Cloudflare Publishes Top Internet Trends for 2024
Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) has released its fifth annual Year in Review, revealing significant Internet trends for 2024. Global Internet traffic increased by 17% year-over-year, with notable findings including:
- Google maintained its position as the most popular Internet service, followed by Facebook, Apple, and TikTok
- Gaming and Gambling became the most targeted industry for cyber threats, surpassing Finance
- Over 50% of global Internet outages were caused by government-directed shutdowns
- Approximately 6.5% of global traffic was identified as potentially malicious
- OpenAI remained the leading generative AI service, while Codeium, Claude, and CoPilot emerged as new entrants in the top 10
The report, based on data from Cloudflare's network spanning 330+ cities in 120+ countries, aims to provide insights into Internet usage and security trends.
Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) ha pubblicato il suo quinto rapporto annuale "Year in Review", rivelando tendenze significative di Internet per il 2024. Il traffico globale di Internet è aumentato del 17% rispetto all'anno scorso, con risultati notevoli che includono:
- Google ha mantenuto la sua posizione come servizio Internet più popolare, seguito da Facebook, Apple e TikTok
- I settori del Gioco e del Gioco d'Azzardo sono diventati i più colpiti dalle minacce informatiche, superando il settore Finanziario
- Oltre il 50% delle interruzioni globali di Internet è stato causato da chiusure dirette dei governi
- Circa il 6,5% del traffico globale è stato identificato come potenzialmente dannoso
- OpenAI è rimasta il servizio di intelligenza artificiale generativa leader, mentre Codeium, Claude e CoPilot sono emersi come nuovi arrivati nella top 10
Il rapporto, basato su dati dalla rete di Cloudflare che copre oltre 330 città in oltre 120 paesi, mira a fornire approfondimenti sull'uso di Internet e le tendenze di sicurezza.
Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) ha lanzado su quinto informe anual "Year in Review", revelando tendencias significativas de Internet para 2024. El tráfico global de Internet aumentó un 17% interanual, con hallazgos notables que incluyen:
- Google mantuvo su posición como el servicio de Internet más popular, seguido de Facebook, Apple y TikTok
- Los Juegos y el Juego de Azar se convirtieron en la industria más atacada por amenazas cibernéticas, superando a las Finanzas
- Más del 50% de las interrupciones globales de Internet fueron causadas por apagones dirigidos por los gobiernos
- Aproximadamente el 6.5% del tráfico global se identificó como potencialmente malicioso
- OpenAI permaneció como el principal servicio de inteligencia artificial generativa, mientras que Codeium, Claude y CoPilot emergieron como nuevos contendientes en el top 10
El informe, basado en datos de la red de Cloudflare que abarca más de 330 ciudades en más de 120 países, tiene como objetivo proporcionar información sobre el uso de Internet y las tendencias de seguridad.
클라우드플레어 (NYSE: NET)는 다섯 번째 연례 보고서 "Year in Review"를 발표하며 2024년의 중요한 인터넷 트렌드를 공개했습니다. 전 세계 인터넷 트래픽은 전년 대비 17% 증가했으며, 주목할 만한 발견 사항은 다음과 같습니다:
- 구글은 페이스북, 애플, 틱톡에 이어 가장 인기 있는 인터넷 서비스로 자리 잡았습니다.
- 게임과 도박은 금융을 초과하여 사이버 위협의 가장 큰 표적이 되었습니다.
- 전 세계 인터넷 중단의 50% 이상이 정부의 지시로 인한 것으로 나타났습니다.
- 전 세계 트래픽의 약 6.5%가 잠재적인 악성으로 확인되었습니다.
- OpenAI는 선도적인 생성적 AI 서비스로 남았고, Codeium, Claude, CoPilot은 톱 10에 새롭게 등장했습니다.
이 보고서는 120개 이상의 국가의 330개 이상의 도시를 아우르는 클라우드플레어 네트워크의 데이터를 기반으로 하여 인터넷 사용 및 보안 동향에 대한 통찰력을 제공하는 것을 목표로 합니다.
Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) a publié son cinquième rapport annuel "Year in Review", révélant des tendances Internet significatives pour 2024. Le trafic Internet mondial a augmenté de 17 % par rapport à l'année précédente, avec des résultats notables, notamment :
- Google a maintenu sa position de service Internet le plus populaire, suivi de Facebook, Apple et TikTok
- Les jeux et les paris sont devenus l'industrie la plus ciblée par les menaces cybernétiques, surpassant le secteur financier
- Plus de 50 % des pannes Internet mondiales ont été causées par des interruptions gouvernementales
- Environ 6,5 % du trafic mondial a été identifié comme potentiellement malveillant
- OpenAI est restée le principal service d'IA générative, tandis que Codeium, Claude et CoPilot ont émergé en tant que nouveaux entrants dans le top 10
Le rapport, basé sur des données provenant du réseau de Cloudflare couvrant plus de 330 villes dans plus de 120 pays, vise à fournir des informations sur l'utilisation d'Internet et les tendances de sécurité.
Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) hat seinen fünften jährlichen Bericht "Year in Review" veröffentlicht, der signifikante Internet-Trends für 2024 offenbart. Der globale Internetverkehr stieg um 17% im Vergleich zum Vorjahr, mit bemerkenswerten Ergebnissen, die Folgendes umfassen:
- Google behauptete seinen Platz als der beliebteste Internetdienst, gefolgt von Facebook, Apple und TikTok
- Gaming und Glücksspiel wurden zur am meisten bedrohten Branche durch Cyberangriffe, die die Finanzbranche übertrafen
- Über 50% der globalen Internet-Ausfälle wurden durch staatlich angeordnete Abschaltungen verursacht
- Etwa 6,5% des globalen Internetverkehrs wurde als potenziell schädlich identifiziert
- OpenAI bleibt der führende Anbieter von generativer KI, während Codeium, Claude und CoPilot als neue Akteure in die Top 10 eintraten.
Der Bericht basiert auf Daten aus dem Netzwerk von Cloudflare, das über 330 Städte in mehr als 120 Ländern abdeckt, und zielt darauf ab, Einblicke in die Internetnutzung und Sicherheitstrends zu bieten.
- Global Internet traffic growth of 17% YoY indicates strong market expansion
- Network presence in 330+ cities across 120+ countries demonstrates robust infrastructure
- Maintained leading position in monitoring and analyzing global Internet trends
- Increase in malicious traffic compared to 2023
- Rising government-directed Internet shutdowns affecting service availability
Insights
The 2024 Internet trends report reveals intriguing shifts in digital behavior but shows direct business impact for Cloudflare. While the 17% YoY increase in global traffic indicates healthy network growth, the most notable findings focus on industry patterns rather than Cloudflare's business performance. The rise of gaming platforms in popularity metrics and the shift in cyber threat landscapes toward gaming and gambling sectors could influence future enterprise security spending, but these are indirect indicators.
The data about AI services adoption is particularly telling - new entrants like Codeium and Claude breaking into top rankings signals rapid market evolution in the AI infrastructure space. However, the gradual decline in AI bot activity from major players suggests stabilizing rather than exponential growth in AI-related traffic. For Cloudflare's business model, the continued high levels of malicious traffic (6.5% of global traffic) reinforces the ongoing demand for security services, though this metric showed only marginal increase from 2023.
The report's insights into digital service rankings provide valuable competitive intelligence. Google maintaining its top position while WhatsApp's entry into the global top 10 demonstrates the evolving dynamics of internet service consumption. The gaming sector's growing prominence, evidenced by Steam's rise to top 5 and Minecraft's top 10 entry, suggests a strategic opportunity in gaming infrastructure services.
The documented increase in government-directed internet shutdowns across multiple countries presents both a risk factor and opportunity. These disruptions could impact service reliability metrics but also underscore the need for robust, distributed network infrastructure - Cloudflare's core offering. The relatively stable malicious traffic levels indicate a mature but not dramatically worsening threat landscape, suggesting steady rather than explosive growth in security service demand.
