Global bot traffic share 2016| Statista

Published by Thuy D., Nov 25, 2025

This statistic shows the percentage of bot traffic as share of total online traffic. In 2016, bots accounted for 51.8 percent of online traffic. That year good bots accounted for 22.9 percent of traffic and bad bots accounted for 28.9 percent.

Percentage of bot traffic as share of total online traffic from 2012 to 2016

Characteristic	Humans	Total bots
2016	48.2%	51.8%
2015	53%	47%
2014	44%	56%
2013	38.5%	61.5%
2012	49%	51%

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2012 to 2016

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data based on 16.7+ billion visits to 100,000 randomly-selected domains on the Incapsula network

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