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How the Oscars impacted the Internet (at least in the US)

How the Oscars impacted the Internet (at least in the US)

3/29/2022 · João Tomé

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This post details how Cloudflare Radar uses DNS name resolution data as a proxy for traffic to Internet services to analyze the impact of the 94th Academy Awards on internet traffic in the US. It provides specific examples of traffic increases for Twitter, TikTok, IMDb.com, ABC.com, Oscars.com, and Oscars.org, correlating these spikes with specific events during the ceremony. It also analyzes trends for movie news sites throughout the week leading up to and following the event. The post highlights the methodology used for baseline calculation and traffic analysis.

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