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CDN and edge sponsors side by side: Cloudflare, Akamai and Fastly, and where each one ran by quarter.
86Cloudflare10 newsletter · 0 podcast · 76 event
52Akamai4 newsletter · 0 podcast · 48 event
34Fastly2 newsletter · 0 podcast · 32 event
Where they ran Newsletter and podcast placements by lane and quarter.
Lanes come from each newsletter’s topic and each podcast’s genre. 2026 Q4 runs through 2026-11-02. We read many more newsletters and podcasts from late 2026, so compare companies within a quarter, not one quarter to the next.
| Cloudflare | Akamai | Fastly | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | Earlier | ’25 Q4 | ’26 Q1 | ’26 Q2 | ’26 Q3 | ’26 Q4 | ||
| Software & developers newsletters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cybersecurity newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Industry trade newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Startups & venture newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Business & economy newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Politics & policy newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AI newsletters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Events Sponsor lists, booths and partner listings by event sector.
| Sector | Cloudflare | Akamai | Fastly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security | 6 | 13 | 12 |
| AI | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| Cloud & data | 15 | 3 | 9 |
| Developer | 9 | 12 | 5 |
| Business & tech | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| Sports & leisure | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing & media | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Retail & consumer | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Top outlets By newsletter and podcast placements.
Cloudflare
- ByteByteGo2
- Higher Ed Dive Daily1
- TLDR1
- TLDR DevOps1
- In the Room1
- TLDR InfoSec1
Akamai
- Cybersecurity Dive Daily3
- TLDR AI1
Fastly
- TLDR Dev1
- TLDR InfoSec1
The detail Outlets behind each lane.
Cloudflare · Software & developers newsletters · 2026 Q1
- ByteByteGo2 placements
Cloudflare · Software & developers newsletters · 2026 Q3
- TLDR1 placement
Cloudflare · Software & developers newsletters · 2026 Q4
- TLDR DevOps1 placement
- console.dev1 placement
Fastly · Software & developers newsletters · 2025 Q4
- TLDR Dev1 placement
Cloudflare · Cybersecurity newsletters · 2026 Q3
- TLDR InfoSec1 placement
Akamai · Cybersecurity newsletters · 2026 Q4
- Cybersecurity Dive Daily3 placements
Fastly · Cybersecurity newsletters · 2025 Q4
- TLDR InfoSec1 placement
Cloudflare · Industry trade newsletters · 2026 Q3
- Higher Ed Dive Daily1 placement
Cloudflare · Startups & venture newsletters · 2026 Q4
- In the Room1 placement
Cloudflare · Business & economy newsletters · 2026 Q4
- Flagship1 placement
Cloudflare · Politics & policy newsletters · 2026 Q4
- FedScoop1 placement
Akamai · AI newsletters · 2026 Q4
- TLDR AI1 placement
Counts are the ads we’ve found. They don’t show spend. A company with few ads here may buy elsewhere.