Case Study: Axios achieves bulletproof DDoS protection and faster global content delivery with Cloudflare

Axios - Customer Case Study

Axios is a digital-native news site launched in 2017 that delivers concise, bullet‑point reporting to millions of readers (about 19 million visits in January 2020 and 500k+ newsletter subscribers). Because breaking news drives massive traffic spikes and media outlets are frequent targets of volumetric DDoS attacks, Axios needed robust security and high-performance delivery to protect uptime and maintain reader trust.

Axios partnered with Cloudflare for Advanced DDoS Protection and a global CDN (200 cities in 90+ countries) to block malicious traffic and deliver content quickly. They also adopted Cloudflare Workers to implement edge-side includes and cache dynamic elements at the edge, significantly improving cache-hit ratios, reducing origin load, avoiding vendor lock‑in, and preventing DDoS-related downtime.

Axios

Jess Szmajda

Chief Technology Officer