Bad bot traffic is growing 9 times faster than human web traffic

Malicious bots are growing at a startling pace as AI continues to expand. A new report from DataDome finds that from July 2025 to June of this year, bad automated traffic grew 124%. That’s nine times faster than human traffic growth during that period. AI traffic, meanwhile, increased more than 82%. The report, based on more than 1 trillion requests across 75,000-plus customer sites, offers one of the most comprehensive looks at bot traffic online. And the bots were busy over the past y...