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4.2%
4.2% -- share of html request traffic for AI bots combined (2025-12)
All other AI bots combined accounted for 4.2% of all HTML request traffic observed by Cloudflare in December 2025.
- Based on Cloudflare-observed HTML request traffic
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4.2%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-12
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B
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95
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20
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30
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45
Freshness
95
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Cloudflare
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Cloudflare Radar Year in Review 2025
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AI bots combined: 4.2% share of html request traffic. Source: Cloudflare (2025-12). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-bots-html-traffic-share-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-bots-html-traffic-share-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>4.2%</strong> -- share of html request traffic for AI bots combined<br><small>Source: Cloudflare (2025-12) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-bots-html-traffic-share-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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