IPv6 Global StatisticsIPv6 Adoption Overview
Global IPv6 adoption (consensus)
37.7%
3 of 3 sources
Source: APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement, Cloudflare Radar HTTP traffic by IP version, Tranco top sites, AAAA lookups (measured) · as of 2026-10-14
Cloudflare HTTP requests over IPv6
28.6%
Source: Cloudflare Radar HTTP traffic by IP version · as of 2026-10-14
IPv6 BGP prefixes
259,509
+21,532 in the past year
Source: Potaroo IPv6 BGP table report · as of 2026-10-24
Top 1,000 sites with IPv6 (AAAA)
40.8%
Source: Tranco top sites, AAAA lookups (measured) · as of 2026-10-14
Top 1,000 sites with IPv6 (ISOC Pulse)
51.7%
measured 2026-07-16
Source: Internet Society Pulse API · as of 2026-10-14
Economies ≥ 50% IPv6-capable
30
of 166 economies with at least 100,000 APNIC samples
Source: APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement · as of 2026-10-14
- APNIC: users IPv6-capable: 43.6%
- Cloudflare: HTTP requests over IPv6: 28.6%
- Tranco top 1000: sites with AAAA: 40.8%
Current trends
IPv6 capability by region
- Americas: 51.0%
- Asia: 50.2%
- Oceania: 42.8%
- Europe: 36.9%
- Africa: 6.5%
Source: APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement · as of 2026-10-14
Country leaders and registries
France has the highest share of IPv6-capable users: 85.6%.
United States of America: 61.9% of users IPv6-capable.
Source: APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement · as of 2026-10-14
LACNIC region: 17,158 IPv6 /32 equivalents allocated across 30 economies.
Source: LACNIC delegation file · as of 2026-10-14
Detailed statistics by source
APNIC Labs: users able to use IPv6
43.6% of users worldwide are IPv6-capable and 41.0% prefer IPv6, from 972,331,706 measurement samples.
Source: APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement · as of 2026-10-14
Top sites with IPv6 (Tranco list, AAAA lookups)
408 of the top 1,000 sites (40.8%) publish an AAAA record on the bare domain or on www.
Source: Tranco top sites, AAAA lookups (measured) · as of 2026-10-14
Internet Society Pulse: top websites
Of the top 1,000 websites, 51.7% are reachable over IPv6 (measured 2026-07-16), 95.9% use HTTPS (measured 2026-07-16) and 87.8% support TLS 1.3 (measured 2026-07-16).
Pulse's global user figure, which blends APNIC, Cloudflare, Facebook and Google measurements, is 44.1% (measured 2026-10-01). It is shown for reference and not included in the consensus average, which already uses APNIC and Cloudflare directly.
Source: Internet Society Pulse API · as of 2026-10-14
IPv6 BGP routing table
259,509 IPv6 prefixes in the routing table, +21,532 over the past year and +2,865 in the last 30 days.
Source: Potaroo IPv6 BGP table report · as of 2026-10-24
Cloudflare Radar: HTTP requests by IP version
28.6% of HTTP requests to Cloudflare use IPv6 and 71.4% use IPv4.
Source: Cloudflare Radar HTTP traffic by IP version · as of 2026-10-14
Key combined insights
- Averaging 3 of 3 sources, global IPv6 adoption is 37.7%.
- 43.6% of users can use IPv6, while 40.8% of the top sites publish AAAA records: a difference of -2.9 points.
- The IPv6 routing table changed by +21,532 prefixes over the past year.
- Americas leads all regions at 51.0% IPv6-capable.
Recent updates
- IPv6 BGP table: +2,865 prefixes in the last 30 days.
- LACNIC: 17,158 IPv6 /32 equivalents allocated across 30 economies (registry file of 2026-10-13).
- AFRINIC: 11,642 IPv6 /32 equivalents allocated across 53 economies (registry file of 2026-10-14).
Data freshness
| Source | Status | Last success | Last attempt | Re-fetched every |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| APNIC Labs per-economy history and networks | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| APNIC Labs regional IPv6 history | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| RIPE Atlas probes (API) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| AWS services that support IPv6 (AWS documentation) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Potaroo IPv6 BGP table report | ok | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-24 | 1 day |
| Potaroo IPv6 AS count history | ok | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-24 | 1 day |
| CIDR Report IPv6 aggregation summary | ok | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-24 | 1 day |
| Cloud provider hostnames with IPv6 (AAAA lookups, measured) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| AWS published IP ranges | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Google Cloud published IP ranges | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Oracle Cloud published IP ranges | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| DigitalOcean published IP ranges | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Linode published IP ranges | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Cloudflare published IP ranges | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Fastly published IP ranges | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Cloudflare Radar HTTP traffic by IP version | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Team Cymru IPv6 full bogons | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Government websites with IPv6 (AAAA lookups, measured) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Hurricane Electric IPv6 progress report | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| IPv6 Matrix host crawl (API) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Internet Society Pulse API | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Internet Society Pulse routing security (API) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| NIST USGv6 deployment monitor (.gov domains) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| PeeringDB networks (API) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Potaroo IPv6 BGP report (summary) | ok | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-24 | 1 day |
| AFRINIC delegation file | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| APNIC delegation file | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| ARIN delegation file (extended) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| LACNIC delegation file | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| RIPE NCC delegation file | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| RouteViews collectors (API) | ok | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-24 | 1 day |
| Cisco 6lab statistics (community mirror) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Tranco top sites, AAAA lookups (measured) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |
| Vyncke IPv6 deployment status (top websites per country) | ok | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 | 30 days |