Cloudflare is a comprehensive web infrastructure and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN) services, DDoS protection, DNS services, and web application security. Founded in 2009, it operates one of the world's largest networks, spanning over 300 cities worldwide. Cloudflare acts as a reverse proxy between website visitors and hosting servers, caching content at edge locations to improve performance and reduce server load. The platform includes security features like Web Application Firewall (WAF), bot management, SSL/TLS encryption, and DDoS mitigation that can handle attacks of any size. Cloudflare offers both free and paid tiers, making enterprise-grade security and performance accessible to websites of all sizes. Additional services include Workers for serverless computing, Stream for video delivery, and R2 for object storage. The platform is widely used by millions of websites, from small blogs to Fortune 500 companies.
Series filtered to 5 data points · monthly snapshots since July 2026.
Counts follow the sites we crawl. Our crawl grew sharply in October 2026, so part of that month's rise reflects coverage, not adoption.