Akamai Technologies Business Segments — Bandwidth fees increased by 0.2% to $52.81M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 10.4%, from $47.82M to $52.81M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Business Segments — Bandwidth fees shows relatively stable performance with a -2.1% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Rising fees often correlate with higher traffic volume, but if they grow faster than revenue, it may indicate declining pricing power or inefficient network routing.
Costs paid to internet service providers and network carriers for the data transit capacity required to deliver content...
Comparable to network transit or peering costs for other internet infrastructure and streaming service companies.
akam_segment_reportable_segment_bandwidth_fees| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $51.32M | $51.32M | $51.32M | $51.32M | $57.01M | $57.01M | $57.01M | $57.01M | $61.17M | $61.26M | $55.65M | $55.02M | $47.82M | $45.65M | $46.69M | $52.71M | $52.81M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +11.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +7.3% | +0.1% | -9.2% | -1.1% | -13.1% | -4.6% | +2.3% | +12.9% | +0.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +11.1% | +11.1% | +11.1% | +11.1% | +7.3% | +7.5% | -2.4% | -3.5% | -21.8% | -25.5% | -16.1% | -4.2% | +10.4% |