Cloudflare Named a TIME100 Most Influential Company of 2025

Cloudflare announced that it has been named a TIME100 Most Influential Company in 2025—among the 100 companies recognized for making an extraordinary impact around the world. Making its debut on the list, Cloudflare is recognized for helping ensure cyber attacks did not play a role in impacting the outcome of the 2024 United States elections. Throughout the year, Cloudflare played a critical role in securing the nation from cyber attacks, protecting political candidates, and providing its services at no cost to hundreds of government websites for more than half of U.S. states.

The fifth-annual Most Influential Companies distinction by TIME celebrates the visionaries and change-makers shaping the world today, recognizing companies making extraordinary impacts around the world. This past year, Cloudflare played a vital role in upholding the nation’s democratic process. As the entire world watched the United States closely, Cloudflare rose to the occasion, aiding U.S. presidential candidates, election officials, and political campaigns up and down the ballot. The company defended the United States elections from cyber threats, protecting candidates and local governments that were targeted by cyber attacks, and prevented disruption.

“As we all watched the U.S. elections unfold, I’m proud that Cloudflare helped ensure cyber attacks did not play a role in impacting the U.S. 2024 elections. For the last eight years, Cloudflare has been guarding governments, and democracy, with the highest level of protection,” said Matthew Prince, Co-founder and CEO at Cloudflare. “We’re honored to be recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company—a testament to our team’s impact and role in keeping campaigns and election officials safeguarded online. Cloudflare’s mission is to help build a better Internet—one that the world increasingly depends on, both in critical moments like these, and in everyday life.”

In addition to political campaigns, ongoing state and local elections and resources—which are critical components of the nation’s democracy—also require protection. Through Cloudflare’s Athenian Project, the company gives its highest Enterprise level of services to state and local governments, for free. From January through November 2024, Cloudflare mitigated approximately 1 million online threats every single day. Over half of the United States states rely on the Athenian Project for secure and reliable access to information and voter registration at all times.

Today about 20% of the web runs through Cloudflare’s network, in addition to Internet properties like mobile apps, APIs, AI workflows, and corporate networks. With the company operating one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks an average of 247 billion threats online every single day for its millions of customers, of which more than 250,000 are paying customers. Cloudflare is trusted by millions of organizations, from the largest brands like 36 percent of the Fortune 500, to entrepreneurs and small businesses, to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe. Cloudflare’s rapid product expansion has enabled the company to penetrate adjacent markets, fueling its total addressable market growth from $181 billion in 2025 to $231 billion by 2028.

Source: Cloudflare media announcement