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The GAFAM Reality Index — September 2026: The Month the Users Lost Ground

The GAFAM Reality Index — September 2026: The Month the Users Lost Ground

by Raphael Dudler | Aug 30, 2026 | The GAFAM Reality Index

The first monthly update to the GAFAM Reality Index: overall down one point to 51%. The whole decline lands in a single dimension — Respect for Users — as Google’s screen-parsing assistant and Meta’s $17 billion child-addiction settlement drag two giants down. Europe and the Future held steady.

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