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We consolidate trusted third-party Internet measurement data to examine Internet trends and tell data-driven stories about the availability, evolution, and resilience of the Internet. https://pulse.internetsociety.org
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This was the question we asked our #PIMFspain attendees yesterday to prompt them to consider projects on how to strengthen our view of the Internet's resilience.
Stay tuned to their solutions pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
This was the question we asked our #PIMFspain attendees yesterday to prompt them to consider projects on how to strengthen our view of the Internet's resilience.
Stay tuned to their solutions pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What if...
This was the question we asked our #PIMFspain attendees yesterday to prompt them to consider projects on how to strengthen our view of the Internet's resilience.
Stay tuned to their solutions pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
This was the question we asked our #PIMFspain attendees yesterday to prompt them to consider projects on how to strengthen our view of the Internet's resilience.
Stay tuned to their solutions pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the negative effects were visible in both the physical and digital worlds. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/when-ro...
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the negative effects were visible in both the physical and digital worlds. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/when-ro...
Borges is a new Internet ownership mapping tool that combines WHOIS registry data, PeeringDB records, website signals, and large language models (LLMs) to uncover related networks that traditional methods often miss.
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/mapping...
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/mapping...
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Borges is a new Internet ownership mapping tool that combines WHOIS registry data, PeeringDB records, website signals, and large language models (LLMs) to uncover related networks that traditional methods often miss.
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/mapping...
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/mapping...
For those who experienced Internet issues this week due to the #Cloudflareoutage, here is a visual of why so many were affected globally.
Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...
Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
For those who experienced Internet issues this week due to the #Cloudflareoutage, here is a visual of why so many were affected globally.
Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...
Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...
@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Many applications improve the quality of service by combining storage and computation with data transmission, techniques often summarised as “latency hiding.” 🧵
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Many applications improve the quality of service by combining storage and computation with data transmission, techniques often summarised as “latency hiding.” 🧵
Catch us this week at #MediaParty happening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for an #PIMFargentina / Sandbox event 'Internet Pulse: Visibilizando la salud de la red'
ft @manypossibilities.net, @joaoaguiar.blog.br, Juan Peirano, and Hernan Seoane
pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
ft @manypossibilities.net, @joaoaguiar.blog.br, Juan Peirano, and Hernan Seoane
pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Catch us this week at #MediaParty happening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for an #PIMFargentina / Sandbox event 'Internet Pulse: Visibilizando la salud de la red'
ft @manypossibilities.net, @joaoaguiar.blog.br, Juan Peirano, and Hernan Seoane
pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
ft @manypossibilities.net, @joaoaguiar.blog.br, Juan Peirano, and Hernan Seoane
pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
While we are on the topic, for those attending #SIGCOMM2025, be sure to check out our resident Internet resilience expert, @amreeshphokeer.bsky.social's, non-paper session on the challenges of measuring the Internet in rural regions. conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2025...
September 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
While we are on the topic, for those attending #SIGCOMM2025, be sure to check out our resident Internet resilience expert, @amreeshphokeer.bsky.social's, non-paper session on the challenges of measuring the Internet in rural regions. conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2025...
PTCL & TWA play a central role in Pakistan’s domestic Internet connectivity because of their unique roles as gateways to the global Internet.
The risk: There is little redundancy when something happens to one or both of these operators.
#waybackwednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/focusin...
The risk: There is little redundancy when something happens to one or both of these operators.
#waybackwednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/focusin...
September 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
PTCL & TWA play a central role in Pakistan’s domestic Internet connectivity because of their unique roles as gateways to the global Internet.
The risk: There is little redundancy when something happens to one or both of these operators.
#waybackwednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/focusin...
The risk: There is little redundancy when something happens to one or both of these operators.
#waybackwednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/focusin...
Below is a snapshot of a recent study tracking the impact of new mobile network entrants in OECD countries between 2008 and 2022.
In most cases, the new operators forced existing players to lower prices, improve services, and rethink their strategies.
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/what-ha...
In most cases, the new operators forced existing players to lower prices, improve services, and rethink their strategies.
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/what-ha...
September 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Below is a snapshot of a recent study tracking the impact of new mobile network entrants in OECD countries between 2008 and 2022.
In most cases, the new operators forced existing players to lower prices, improve services, and rethink their strategies.
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/what-ha...
In most cases, the new operators forced existing players to lower prices, improve services, and rethink their strategies.
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/what-ha...
Lesson 2: Drawing together people with various experiences and backgrounds helps to validate and understand the context associated with the data.
We had around 40 participants from the public, private, and civil society sectors join across two #PIMFNigeria events at #AfPIF2025 🧵
We had around 40 participants from the public, private, and civil society sectors join across two #PIMFNigeria events at #AfPIF2025 🧵
August 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Lesson 2: Drawing together people with various experiences and backgrounds helps to validate and understand the context associated with the data.
We had around 40 participants from the public, private, and civil society sectors join across two #PIMFNigeria events at #AfPIF2025 🧵
We had around 40 participants from the public, private, and civil society sectors join across two #PIMFNigeria events at #AfPIF2025 🧵
To solve this, Toshiya proposes redefining transparency not as a regulatory burden but as a competitive strategy, and offers the following trusted, multilayered system for monitoring broadband quality. 🧵
August 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
To solve this, Toshiya proposes redefining transparency not as a regulatory burden but as a competitive strategy, and offers the following trusted, multilayered system for monitoring broadband quality. 🧵
Japan is known for having some of the world’s most advanced fixed broadband infrastructure.
