Traffic Trends
Monthly and hourly traffic patterns for cns.iu.edu, including bot/human breakdowns, day-of-week profiles, and the emergence of AI-assistant crawlers.
Monthly Traffic Volume
Human, bot, and AI-bot requests per month (stacked area). Drag the slider to zoom.
Bot vs Human Trend
Traffic composition over time showing the rise of traditional bots and AI crawlers since 2018
Traffic by Hour (UTC)
Peak hour: 3 PM UTC (701.7K requests)
Traffic by Day of Week
79.5% of traffic falls on weekdays (Mon-Fri)
79.5% of all traffic arrives Monday through Friday, consistent with an academic/research audience. Weekend traffic drops significantly, confirming work-hour usage patterns.
Traditional bots account for 21.4% of all requests (3.4M total). Combined with AI crawlers (2.1%), non-human traffic represents 23.5% of all requests.
Monthly human traffic has grown from ~44K in Aug 2018 to a peak of 293.5K in Jun 2025. The site consistently attracts 150K+ human requests per month in recent years.