential rise of websites powered by AI
Prince said that while he had predicted bot traffic would surpass humans, he believed it would happen toward the end of 2027.…
Cloudflare says that 57.4% of requests to a selection of websites it hosts are now automated bot requests, while 42.6% are…
Cloudflare's CEO didn't expect this to happen until next year.
Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm’s latest data.
Bot traffic now outpaces human traffic on the internet, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says, years ahead of his late 2027…
Bot web traffic has overtaken human web traffic, data shows
