IPv6 in 2020

Briefly looked into “how is IPv6 deployment going”. Two notes:

  • the data is very noisy, in large part due to different definitions of “deployed” - capability anywhere on an ISP’s network, capability to each end user, actual traffic from those users, etc. 
  • the absolute numbers are noisy, but most of the trends seem to agree that deployment grew rapidly 2013-17ish (varies by country) but is now growing slowly, or even plateaued. See data atop this page for the US from APNIC (source).

This article was updated on January 20, 2024