Government Internet Shutdowns Cost $19.7B in 2025 1/9/26, 2:49 PM It also highlights how Russia’s censorship strategy relies on fragmentation and simultaneity, disrupting connectivity in many places at once while attempting to conceal the visibility of a single nationwide blackout. Internet Shutdowns 2025: Cost by Region This table shows the total economic cost of all major, deliberate internet outages in 2025, broken down by global region and ranked by economic impact (USD). Russia is included in Europe, and Turkey in Asia. Europe was by far the most economically affected region in 2025, driven overwhelmingly by Russia. The wave of shutdowns imposed from May onward accounted for approximately 60% of total global economic losses for the year. Europe also recorded the highest total disruption time, mostly due to the technical complexity of Russia’s censorship strategy. Rather than imposing a single, blanket shutdown, authorities relied on a rolling series of targeted restrictions, affecting different services, protocols, and regions at different times. Because these disruptions were distinct in both scope and user experience, they are https://www.top10vpn.com/research/cost-of-internet-shutdowns/ Page 10 of 33