Overview
Cloudflare Analytics provides deep visibility into how users and bots interact with your website. By analyzing these metrics, you can optimize your site's performance, identify geographic traffic trends, and understand the specific threats Cloudflare is blocking for you.
In your Client Area account, you can access these insights from the Analytics tab in your Cloudflare service page, which is divided into two primary modules: HTTP Traffic and Security.
Analyzing HTTP Traffic
The HTTP Traffic page focuses on performance and general visitor behavior over the last 24 hours (or your selected time range).
Key Metrics to Monitor:
- Total Requests: The sum of all incoming HTTP/HTTPS requests, including both cached and uncached content.
- Cached vs. Uncached Requests:
- Cached: Requests served directly from Cloudflare’s edge servers, reducing load on your origin server.
- Uncached: Requests that had to be fetched from your actual server.
- Unique Visitors: The number of distinct IP addresses that accessed your site during the period.
- Bandwidth Usage: The total amount of data transferred to your visitors.
Analyzing Security Threats
The Security page provides a dedicated lens for viewing mitigated requests and potential attacks.
Key Security Metrics:
- Total Threats: The total number of requests flagged or blocked by Cloudflare’s security layers (WAF, DDoS protection, or custom rules).
- Peak Threats: Identifies the maximum number of threats received in a single interval, helping you pinpoint the exact timing of an attack.
- Average Threats: Your baseline level of malicious activity over time.
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