Filtering out bot traffic to reveal true human behavior during Christmas (Dec 24-25) and New Year (Dec 31 - Jan 1)
vs baseline week (Dec 17-18, 2025) across 150 countries
This dashboard filters out bot traffic to show only Likely Human HTTP requests.
During holidays, bot traffic continues at normal levels while humans take breaks,
making the human-only traffic drops more pronounced than total traffic drops.
Formula: Human-Only Change = Total Change × (Human% Holiday ÷ Human% Baseline)
Source: Cloudflare Radar | Generated: January 9, 2026
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Countries in darker red experienced the largest traffic drops during Christmas holidays. These drops are more pronounced than total traffic because bots continue operating.
When filtering to human-only traffic, Western European countries show even more dramatic drops (30-42%) compared to total traffic (25-35%). Austria leads with -41.2% human-only drop vs -34.2% total. This reveals how bots mask the true extent of human holiday behavior.
Traffic drops during New Year celebrations, filtering out the constant bot activity.
New Year shows globally distributed human behavior drops. Russia (-36.8% human-only) and Japan (-33.5% human-only) show major drops. The human-only perspective reveals that actual human disengagement during celebrations is 4-7% greater than raw traffic suggests.
Ranked by percentage decrease in HTTP requests compared to baseline
Ranked by percentage decrease in HTTP requests compared to baseline
Average traffic change by geographic region
How countries are distributed across traffic change ranges
Comparing total traffic drops with human-only traffic drops reveals how bot traffic masks the true holiday impact on human behavior
When we filter to human-only traffic, holiday drops become 3-8% more pronounced on average. This is because bot traffic (crawlers, automated systems) continues at normal levels during holidays while humans take breaks. Countries with higher bot traffic ratios show the biggest difference between total and human-only drops.
Human-only normalized traffic showing hourly patterns. Select a country to see local timezone and previous week comparison.
Human-only traffic shows more pronounced daily dips compared to total traffic because bots operate 24/7 regardless of holidays. During Christmas Day (Dec 25), human activity drops to its lowest point, while bot traffic remains steady - making the human-only perspective essential for understanding true user behavior.
Human-only normalized traffic during New Year celebrations. The midnight hour shows dramatic drops as humans celebrate.
New Year's Eve shows the "midnight dip" phenomenon where human traffic drops sharply around local midnight as people celebrate. Countries like South Korea and Japan (which celebrate Jan 1 as a major holiday) show extended low traffic periods. The human-only filter reveals these patterns are 5-10% more dramatic than total traffic suggests.