PegasusCommerce gets nearly half of AI bot traffic, and mostly just watches it
Akamai’s network data puts commerce at nearly half of all AI bot traffic, yet commerce sites left more than 90% of that activity in monitor-only mode and most of the rest unrestricted.
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Source: Akamai, Oct 26, 2026 · Silent Agents Are Already on Your Site ↗
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