Global internet traffic grew 19% in 2025
Verified Confidence: high
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
- Commonly cited as
- "Internet traffic grew 19% last year"
- True origin
- Cloudflare Radar — Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- 2025 (year to date, through early December)
- Last checked
- What the source says
Global Internet traffic grew 19% in 2025, with significant growth starting in August.
- Method & sample
- Traffic observed across Cloudflare's global network.
- Drift between quote and source
- Measured on Cloudflare's network, a large but partial view of the internet
- Interest
- Cloudflare sells network and security services.
Safe rephrasing
Cloudflare's 2025 Year in Review reported that global internet traffic on its network grew 19% in 2025.
Sources we opened
- Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review (primary)
Machine-readable: /api/claims/cloudflare-global-internet-traffic-grew-19-percent-2025.json · Last checked 2026-10-16