The company Cloudflare has just published its retrospective for the year 2024 and according to it, global internet traffic continues to increase. Indeed, according to its data, this traffic increases by 17.2%. Cloudflare also mentions a trend, which it had already observed in 2022 and 2023. During the first half of the year, traffic stagnated. However, from mid-August, global internet traffic increased significantly, reaching this growth of 17.2%.
What are the most popular services?
Cloudflare also published its Top 10 most popular internet services in the world:
- Apple
- TikTok
- AWS
- Microsoft
- YouTube
- Amazon
Generative artificial intelligence: the most popular services
At the moment, ChatGPT is not in Cloudflare's Top 10. However, according to it, generative artificial intelligence tools will continue their “meteoric rise” in 2024. In addition, Cloudflare has also published a Top 10 generative artificial intelligence tools:
- ChatGPT (OpenAI)
- Character.AI
- Codeium
- QuillBot
- Claude (Anthropic)
- Perplexity
- GitHub Copilot
- Wordtune
- Poe
- Tabnine
Starlink traffic increased 3.3 times
Cloudflare data also indicates a sharp increase in Starlink's global traffic as the company continues its global rollout. In fact, Starlink's global traffic would have increased 3.3 times. Cloudflare also mentions spectacular growth in satellite connection services in certain countries.
“In many locations there is pent-up demand for “alternative” connectivity providers such as Starlink, and in these countries/regions we see rapid traffic growth when the service becomes available, such as in Zimbabwe. Availability of the service was announced on September 7 and traffic from the country began to increase rapidly almost immediately afterwards.says Cloudflare.
Furthermore, this growth can continue after the launch of Starlink in a country. For example, while it has been available in Malawi since July 2023, Starlink traffic in this country has increased by a further 38-fold in 2024.
- Cloudflare Releases Year 2024 Review, Shows Global Traffic Increased 17.2%
- The company also publishes rankings of the most popular services
- In its publication, Cloudflare also mentions significant growth in Starlink traffic in 2024
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