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State of agent traffic
October 2026.
A frozen, sourced snapshot of the agent web for October 2026: the human/agent/bot split, the AI agents and bots behind it, and the x402 agent-payments economy. Frozen 2026-11-01; source data as of 2026-10-31.
What the data says
Cloudflare Radar classifies 39.3% of HTTP requests as automated, with AI crawlers at 18.7% of bot requests. Radar window: 30d.
x402 raw volume for October 2026: $1,512,453 across 3,502,929 transactions over 31 source days. The organic figure — $663,730, 43% of the raw 30-day window — filters wash trading, dust, and facilitator settlement wallets.
The Coinbase CDP Bazaar listed 28,267 x402-payable services with 783,527 recorded calls (30-day rolling catalog).
Top AI agents
| Agent | Share of AI-agent requests |
|---|---|
| Googlebot | 23.7% |
| ClaudeBot | 12.6% |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | 11.1% |
| Applebot | 8.3% |
| Bingbot | 7.4% |
| GPTBot | 5.6% |
| Amazonbot | 5.0% |
| ShapBot | 4.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.3% |
Top named bots
| Bot | Share of bot requests |
|---|---|
| GoogleBot | 12.3% |
| ChatGPT agent | 7.6% |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | 5.7% |
| Claude | 5.2% |
| Applebot | 4.1% |
| BingBot | 3.9% |
| FacebookExternalHit | 3.8% |
| Baiduspider | 3.7% |
| Google AdsBot | 3.2% |
Method and sources
Aggregate data only, from Cloudflare Radar (CC BY-NC 4.0), x402stats (CC BY 4.0), and the Coinbase CDP Bazaar discovery API. These are samples and published figures, not a census and not proof about any single request. Read the method.
Coverage: 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-31 (31 days; 31 x402 source days). This report is frozen and is not recomputed.
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How often is the report updated?
It is not. Each month is frozen at its own URL when the month ends; the next month gets a new report.
Is this Volance customer data?
No. It is third-party aggregate data from Cloudflare Radar, x402stats, and the Coinbase CDP Bazaar, cited on the method page.
Can I cite these figures?
Yes, with the source and date. Each figure names its source and window on this page and on the method page; the raw snapshot is at /atlas/snapshot.json.
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