The World Leader in CDN Performance

Global Leadership in Content Delivery

A Proven CDN for the World’s Largest Digital Moments

For more than twenty five years, Akamai has delivered the world’s most demanding digital experiences. The network’s history includes the Star Wars Episode I trailer which generated more than twenty three million downloads in 1999, a moment that marked the beginning of large scale internet distribution. Since then, Akamai has supported many of the highest profile streaming events on the internet.

In 2025 the platform achieved multiple peaks above three hundred fifty terabits per second, demonstrating performance at a scale unmatched in content delivery, global streaming and mission critical web distribution.

Recent Performance Highlights

Global Scale Reliability

The examples below highlight recent anonymized events that demonstrate Akamai’s performance and stability across some of the largest live streaming audiences in the world.

Indian Sporting Event (2025)

A major national and international broadcast delivered at extraordinary scale.

More than 50 million concurrent viewers
Peak bandwidth of 15 terabits per second

Major United States Sports Final for a Streaming Platform (2025)

A single event with exceptional nationwide demand.

Peak traffic of 7.85 terabits per second
More than 20 petabytes delivered during the game

Canadian Broadcaster Global Sporting Event (2024)

A multi day international competition delivered with consistent performance.

Peak traffic of 1.5 terabits per second
More than 65 petabytes served in total

United States Broadcaster Global Sporting Event (2024)

High nightly peaks supported without interruption.

More than 9 terabits per second on multiple nights

Global Soccer Tournament Final (2024)

A global audience served across multiple regions at exceptional scale.

2 terabits per second peak for a United States streaming platform
6 terabits per second peak for a Latin American provider
7 petabytes delivered from Akamai’s edge
Additional global streaming services supported with no disruptions

Confidence at Scale

Engineered for the largest digital moments

Akamai’s CDN is designed to maintain consistent performance during extreme global demand, supporting very high concurrency, rapid traffic growth and large scale multi platform delivery without service degradation. Its long record at the center of the world’s biggest online events has established Akamai as a proven choice for enterprises that require scale, stability and reliable content delivery across the globe.

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