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.

Bot traffic has surpassed humans on the Internet. The winners in the next infrastructure cycle are the companies building trust rails for machines: agent identity, intent…

Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm’s latest data.