‘AI traffic is fundamentally changing how the Internet operates': New report claims bot traffic is growing 6.5 times faster than human users — is this the end of the useful internet as we know it?
- Human traffic is up, but AI traffic is up 6.5x more, Fastly report claims
- Uncacheable AI requests are straining hosting infrastructure
- Businesses must rethink website management and content discoverability
New Fastly analysis of its own global edge network has revealed that AI requests increased around 30% in the first five months of 2026 – while human traffic also rose, AI traffic grew at around 6.5x the pace of human traffic.
But the company is arguing that this is much more than just an increase in bot traffic – it signals ,]the emergence of an entirely new layer of the Internet where AI systems increasingly interact directly with websites on behalf of human users.
CTO Artur Bergman noted that “AI traffic is fundamentally changing how the Internet operates,” and that businesses are no longer building online experiences just for their human visitors.
AI is changing how we build for the Internet
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