New Delhi, June 16 -- SAN FRANCISCO - The checkout page where you entered your credit card last week was almost certainly being tested by a bot at the same time. So was the airline booking form you used, the account login you completed, and the news article you opened. In 2025, for the second consecutive year, automated software generated more internet traffic than human beings - and the gap is no longer narrow.

The 2026 Imperva Bad Bot Report, compiled by Thales and based on traffic data collected throughout 2025, puts bots at 53% of all global web traffic. Humans account for the remaining 47%, a proportion that has been shrinking each year. In 2024 the split was 51-49. The trajectory is unambiguous.

What that number actually represent...