15 May 2025
We work continually to improve our Internet measurement methodologies. We’ve recently updated how we calculate two of the measurements that we use on the country profile pages that live under Country Reports, both of which will have an impact on how they’re represented in Pulse.
Improvements
Updated the methodology for showing routes to the global Internet
For each country, we present a measure of the diversity of routes they have to the global Internet. More route diversity means that there are more options for traffic when there’s an outage or an issue. Previously, we measured the percentage of a country’s networks that could be reached via its largest transit network because we saw that as a proxy for route diversity. But this method ignored the distribution of routes through other smaller transit providers resulting in many countries ranking more poorly than they should.
So now we use the Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index (HHI) as our basis—the same index we use to measure market competitiveness—and measure the AS hegemony scores for all transit networks with a score greater than 1%. We believe that this is a better indicator of route diversity. As a result, you might notice a change in the ranking for many countries, mostly for the better. We’ve also updated this on the Country Reports Indicators page.
Other Updates
New visual styling and components
You might have noticed that when we updated the Internet Shutdowns section, the styling and layout looked different from what you’re used to. We’ve been gradually updating the look and feel of Pulse, adding new components, patterns, and styling for more visual coherence. The Country Reports now have a whole new look. We’ve also started introducing new components, such as the alert box, where we can show important, temporary notifications.
Bug Fixes
Regional averages for IXP counts are now more accurate
When we calculate the total number of IXPs, we now include countries that don’t have any at all. Before this, we’d been excluding any country with a zero value, which made the regional averages higher than they really are. You might notice that some of the regional averages have gone down, but this is because they’re more accurate.