Bots
We've curated 55 cybersecurity statistics about Bots to help you understand how automated threats, like botnets and web scrapers, are impacting online security practices and evolving in 2025.
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99% of bot traffic is unwanted or unverifiable.
Only 1% of bots are verified or wanted.
In January 2026, bots accounted for 49% of all requests, nearly matching human traffic at 51%.
47% of requests to cached content come from bots.
60% of all origin traffic is from bots.
Even when explicitly warned that synthetic bots are common, 33% of study participants still shared sensitive information.
Bot requests increased by 2% in Q3 2025 compared to the prior quarter, representing billions of requests.
Bots account for 29% of all web traffic, with approximately 25% of this traffic classified as unwanted.
4% of wanted bot requests were blocked, reflecting concerns about data usage and revenue impact.
In Q3 2025, commerce received 88% of crawler traffic, while the Public Sector received 96%, and Education had the highest fetcher volume at 77%
89% of headless bot traffic (which mimic human behavior at machine speed) in Q3 targeted transaction-heavy industries like Financial Services and Commerce.
75% of consumers expect the issue with bots to worsen this year.
66% of consumers regularly find themselves competing with bots for limited products during the holiday shopping season.
57% of consumers say bots have been a major problem for online shoppers for the last six years.
53% of consumers say they are likely to brave in-store crowds this year due to frustration with bots.
64% of consumers feel that automated programs are stealing the joy of shopping altogether.
90% of consumers say it is important to verify that they are buying from a real person.
Over a third of consumers experience genuine stress while shopping online.
18% of consumers feel 'very confident' in distinguishing real products from fakes.
44% of consumers admit to feeling annoyed or angry after losing out to bots during online sales.