Case Study: Gannett reduces bandwidth usage by 50% with Fastly security solutions

Gannett reduces bandwidth usage by 50% with Fastly security solutions

Gannett, the diversified media company behind USA TODAY NETWORK, faced a major traffic spike and bot activity during the 2024 U.S. elections, which increased bandwidth costs and raised outage risk. To protect its news sites while keeping real users engaged, Gannett turned to Fastly’s security solutions, including Next-Gen WAF and Bot Management.

Fastly helped Gannett block malicious bots and rate-limit harmful traffic without disrupting customer experience. As a result, bandwidth usage dropped by more than 50% from peak levels, cloud storage fell to 20% of peak usage, and the team saw significant cost savings, easier troubleshooting, and smoother deployments.

Gannett

Yanyan Ni

Principal Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering Team