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  "id": "cloudflare-ai-user-action-crawling-15x-2025",
  "slug": "cloudflare-ai-user-action-crawling-15x-2025",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/cloudflare-ai-user-action-crawling-15x-2025/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/cloudflare-ai-user-action-crawling-15x-2025.json",
  "claim": "AI \"user action\" crawling increased more than 15x in 2025",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"AI agents browsing the web grew 15x\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Cloudflare Radar",
    "title": "Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "AI “user action” crawling increased by over 15x in 2025.",
  "method": "Requests on Cloudflare's network from AI fetchers acting on a user's prompt (as opposed to training or search crawls).",
  "drift": [
    "Growth from a small base; not a share of traffic",
    "Measured on Cloudflare's network only"
  ],
  "interest": "Cloudflare sells bot management and pay-per-crawl products.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Cloudflare reported that AI 'user action' crawling (fetches made when someone asks an AI assistant) grew more than 15x on its network in 2025.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2025-year-in-review/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "2025 (year to date)",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}