New data unveils record-high government-directed Internet shutdowns, a rise in malicious traffic, and cyberattacks targeting the Gambling and Gaming industries
The Internet is the cornerstone of global connection, providing access to the critical information and services that power our daily lives. This dependency on the Internet has made it the backbone of today’s society – from helping first responders save lives, allowing communities to connect with elected officials and register to vote or supporting global digital economies. Cloudflare’s 2024 Year in Review underscores how every year, as more people and devices connect to the Internet, global traffic surges (up
“We rely on the Internet almost constantly, yet many still see it merely as a collection of web pages. But the Internet is everywhere, woven throughout almost all of the daily activities of modern life – how we interact and connect on social media, use our smart refrigerators and vacuums, travel from one place to another through rideshare apps, connect to our banks and more,” said Matthew Prince, CEO and co-founder at Cloudflare. “All of these interactions we often take for granted, behind the scenes, are connected to the Internet in one way or another, with a huge percentage running through Cloudflare’s network every second of every day. And as one of the largest in the world, Cloudflare’s global network has an unmatched comprehensive view into usage, and overall quality and connectivity across the web.”
With its Year in Review report, Cloudflare aims to share key data insights about the changing Internet landscape to help keep the online world more informed, resilient and secure. Some of the biggest highlights of 2024 include:
- Most Popular Internet Service: Google came in first for the third year in a row, followed by Facebook (#2), Apple (#3) and TikTok (#4) – unchanged from 2023. However, WhatsApp broke into the top ten most popular services globally for the first time.
- Most Popular Generative AI Service: Codeium, Claude and CoPilot were new entrants to the top ten most popular generative AI services (#3, #5 and #7 respectively), while OpenAI held onto the number one position for the second year in a row.
- Most Popular Gaming Services: Gaming consumers drove Steam into the top five most popular services for the first time, while Minecraft entered the top ten this year. Meanwhile, Roblox ranked #1 for the fourth year in a row.
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Most Targeted Industry: Globally, the Gaming and Gambling industry became the top target for threat actors, overtaking the Finance sector, which was the most targeted category in 2023. Notably, threats increased largely in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl in
the United States . -
Internet Outages Observed: Over half of all global Internet outages were a result of government directed shutdowns – often in response to protests, civil unrest or even to prevent cheating during exams – impacting countries like
Mozambique ,Iraq ,Syria ,Bangladesh ,Senegal ,Pakistan and others. -
Malicious Traffic: The Internet has not become significantly more dangerous over the past year, with about
6.5% of all global traffic mitigated as potentially malicious – only a slight increase from 2023. - Most Aggressive AI Bots: AI bots and crawlers have been in the news for voraciously consuming content. But while Bytespider (ByteDance) and ClaudeBot (Anthropic) were the most active, both of their overall traffic gradually declined over the course of the year.
“Cloudflare Radar was launched in 2020 when we witnessed the drastic impact the pandemic had on the way we interact with the Internet, and the importance for those insights to be accessible to anyone,” said David Belson, Head of Data Insight at Cloudflare. “Our Year in Review is a part of Radar’s commitment to democratize Cloudflare’s data, offering a window into Internet trends and patterns for anyone to explore at their fingertips."
This data comes from Cloudflare Radar, a free tool that lets anyone view global trends and insights across the Internet. Radar is powered by data from Cloudflare’s global network (one of the world’s largest, spanning 330+ cities in 120+ countries), and aggregated and anonymized data from Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 public DNS Resolver, widely used as a fast and private way to browse the Internet.
To learn more about Cloudflare’s Year in Review, please check out the resources below:
- Blog: Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review
- Blog: Most Popular Internet Services 2024
- 2024 Year in Review Microsite
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business.
Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations – from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.
Learn more about Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud at cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud. Learn more about the latest Internet trends and insights at https://radar.cloudflare.com.
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