# DataDome report finds bad bot traffic growing 9x faster than human traffic

> DataDome released its 2026 State of Bot & Agent Security Report, revealing that malicious automated traffic is expanding at nine times the rate of human traffic.

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- Beat: Anti-bot & Blocking · Evidence: Primary source · Type/significance: research/3 · First seen: 2026-09-22T23:45:17.273043+00:00 · Updated: 2026-09-22T23:45:17.273043+00:00 · Edition: 2026-11-05
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## Briefing
- DataDome: DataDome released its 2026 State of Bot & Agent Security Report, revealing that malicious automated traffic is expanding at nine times the rate of human traffic.

## Why it matters
The finding underscores the accelerating arms race between web scrapers and anti-bot systems. For anyone operating a public-facing website, the data signals that defensive measures must evolve as fast as the attackers, or risk being overwhelmed by automated abuse that can degrade performance, skew analytics, and compromise data integrity.

## Sources
- Primary source · DataDome · 2026-09-22 — [Bad Bot Traffic Is Growing 9x Faster Than Human Traffic: Takeaways From The 2026 State of Bot & Agent Security Report](https://datadome.co/threat-research/state-of-bot-and-agent-security-report-2026-key-takeaways/)

## Watch next
Which specific bot behaviors or attack vectors accounted for the fastest growth in the report's data?

Topics: DataDome, bot-traffic, threat-research, automated-abuse, security-report

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