Cloudflare's Impact Report for 2025 reveals how elections, journalism, and nonprofits faced rising online threats
Cloudflare has published its fifth annual Impact Report, outlining how its network and security services have been used to support elections, independent media, and nonprofit organizations while also addressing environmental commitments. The report explains why these efforts matter as cyberattacks, automation, and AI-driven traffic continue to reshape how public interest services operate online.
The Impact Report follows Cloudflare’s recent 2025 Radar Year in Review, the sixth annual report examining broad trends in internet traffic, security, and technology adoption across its global network. That earlier analysis used aggregated data from web requests, bots, and connectivity signals to show how automation, encryption changes, and attacks shaped online services worldwide. The new report narrows the focus to how those trends affected democratic institutions, journalism, and other vulnerable groups.
