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    BGP routing trends 2024 key insights and outlook

    By g.ge@btw.mediaJanuary 7, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    • BGP routing table growth shows signs of market saturation and CDN-driven shifts.  
    • IPv4 growth plateaus while IPv6 adoption shows a steady rise but remains uneven globally.

    What happened: BGP 2024 a snapshot of internet core infrastructure

    In the past year, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) reflected key shifts in the internet’s growth patterns. The report highlights how the demand for IPv4 addresses slowed significantly, with 2024 showing a 6% increase in IPv4 routing table entries.

    Amazon played a substantial role by announcing 81 million new IPv4 addresses in December 2024. Conversely, the number of routed Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) increased modestly by 3.2%.

    This data suggests a plateauing of IPv4 growth due to market saturation and a wider reliance on private content distribution networks (CDNs), which reduce dependency on public transit routing.

    On the IPv6 front, BGP metrics indicated an annual growth rate of 10%, driven largely by more specific route advertisements. However, IPv6 adoption remains inconsistent, with only seven major economies accounting for over 71% of global IPv6 address spans.

    This fragmentation highlights how traffic engineering, route hijacking mitigation, and access network consolidation contribute to the diverse landscape of internet routing.

    Also read: RIPE NCC activity plan and budget 2025 highlight new goals
    Also read: RIPE NCC publishes minutes of 179th Executive Board Meeting

    Why it’s important

    The analysis of BGP data is crucial for understanding the resilience and scalability of the internet’s infrastructure. As routing tables grow, the strain on routers increases, pushing the need for optimized hardware configurations, such as Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM).

    The shifts toward CDN-centric networks suggest a consolidation of services, where fewer networks dominate large portions of web traffic distribution. Additionally, the report emphasizes the risk of network instability due to overly specific routing announcements, a concern that could amplify in IPv6 deployments as address space utilization diversifies.

    Understanding these trends is vital for ensuring network efficiency, addressing security concerns, and planning for long-term investments in internet infrastructure.

    BGP Internet Routing IPv4 IPv6 network stability RIPE NCC Route Views Project
    g.ge@btw.media

    Grace is an intern reporter at BTW Media,having studied Journalism Media and Communiations at Cardiff University.She specialises in wiritng and reading.Contact her at g.ge@btw.media.

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