Digital Fraud and Abuse Report 2025

AI bot traffic surged by 300% from 2024 to 2025, significantly impacting digital operations and analytics.

AI bots now compose nearly 1% of total bot traffic across Akamai's platform as of 2025.

The publishing industry experienced 63% of AI bot triggers within the broader digital media industry in 2025.

In healthcare, over 90% of AI bot triggers are attributed to scraping activities as of 2025.

The commerce industry recorded more than 25 billion bot requests over a two-month observation period in 2025.