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Bots pass humans in online traffic for the first time

development2026-06-04

Claim

Cloudflare's Matthew Prince conceded that bots have passed humans in online traffic for the first time in history, and that it happened faster than he predicted.

Reporting date: 2026-06-04 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 4, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to June 4, 2026

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Cloudflare

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Bots pass humans in online traffic for the first time
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-06-04
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-04-bots-pass-humans-online
Claim: Cloudflare's Matthew Prince conceded that bots have passed humans in online traffic for the first time in history, and that it happened faster than he predicted.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to June 4, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-4-2026
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