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  "id": "cloudflare-humans-47-percent-html-requests-bots-44-dec-2025",
  "slug": "cloudflare-humans-47-percent-html-requests-bots-44-dec-2025",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/cloudflare-humans-47-percent-html-requests-bots-44-dec-2025/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/cloudflare-humans-47-percent-html-requests-bots-44-dec-2025.json",
  "claim": "Humans generated 47% of HTML page requests and non-AI bots 44% (Cloudflare, December 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Half the web is bots\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Cloudflare Radar",
    "title": "Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "As of December 2, human traffic generated 47% of HTML requests, and non-AI bots generated 44%.",
  "method": "Traffic observed across Cloudflare's global network (share of requests to sites Cloudflare serves, not of all internet users).",
  "drift": [
    "Point-in-time share of HTML requests; AI bots made up most of the remainder (about 4.2% on average in 2025)",
    "Non-AI bots led early in 2025"
  ],
  "interest": "Cloudflare sells network and security services.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Cloudflare reported that on Dec. 2, 2025, humans generated 47% of HTML page requests and non-AI bots 44%, after bots had led earlier in the year.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2025-year-in-review/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Dec. 2, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}