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It was 47% last year.
https://securitytoday.com/articles/2023/05/17/report-47-percent-of-internet-traffic-is-from-bots.aspx?m=1
I am specifically indicating "most consumed", so I am talking about actually consumed content. Bots haven't yet gotten impact in what people consume aside from maybe Twitter? But those who use Twitter already lost a long time ago.
I refuse to believe all the MKBHD videos, local news, and lemmy posts I see are 47% bots.
That's going by a different metric though. It's not claiming 47% of news articles or social media posts are by bots. It's talking about cyberattacks, not social media posts.
I don't think there are any solid numbers on human-presenting bot activity on social media. Honestly wouldn't be surprised though, especially in political forums.