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We curate data from trusted sources to help everyone understand the health, availability and evolution of the global Internet.

Ongoing Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns in last 12 months
Global HTTPS Adoption
Global IPv6 Adoption

Internet Shutdowns

Learn more about Internet shutdown events occurring around the world and find out more about the economic and human impact of these actions.

Enabling Technologies

Learn more about adoption rates for some of the key technologies that are essential for the continued growth and evolution of the global Internet.

Pulse Blog

Read the latest blog posts on the Pulse Blog:

May 17, 2022

Offline: When Exams Disrupt Everyone’s Internet

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Sebastian Schonfeld
Categories: Internet Shutdown, Internet Shutdown, Shutdown

Every year, throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, millions of people are cut off from the Internet for lengthy periods while students take their school exams.In many countries in the region, national school exams are a major annual event. They can have a huge impact on people’s futures and the results usually […]

May 17, 2022

Rwanda Signs Up for DNSSEC

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Mat Ford
Technology Insights
Categories: Technology

It’s been a few years since ICANN helped to provide DNSSEC deployment workshops for African ccTLD registries but that effort is still paying off. The latest ccTLD to join the ranks of fully DNSSEC capable domains is Rwanda’s .rw domain. The Rwandan ccTLD is managed by the Rwanda Internet Community and Technology Alliance and Rwanda is the 17th African […]

May 6, 2022

IPv6 Deployment Passes Another Milestone

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Mat Ford
Technology Insights
Categories: Technology

Google’s latest IPv6 measurements show the percentage of its users connecting to Google services over IPv6 passed 40% for the first time on 30 April this year. This is a significant milestone in the ongoing deployment of IPv6 services to Internet users all around the globe. Crossing this latest threshold now means that IPv6 use by Google users has grown from […]