{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Observation",
  "id": "ai-bots-share-of-html-requests",
  "label": "AI bots as a share of HTML requests",
  "question": "How much of web traffic is AI crawlers?",
  "answer": "AI bots averaged 4.2% of HTML requests across 2025, ranging from 2.4% to 6.4%. Googlebot alone accounted for 4.5%.",
  "value": 4.2,
  "display": "4.2%",
  "unit": "percent",
  "evidence_type": "platform-telemetry",
  "period": "2025",
  "period_iso": "2025",
  "year_on_year_pct": null,
  "comparison": {
    "label": "Googlebot alone",
    "display": "4.5%",
    "value": 4.5
  },
  "geography": "Global",
  "topics": [
    "generative-engines",
    "discovery-and-visibility"
  ],
  "sample": "HTML content requests across Cloudflare's customer base, 1 January to 2 December 2025. Ranged from 2.4% to 6.4% through the year",
  "methodology": "Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review, published 15 December 2025, covering 1 January to 2 December 2025. Population is Cloudflare's own customer base, HTML content requests only, which Cloudflare states explicitly because the shares differ from its all-content figures. Cloudflare sells bot blocking, so it has an interest in the salience of this measure.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "verified_against_primary": true,
  "source": {
    "id": "cloudflare",
    "name": "Cloudflare",
    "type": "platform-data",
    "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2025-year-in-review/",
    "homepage": "https://radar.cloudflare.com/"
  },
  "located_via": null,
  "last_checked": "2026-10-03",
  "page_url": "https://travel.rankwit.ai/data/ai-bots-share-of-html-requests"
}