2026-04-17 4 min read When it comes to the Internet, performance is everything. Every millisecond shaved off a connection is a better experience for the real people using the applications and websites you build. That's why, at Cloudflare, we measure our performance constantly and share updates on a regular basis.  In our last performance post , published during Birthday Week 2025, we shared that Cloudflare was the fastest network in 40% of the largest 1,000 networks in the world. At the time, we noted a nuanced reading of that figure; we were competitive in many more networks, and the gaps were often notably small. But even so, we were not satisfied with 40%. By December 2025 (our most recent available analysis), we had become the fastest provider in 60% of the top networks . Here's how we got there, and what it means. How do we measure and compare network performance? Before diving into the results, let’s review how we collect the data.…