---
title: What is Cloudflare?
description: Learn about Cloudflare's global network.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cf-twitter-card.png
---

> Documentation Index  
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/llms.txt  
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

[Skip to content](#%5Ftop) 

# What is Cloudflare?

Cloudflare is one of the world's largest [connectivity cloud networks ↗](https://blog.cloudflare.com/welcome-to-connectivity-cloud). Today, anyone with an Internet presence can have faster and more secure websites and applications thanks to Cloudflare. This includes bloggers, businesses, and even non-profits.

Millions of Internet properties are on Cloudflare, and our network is growing by tens of thousands each day. Cloudflare powers Internet requests for millions of websites and serves 55 million HTTP requests per second on average.

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/learning-paths/","name":"Learning Paths"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/learning-paths/secure-your-email/concepts/","name":"Concepts"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/learning-paths/secure-your-email/concepts/what-is-cloudflare/","name":"What is Cloudflare?"}}]}
```