# Nearly two-thirds of tested websites fail every bot test

> Source: <https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/23/datadome-growing-bad-bot-traffic-report/>
> Published: 2026-09-23 04:30:37+00:00

Malicious bot activity increased 124% between July 2025 and June 2026, compared with 13.2% growth in human traffic. Traffic from AI agents and large language model crawlers rose 82.3% during the same period, according to DataDome’s State of Bot & Agent Security Report 2026. Bot traffic grows nine times faster than human traffic The company analyzed trillions of requests across more than 75,000 customer sites during the 12-month period. Bots and AI agents generated approximately … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/23/datadome-growing-bad-bot-traffic-report/) 

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