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22% -- bot traffic share for Most click-fraud-affected industries (2015)

2015  · Bloomberg

In 2015, the most click-fraud-affected industry had 22% of traffic that was bot-related, according to a Bloomberg click fraud report.

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Bloomberg click fraud report; highest of top 3 most affected industries

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Most click-fraud-affected industries: 22% bot traffic share. Source: Bloomberg (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/most-affected-industry-bot-traffic-22
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