A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web

From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.

A surge of strange bot traffic from China has website owners alarmed. Here’s what it means for your data

They’re reporting a surge in automated clicks from China and Singapore.
LAist

In A Battle For Web Traffic, Bad Bots Are Going After Grandma

As the Web turns 25, it's becoming a terrific place if you're a bot. It began as a tool for human communication, but now, over 60 percent of the traffic on the Web is automated applications called ...

AI bot traffic to websites is rising rapidly. It could change the nature of the web

What happens when AI bot traffic starts to catch up with human visitors?
Morningstar

WP Engine’s 2025 Website Traffic Trends Report Shows Bot-Heavy Traffic and Growing Performance Gaps

Report finds 76% of bot traffic is unverified, signaling intelligent traffic management as the new strategic imperative for web teams in 2026 WP Engine, a global web enablement company providing ...
KTLA

SEO Guide: Understanding and Leveraging Website Traffic Bots

In the evolving digital landscape, website traffic is the lifeblood of any online business. Among the myriad strategies to enhance website traffic, using a traffic ...
SiliconANGLE

Fastly report finds bot traffic now makes up nearly a third of all web requests

A new report out today from edge cloud platform provider Fastly Inc. has found that bot traffic continues to reshape the modern web, as artificial intelligence crawlers, fetchers and increasingly ...
Business Wire

WP Engine’s 2025 Website Traffic Trends Report Shows Bot-Heavy Traffic and Growing Performance Gaps

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WP Engine, a global web enablement company providing premium products and solutions for websites built on WordPress®¹, today released its 2025 Website Traffic Trends ...