SourceTotal eclipse of the Internet: traffic impacts in Iceland, Spain, and Portugal
This reveals that large-scale physical events can temporarily shift human attention away from screens, causing measurable drops in digital activity and network traffic across entire continents.
- Measured HTTP request volume in five-minute buckets compared to a normal-day baseline
- Found Internet traffic fell by roughly 15% to 30% along the path of totality
- Identified deepest traffic drops in Iceland, Spain, and Portugal