Internet Traffic Changes & Cyber Attacks During the 2024 US Election

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, was Election Day in the United States. 

It not only chose the future president and vice president, but it also held elections for the US Senate, state governorships, House of Representatives, and state legislatures. 

The results show that Republican Donald Trump won the presidential election.

Let's look at Internet traffic fluctuations and other important Internet activities during the 2024 US election, according to the election report on Cloudflare Radar!

Explore cyber activity during Election Day 2024 in the US

• Cloudflare proactively mitigated approximately 6 billion HTTP DDoS requests targeting US election-related websites, including state and local government election sites and political campaigns, over the 24 hours from October 31 to November 1. There were no substantial interruptions to the targeted websites during this period.

• The day before the election, DNS traffic to Trump/Republican and Harris/Democrat websites surged, with daily DNS traffic increasing by 59% and 4%, respectively.

• On election day, states in the Midwest had the largest traffic growth in the US compared to the previous week. 

• Internet traffic in the US surged when the first polling stations closed, with a 15% rise from the previous week. 

• DNS traffic to news, polling, and election websites also showed significant increases. Polling services were up 756% as polls closed, while news sites were up 325% by late evening.

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