The 2026 State of AI Traffic & Cyberthreat Benchmark Report

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What one quadrillion interactions reveal about a changing internet.

In 2025, AI-driven automation hit an inflection point. HUMAN analyzed over one quadrillion digital interactions across the HUMAN Defense Platform and found that automated traffic is outpacing human traffic at an unprecedented rate — and concentrating on the pages where transactions happen.

Key findings:
  • Automated traffic is growing 8x faster than human traffic
  • AI-driven traffic grew 187% year over year
  • Agentic traffic surged over 7,800% as AI agents began navigating real customer journeys
  • Scraping attempts now approach 20% of all site visits
  • Post-login account compromise attempts quadrupled

Download the full report for vertical breakdowns, attack benchmarks, dark web pricing trends, and analysis of what the rise of agentic AI means for your security posture.

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The 2026 State of AI Traffic & Cyberthreat Benchmark Report