Post-quantum key exchange (ML-KEM) reached 51.04% of global HTTP requests in February 2026, up from 24.55% a year earlier. All 50 top-traffic countries saw double-digit percentage-point increases. Chrome/Chromium remains the primary adoption driver.

Internet connectivity in Iran dropped approximately 98% starting around 07:00 UTC on February 28, following reports of military strikes. BGP route withdrawals confirmed a government-directed nationwide shutdown. All major regions — Tehran, Fars, Isfahan, Alborz Province, and Razavi Khorasan — showed near-total traffic collapse. Traffic spikes observed in Qatar (+41%), Abu Dhabi (+30%), Dubai (+21%), and Israel (+50%).

Radar now tracks post-quantum encryption support on origin servers, provides a tool to test any host for post-quantum compatibility, and introduces a Key Transparency dashboard for monitoring E2EE messaging audit logs. The new Post-Quantum page shows the share of customer origins supporting X25519MLKEM768.

Hetzner traffic dropped ~50% with a 100x surge in BGP announcements, indicating a major routing event affecting hosted services across Europe.

A nationwide power outage caused a significant drop in Internet traffic starting around 14:50 UTC on February 23. Connectivity was largely restored by 03:53 UTC on February 24. Traffic patterns consistent with a large-scale power failure rather than a directed shutdown.

Traffic dropped -72% following the failure of electrical transmission lines, causing a nationwide power outage across Paraguay.

Storm Kristin made landfall January 28 with winds up to 150 km/h, causing power outages affecting ~1 million households. Traffic in Leiria dropped ~70%, Coimbra ~52%. After 8 days, ~78,000 households remained without power. Starlink traffic surged 30% above the best week of 2025 as users turned to satellite connectivity.

FLOW Grenada experienced a -75% traffic drop to near-complete outage due to a network connection issue. Slow recovery followed.

Traffic drops of up to 25% during key game moments in top football markets, with a sharp rebound during halftime. DNS queries to major streaming platforms surged pre-kickoff. State-level analysis reveals the strongest traffic dips in traditionally high-viewership states.

Cloudflare mitigated a record number of DDoS attacks in Q4 2025. Hyper-volumetric attacks exceeding 1 Tbps became significantly more frequent. Financial services and gaming were the most targeted sectors, with application-layer attacks growing particularly fast.

Traffic dropped -46% in Kyiv and Kharkiv following power grid problems linked to military action. Moldova was also affected. Partial recovery occurred as grid stability was restored.

Traffic dropped -99% within 30 minutes of the shutdown order. The government-directed Internet blackout lasted 101 hours during the election period.

Complete shutdown lasting 14+ days. IPv6 dropped 98.5% first, then total traffic to zero by 18:45 UTC. Longest shutdown since Dec 2022.

Iranian authorities shut down Internet connectivity from ~14:45 UTC on January 5 to ~07:15 UTC on January 6, coinciding with nationwide university entrance exams. This is a recurring pattern. BGP data shows partial route withdrawals during the disruption window.

Traffic dropped -90% at 09:30 UTC amid election protests. A brief 26-hour recovery was followed by a second disruption.

Traffic dropped -70% as Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica. Disruption lasted 4+ days as -50% traffic persisted across the island.

100% traffic loss for approximately 2 hours across Vodafone UK's network. Full recovery followed the outage.

DNS traffic to TikTok dropped 85% after 03:00 UTC. ByteDance AS traffic dropped 95%. Alternatives like Xiaohongshu surged +697% in the US.