Overview
- Global internet use rose 19% year over year, with growth flat through mid‑April before accelerating from late August to a year‑end peak.
- Starlink traffic increased about 2.3x in 2025 as service expanded into more than 20 additional countries and regions.
- Post‑quantum encryption protected 52% of human traffic, even as Cloudflare counted more than 25 record‑breaking DDoS attacks with a rise in short, rapid bursts.
- Nearly half of 174 major disruptions were attributed to government actions, while cable‑cut outages dropped by about 50% and power‑related incidents doubled.
- HTTPS exceeded 95% of requests; Google and Meta remained the most popular services, Google’s crawler was the largest automated traffic source, and Europe led speeds with Spain ranked best for overall internet quality.