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Total eclipse of the Internet: traffic impacts in Iceland, Spain, and Portugal
A total solar eclipse occurred on August 12, 2025, across mainland Europe. Cloudflare analyzed Radar data to show how this event caused a temporary decrease in internet traffic as people stopped using devices to watch.
Why it matters
This reveals that large-scale physical events can temporarily shift human attention away from screens, causing measurable drops in digital activity and network traffic across entire continents.
The details
- Regions along the path of totality saw traffic fall by roughly 15% to 30%.
- Iceland, Spain, and Portugal experienced the most dramatic drops in internet traffic.
- HTTP request volume typically rebounded within minutes after maximum coverage ended.
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