The Machine Majority: What Bot Traffic Looks Like from Central Asia

Saber Mesgari — 10 Nov 2026

16 min read

10 Nov 2026

Most web pages are now fetched by machines rather than people, at least on the networks we can measure. I pulled data for thirteen countries across Central Asia and the Caucasus to see what that looks like from our corner of the world, and what it means for those of us who run networks and exchange…

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