Weekly Internet Report● Live DataMonday, August 31, 2026
The Weekly Internet Pulse: Week 36, 2026
Real-time traffic insights for the week of August 31, 2026
Total Tracked Traffic
55,179/s
▼ 33.3% vs last week (notable drop)
Most Visited Site
Google
85.0B / mo at 32,069 req/s
Fastest Growing
Developer Tools
+63.8% this week
Internet Health
44 / 100
7 outages detected
44/ 100
This week's internet health
44 / 100 - 7 outages detected. All other tracked sites operated normally.
▸ How is this calculated?▾ How is this calculated?
Score = 100 - (8 × outage count), minimum 40. An outage is any tracked site returning sustained 5xx errors during the week.
Combined rate: 55,179 req/s across all 100 tracked sites.
Top Rank Movers This Week
#2
#26
#4
#29
#30
Apple4.8B / mo▲ 36
Climbed 36 positions to #2. Traffic up 818.8% at 4.8B / mo/mo.
ChatGPT610.0M / mo▼ 21
Dropped 21 positions to #26. Traffic shifted -89.1%.
Microsoft4.2B / mo▲ 14
Climbed 14 positions to #4. Traffic up 144.0% at 4.2B / mo/mo.
OpenAI554.1M / mo▼ 13
Dropped 13 positions to #29. Traffic shifted -73.0%.
Booking.com520.0M / mo▲ 9
Climbed 9 positions to #30. Traffic down 1.0% at 520.0M / mo/mo.
This Week's Internet Stories
Developer Tools
Apple surges 36 positions
The developer tools platform jumped from #38 to #2 this week, the largest rank improvement across all 100 tracked sites. Current traffic sits at 4.8B / mo monthly visits.
Developer Tools
Developer Tools leads growth at +63.8%
The developer tools category saw the largest week-over-week traffic increase across all sectors, with 18 tracked sites generating an estimated 13.3B monthly visits combined.
AI
AI platforms command growing internet share
6 AI platforms now account for 1.7% of all tracked web traffic. Gemini leads the category at #19 with 860.0M / mo monthly visits.
Traffic by Category
| Category | Sites | vs Last Wk |
|---|---|---|
Search | 7 | -7.0% |
Social Media | 11 | -58.7% |
Developer Tools | 18 | +63.8% |
Entertainment | 16 | -82.3% |
E-Commerce | 15 | -22.5% |
Reference | 11 | -56.5% |
News & Media | 11 | +1.2% |
AI Assistants | 6 | -72.3% |
Finance | 8 | -0.2% |
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