Case Study: El Universal achieves faster news delivery and 95% bandwidth savings with Cloudflare

El Universal uses Cloudflare to protect their front page and deliver the news as fast as possible

El Universal, one of Mexico’s oldest and highest-circulated newspapers (est. 1916) with about 12 million monthly visitors, was struggling with site performance and a growing volume of malicious traffic after a 2008 digital redesign. To keep content fast for readers and protect revenue, the team prioritized a solution that combined improved delivery speed with strong security.

They chose Cloudflare for its easy integration with Drupal and all-in-one performance and security features. Cloudflare’s CDN caches content in 200+ cities and helps accelerate and protect over 6 billion requests per month, cutting latency and reducing bandwidth costs by more than 95%, while its WAF blocks over 1,000,000 threats aimed at El Universal each month.

El Universal

Erick Torres

Application Manager