Updates

Every month, we post a brief report on the usage of the Snowflake bridge in the previous month, in order to keep our donors informed about what their donation enables. This time, we first have an additional statement to make regarding donat...

(David Fifield) The number of users of the snowflake-01 bridge tapered off in June 2026, following the sudden increase at the end of May that was the result of the end of an Internet shutdown in Iran. Bandwidth use remained elevated....

(David Fifield) The Internet shutdown in Iran largely ended on 2026-05-26. While the Internet in Iran is still highly restricted, making circumvention system...

(David Fifield) The level of use of the snowflake-01 bridge remained stable in April 2026. At the left side of the graph, at the beginning of April, you can still see the probable effect of...

(David Fifield) Two major features are visible in the snowflake-01 bridge graphs in March 2026. The first is a major Internet shutdown that began on 2026-02-28 and has continued thr...

(David Fifield) In February 2026, the number of users and bandwidth of the snowflake-01 bridge gradually returned to former levels, following the surge in usage that accompanied the end of the 2.5-week Internet shutdown in Iran that occurre...

(David Fifield) The graph of users of the snowflake-01 bridge in January 2026 is striking: a slight relative decline starting 2026-01-08, then a threefold increase between 2026-01-21 and 2026-01-27. The bandwidth graph is equally striking:...

(David Fifield) Usage of the snowflake-01 bridge was again stable throughout December 2025. There were no big changes, only a slight overall increase in simultaneous users and bandwidth. Following...

(David Fifield) Usage of the snowflake-01 bridge was stable throughout November 2025. There were no big changes, only a slight overall increase in simultaneous users and bandwidth. Around mid-month, we had to...