AI agents surpass human web traffic for the first time in history (opens in new tab)

Cloudflare data indicates that autonomous AI agents now generate more internet traffic than human users for the first time. This milestone arrived significantly earlier than industry experts predicted, with previous forecasts suggesting the shift would not occur until 2027. The current breakdown shows automated requests accounting for approximately 57.5 percent of global HTTP traffic compared to 42.5 percent for humans. <a href="