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Cloudflare Publishes Top Internet Trends for 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, December 15, 2025--Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today published its sixth annual Year in Review, one of the most comprehensive views of how the Internet behaved in 2025. The report—accompanied by a spotlight on the most popular Internet services—highlights the most significant Internet trends, traffic patterns, and security insights from the past year.
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