Internet Shutdowns

Who Shuts Down the Internet the Most?

Based on 947 shutdowns we've tracked since 2018

Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Ongoing

13

ongoing shutdowns around the world

105

Internet shutdowns around the world since June 2025

14

countries have experienced a total or partial Internet shutdown since June 2025

30,211 hours

of Internet access have been lost by the the world’s population since June 2025, due to intentional disruptions.

Shutdowns

Shutdowns for Sierra Leone

August 2022

1 shutdown

Past

National shutdown

Internet disruptions were observed in Sierra Leone over two days amid anti-government protests in the country’s capital, Freetown. Cloudflare documented Internet disruptions between 12:00 and 14:00 local time (UTC) on 10 August, and between 01:00 and 07:30 local time on 11 August. Local sources believe the shutdown was orchestrated by the government as a means to quell dissent. Zoodlabs, which managers the state-owned optical fiber company, Sierra Leone Cable, claimed that the outage was due to “emergency technical maintenance.”
Sierra Leone
- Start 11 August 2022 00:00 UTC
- End 11 August 2022 08:00 UTC
- Total Duration 8 hours