How the Brazilian Presidential elections affected Internet traffic

This post details the analysis of internet traffic patterns in Brazil during the 2022 Presidential elections using Cloudflare Radar data. It examines overall traffic trends, mobile device usage, and interest in election-related websites, candidate domains, and news organizations, correlating these with election events and official results. The analysis highlights how election days saw a decrease in daytime internet traffic, an increase in mobile usage, and significant spikes in DNS queries for election-specific content, with varying patterns for different categories of websites and candidates.