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Reports and publications from Fastly
From Code to Production: How Modern AppSec Programs Yield 3x Better Business Outcomes
12/22/2025
Fastly Threat Insights Report
12/18/2025
Crawled, Scraped, Strained: Insights on AI Bot Behavior
8/19/2025
Q1 2025 Threat Insights Report
6/3/2025
Cybersecurity at the Crossroads
3/4/2025
Balancing Application Protection Requirements
2/4/2025
Three application security trends to monitor in 2025
2/1/2025
Recent Statistics & Reports
Organizations classified as 'Exceptional' in AppSec maturity are 3.6 times more likely to achieve a 20% or greater improvement in developer productivity compared to those in the 'Evolving' category.
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AppSec MaturityApplication SecurityDeveloper Productivity
In December 2025, Japan had 18%, the UK had 16%, and the US had 12% of organizations classified as 'Exceptional' in AppSec maturity.
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AppSec MaturityRegional TrendsJapan
Organizations classified as 'Exceptional' in AppSec maturity are 3.7 times more likely than 'Emerging' programs to reduce negative user experiences by more than 20%.
1/1/2026•
AppSec MaturityUser ExperienceApplication Security
89% of headless bot traffic (which mimic human behavior at machine speed) in Q3 targeted transaction-heavy industries like Financial Services and Commerce.
1/1/2026•
BotsHeadless BotsFinancial Services
Organizations classified as 'Exceptional' in AppSec maturity are 1.9 times less likely to experience a data breach than Emerging programs.
1/1/2026•
AppSec MaturityData BreachesApplication Security
The High Technology industry has 35.5% and the Travel and Hospitality industry has 18.3% of organizations classified as 'Exceptional' in AppSec maturity.
1/1/2026•
AppSec MaturityIndustry TrendsTechnology
Organizations classified as 'Exceptional' in AppSec maturity are 3.6 times more likely to report a 20% or greater improvement in application availability compared to the average.
1/1/2026•
AppSec MaturityApplication SecurityBusiness Outcomes
Bot requests increased by 2% in Q3 2025 compared to the prior quarter, representing billions of requests.
1/1/2026•
BotsTraffic Analysis
In Q3 2025, commerce received 88% of crawler traffic, while the Public Sector received 96%, and Education had the highest fetcher volume at 77%
1/1/2026•
BotsCrawler TrafficCommerce
Meta’s AI crawler and OpenAI’s ChatGPT fetcher accounted for 60% and 68% of their respective traffic categories in Q3 2025.
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Meta's AI CrawlerChatGPTWeb Traffic
Bots account for 29% of all web traffic, with approximately 25% of this traffic classified as unwanted.
1/1/2026•
Web TrafficBots
4% of wanted bot requests were blocked, reflecting concerns about data usage and revenue impact.
1/1/2026•
BotsWeb Traffic
Only 1% of users click through to source websites that have an AI summary, indicating diminished referral traffic for Media and Entertainment publishers.
1/1/2026•
Media and EntertainmentAIReferral Traffic
ChatGPT generates the most real-time traffic to websites, with 98% of fetcher bot requests attributable to OpenAI’s bots
8/19/2025•
AI bots
Meta’s AI bots generated 52% of AI crawler traffic, which is more than double that of Google (23%) or OpenAI (20%).
8/19/2025•
AI bots
Analysis of traffic from mid-April to mid-July 2025 revealed that AI crawlers made up almost 80% of all AI bot traffic observed.
8/19/2025•
AI bots
North America accounts for nearly 90% of observed AI crawler traffic, receiving a heavy skew compared to other regions like Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
8/19/2025•
AI botsNorth AmericaEurope
Fetcher bots, including those from ChatGPT and Perplexity, are driving massive real-time request volumes, with some cases exceeding 39,000 requests per minute.
8/19/2025•
AI bots
High technology organizations were the most targeted industry by bots overall, representing 35% of observed attacks.
6/3/2025•
BotsTechnology
Search engine crawlers accounted for 66% of wanted bot traffic.
6/3/2025•
Bots
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