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60% of all origin traffic is from bots.

PublisherFastly
ReportFastly Threat Insights Report
Published16 April 2026
TopicsOrigin Traffic, Bots, Bot Traffic

Published by Fastly in Fastly Threat Insights Report, 16 April 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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