Hetzner was just an example, because they are a well known. Interestingly a similar sudden increase of German Tor users also happend in 2017: https://www.chip.d

Hetzner was just an example, because they are a well known. Interestingly a similar sudden increase of German Tor users also happend in 2017: https://www.chip.de/news/Raetselhafter-Nutzeranstieg-Zahl-deutscher-Tor-Nutzer-ploetzlich-explodiert_128117537.html https://www.chip.de/news/Raetselhafter-Nutzeranstieg-Zahl-de... Hetzner (and other German entities) seem to operate quite a few relays though: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#aggregate/as https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#aggregate/as not sure if this might have something to do with it...