Digital Species Extinction: Complete Timeline (2000-2049)
If the current trends persist, 2040 will be the year when bots completely dominate (100%), and human presence online will drop to 0%. This projection assumes no major disruptions or changes in the rate of growth for bots and decline for humans.
If current trends continue:
- Good bots disappear by 2032.
- Humans are displaced completely by 2040, leaving only bad bots and no human traffic.
- Bad bots dominate the internet entirely by 2049, reaching 100% of internet traffic.
If the current growth rate of bot attacks (1.975% annually) continues, all hackable targets in the world will be exhausted by 2074.
SOAX Project: The Path to Digital Extinction (2000-2040)
Tracking and projecting the transformation from human-dominated to AI-dominated internet spaces
Historical Data & Future Projections
Year-over-Year Changes
Bot Traffic Acceleration
Extinction Timeline (2024-2040)
Bot Traffic Analysis
Bot Traffic Composition
2023 Traffic Distribution
Bot Type Trends
Bad Bot Surge
Bad bot traffic reached 32% in 2023, the highest recorded level
Good Bot Decline
Good bot traffic decreased significantly from 36.3% in 2014 to 17.6% in 2023
Recent Trends
Bad bot traffic has shown consistent growth since 2019, rising from 24.1% to 32%
Traffic Balance
In 2023, the traffic split was: 32% bad bots, 17.6% good bots, 50.4% human
Critical Insights
2023 Milestone
Bot traffic reached historic high of 49.60%, nearly achieving parity with human traffic
Peak Human Era
2019 marked the highest human activity at 62.80% in recent years
Critical Drop
2014 saw the most dramatic shift with human traffic plummeting 28.25%
Recent Trend
Bot traffic rose 12.4 percentage points from 2019 to 2023
Critical Transition Points
Activity Visualization
Future Bot Evolution Analysis
Bot Type Evolution (2023-2049)
Critical Transition Points
2032: Good Bot Extinction
Good bots completely disappear from the internet ecosystem
2040: Human Extinction
Human traffic reaches 0%, marking complete digital displacement
2049: Total Bot Dominance
Bad bots achieve 100% control of internet traffic
Evolution Rate
Bad bots grow steadily while good bots decline, leading to a binary outcome
Global Bot Attack Distribution
Global Distribution
Top 5 Most Targeted Countries
Regional Distribution
North American Dominance
The United States alone accounts for nearly half (47%) of all global bot attacks
European Exposure
European countries collectively face significant bot traffic, with Netherlands leading at 9%
Asia-Pacific Impact
Australia leads the Asia-Pacific region with 8.40% of global bot attacks
Global Spread
13% of bot attacks affect countries outside the top 12, indicating widespread distribution
Hackable Targets by Country (Millions)
Target Saturation Timeline
Scale of Vulnerability
Global hackable targets total 10 billion endpoints across all regions
US Vulnerability
United States has 4.7 billion hackable targets, the highest concentration globally
European Exposure
Netherlands leads European vulnerability with 900 million potential targets
Complete Saturation
Projected complete global target saturation by 2074