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42.3%
42.3% -- bot traffic share for global website traffic (2025)
Bot traffic accounts for 42.3% of all global website activity.
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42.3%
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2025
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60
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20
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30
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45
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95
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smart-team.io
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Bot traffic share of global website activity; cited without named source
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global website traffic: 42.3% bot traffic share. Source: smart-team.io (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/bot-share-of-website-traffic
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