Yet a closer look reveals a surprising contradiction.🧵
Yet a closer look reveals a surprising contradiction.🧵
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Japan is known for having some of the world’s most advanced fixed broadband infrastructure.
Yet a closer look reveals a surprising contradiction.🧵
Yet a closer look reveals a surprising contradiction.🧵
📊Chart of the day📉
This chart shows the number of networks from outside Russia connecting (top) & disconnecting (bottom) with Russian IXPs, the year before and following the start of the invasion of Ukraine
#WaybackWednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-imp...
This chart shows the number of networks from outside Russia connecting (top) & disconnecting (bottom) with Russian IXPs, the year before and following the start of the invasion of Ukraine
#WaybackWednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-imp...
August 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📊Chart of the day📉
This chart shows the number of networks from outside Russia connecting (top) & disconnecting (bottom) with Russian IXPs, the year before and following the start of the invasion of Ukraine
#WaybackWednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-imp...
This chart shows the number of networks from outside Russia connecting (top) & disconnecting (bottom) with Russian IXPs, the year before and following the start of the invasion of Ukraine
#WaybackWednesday
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-imp...
Through the @internetsociety.bsky.social and Kenya Network Operators Group, Barrack and other Association for Community Networks in Kenya members have been developing relationships with Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and data centers, discussing the potential of setting up nodes in rural areas.
August 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Through the @internetsociety.bsky.social and Kenya Network Operators Group, Barrack and other Association for Community Networks in Kenya members have been developing relationships with Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and data centers, discussing the potential of setting up nodes in rural areas.
This is where the MYSpeed.site hopes to improve the resolution of the current network coverage & performance in Sarawak & throughout Malaysia.
Indigenous Internet measurement systems like this are critical for assessing and validating the current strengths & weaknesses of the local Internet.🔚
Indigenous Internet measurement systems like this are critical for assessing and validating the current strengths & weaknesses of the local Internet.🔚
August 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is where the MYSpeed.site hopes to improve the resolution of the current network coverage & performance in Sarawak & throughout Malaysia.
Indigenous Internet measurement systems like this are critical for assessing and validating the current strengths & weaknesses of the local Internet.🔚
Indigenous Internet measurement systems like this are critical for assessing and validating the current strengths & weaknesses of the local Internet.🔚
For those wondering, Sarawak is a Malaysian state on Borneo that stretches along the island’s northwest coast. Due to its geographical and infrastructural constraints, many of its rural areas face significant Internet quality challenges. 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
For those wondering, Sarawak is a Malaysian state on Borneo that stretches along the island’s northwest coast. Due to its geographical and infrastructural constraints, many of its rural areas face significant Internet quality challenges. 🧵
Internet shutdowns are spreading in Africa, which is a concern for its burgeoning digital economy, which requires reliable Internet to continue its rapid growth, writes @abshwehdy.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/africas...
July 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Internet shutdowns are spreading in Africa, which is a concern for its burgeoning digital economy, which requires reliable Internet to continue its rapid growth, writes @abshwehdy.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/africas...
TL;DR CDN network infrastructure is typically well-optimized for offering network connections with little to no variations. Though when there is variation, it can result in non-trivial degradations.
July 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
TL;DR CDN network infrastructure is typically well-optimized for offering network connections with little to no variations. Though when there is variation, it can result in non-trivial degradations.
A recent study by researchers at BITS Pilani, Goa & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam sought to characterize the consistency of latencies of the paths between end users and 100 edge servers of 5 popular CDNs.
To do so, they used @ripencc.bsky.social Atlas anchors as vantage points. 🧵
To do so, they used @ripencc.bsky.social Atlas anchors as vantage points. 🧵
July 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A recent study by researchers at BITS Pilani, Goa & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam sought to characterize the consistency of latencies of the paths between end users and 100 edge servers of 5 popular CDNs.
To do so, they used @ripencc.bsky.social Atlas anchors as vantage points. 🧵
To do so, they used @ripencc.bsky.social Atlas anchors as vantage points. 🧵
CDNs have become critical for reducing latency by serving content from “edge” servers that are in “close proximity” to end users. This task has required CDNs to deploy hundreds of thousands of servers in diverse networks and geographic locations. 🧵
July 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
CDNs have become critical for reducing latency by serving content from “edge” servers that are in “close proximity” to end users. This task has required CDNs to deploy hundreds of thousands of servers in diverse networks and geographic locations. 🧵
The Starlink effect is real!
July 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The Starlink effect is real!
Back to #DNSSEC, there remain 73 ccTLDs that have yet to enable it. You can check if your country's has, via the Pulse Country Reports pulse.internetsociety.org/reports
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Back to #DNSSEC, there remain 73 ccTLDs that have yet to enable it. You can check if your country's has, via the Pulse Country Reports pulse.internetsociety.org/reports
While in Bangkok, we also held a half-day workshop on Measuring Internet Censorship at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/me...
June 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
While in Bangkok, we also held a half-day workshop on Measuring Internet Censorship at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/me...