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Bot traffic online will exceed human traffic in 2027.

Matthew Prince, Cloudflare · made March 2026 · target Dec 2027 · Open

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we suspect that, in 2027, the amount of bot traffic online will exceed the amount of human traffic that’s online
Matthew Prince, TechCrunch (the quote as reported there)

The prediction

Who
Matthew Prince, CEO, Cloudflare
Made
March 2026
Target
Dec 31, 2027 (stated as "in 2027")
Status
Openin 15 months
Source
TechCrunch Secondary: a report of what they said
Topics
Agents,Data

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