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99% of My Website Traffic Is Bots

patronview.com

August 7, 2026

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Summary

99% of traffic on the PatronView website consists of bots. The site owner has implemented various firewall rules to combat scrapers and has shared insights from a year of battling automated traffic.

Key Takeaways

99% of the website traffic on PatronView is generated by bots, with a ratio of 214 bot page loads for every 1 human visitor.
The site experienced 3.6 million requests in a single day from over 361,000 unique IP addresses, predominantly from China.
The owner implemented measures to block bot traffic, including country-wide blocks for China, Vietnam, and Singapore, due to the irrelevant nature of the traffic.
The CAPTCHA solve rate for bots on the site is only 0.24%, indicating that bots are largely bypassing security measures.

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Positives

Anubis offers a clever way to tackle bot traffic without relying on traditional methods like blocking by user-agent — a fresh solution for a persistent problem.
The idea of a peer-to-peer network for sharing web data is a game-changer, potentially reducing repetitive bot traffic while enhancing accessibility.

Concerns

Outsourcing website visibility decisions to companies like Cloudflare raises serious ethical concerns about user access and transparency — this isn't the open web we should want.
Many users are getting blocked just for having JS disabled, highlighting how aggressive bot prevention can backfire and alienate genuine visitors.