In releasing its annual report exploring global internet insights and security trends for 2024, connected cloud company Cloudflare said SpaceX’s Starlink service continues to go from strength to strength – for the second year in a row. revealed that global traffic is increasing. The growth rate from Starlink in 2024 was 2.9 times, matching the growth rate of the previous year.
The review, the fifth annual study of its kind, shows global traffic is up 17% year-over-year (YoY), demonstrating global dependence as more people and devices connect to the internet each year. It was clear that a new trend was emerging. That ability.
Cloudflare’s network currently spans over 330 cities in over 120 countries/regions and serves millions of Internet assets, in addition to processing an average of over 42 million DNS requests per second. Processing an average of over 63 million HTTP(S) requests per second.
Turning to the connectivity industry, the study observed 225 major internet outages globally in 2024, many of which were government-led local and national internet outages. It was due to Cable cuts and power outages were also major causes.
Aggregated across 2024, 28.5% of IPv6-enabled requests were made over IPv6. The strongest countries were India and Malaysia, with IPv6 adoption rates of 68.9% and 59.6%, respectively. Approximately 20.7% of TCP connections terminate unexpectedly before any useful data is exchanged.
The top 10 countries ranked by internet speed all had average download speeds above 200 Mbps. Spain consistently ranks high across all measured internet quality indicators, with 41.3% of global traffic coming from mobile devices. In fact, in nearly 100 countries/regions, the majority of their traffic comes from mobile devices.
But perhaps some of the most interesting findings centered on Starlink, which was found to be adopted “at scale” in new markets. As Starlink added new markets, traffic in those locations increased rapidly, Cloudflare said. Malawi experienced the highest increase in traffic (42x) since launch in July 2023. The biggest increase in 2023 was in Brazil, where Starlink traffic has increased more than 17 times since its launch in 2022.
Assessing the trends revealed in the report, the connectivity cloud company added that the Internet is the foundation of global connectivity, providing access to critical information and services that underpin daily life. Furthermore, this dependence on the Internet has made it the backbone of today’s society, enabling first responders to save lives, enabling communities to connect with elected officials and register to vote, and fueling the global digital economy. He said he felt supported.
Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, said: “We rely on the internet almost all of the time, but many people still think of it as just a collection of web pages.” he said. “But the internet is everywhere, woven into almost every daily routine of modern life, connecting and connecting on social media, using smart refrigerators and vacuum cleaners, and getting from one place to another through ride-sharing apps. transportation, connections to banks, etc.
