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Despite massive investments by hyperscalers and CDNs into private backbone infrastructure, public Internet Exchanges (IXPs) remain a vital mechanism for traffic localization, reducing latency, and efficiently reaching local "eyeball" networks.

Authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure provides the definitive source of truth for all websites, including e-government services.

Current measurements show US, Germany, and France host the bulk of content globally, while South Africa is serving an important regional hub for Southern African countries.

28 countries jumped to a higher market competition rating between May 2025 and 2026, while nine countries slipped from a higher to a lower competition rating.

Global peering is not contracting; it is undergoing a structural transformation.

Internet Exchange Points offer a unique vantage point for studying the impact of Internet shutdown and outage events at a country and regional level.

Eight countries have increased their IPv6 adoption rate to above 50% in the past 12 months.

Healthy competition among Internet Service Providers can increase consumer choice, reduce prices, and foster innovation, efficiency, quality, and resilience.

Studying changes in the deployment of content delivery networks and content providers helps uncover trends in how these key players adapt to shifts in the modern Internet ecosystem.

Internet poverty in Asia has decreased from 252 million in 2023 to 166 million in 2024, led by India and Indonesia.

Study seeks to understand if other networks deeper in the Internet topology inadvertently depend on IXPs

The Internet Society Pulse Country Reports consolidate and provide context surrounding the four Pulse research themes for every country, state, and region.