The perception of cheating levels is orders of magnitude more than the actual amount. The vast majority of games and players are clean.
https://support.chess.com/article/648-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com
https://www.chess.com/article/view/online-chess-cheating
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-update-may-2026#FairPlay
The site closed over 142,000 accounts in April for fair play violations and has a full team of staff working on reports along with some automated systems for detection. They are also constantly working on improving the systems in place and the speed of detection.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/fair-play
https://www.chess.com/cheating
That said, discussions of cheating, potential cheating, or cheat detection are not allowed in the general forums. If you would like to discuss join the following club
https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum
still 99% bot / cheaters accounts
online chess is dead
no delete this entry again to hide it because the 1st amendment does not exist when it addresses a problem the subject does not want to correct