Who's business is it to study and analyse the traffic flow within the internet ??
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Cisco, Juniper(now HP), Huawei, Nokia, NTT, Hurricane Electric
Pretty much anyone who wants to sell you internet capable hardware ( like chassis routers or mobile base stations) or people wanting to sell you internet services.
Edit: forgot security companies to scare you into buying the latest SASE, SIEM, unified security product.
Individuals cannot study internet traffic ??🤔🤔
Not in any meaningful way.
I remember you had mentioned those names on my post on BIRD.
Yes, they are some of the largest players in the telco space.
Cloudflare routes 20% of the world’s internet traffic. That’s a very large sample. They publish an annual radar report. https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025
Marketing companies
Companies that sell and host applications.
Online gaming companies.
Streaming media companies
Awareness of consumer behavior is of huge value to pretty much all companies.
There are tons of communities for questions, this isn't one