Proof Point
Mobile data traffic expected to hit 77 exabytes per month by 2022, growing 52.6% annually since 2015
Global Monthly Mobile Data Traffic
2015 – 2022F (exabytes)
| Note: | Forecast includes only cellular traffic, and excludes traffic from Wi-Fi and low-powered cellular networks |
Proof Point Findings
- Mobile Data Traffic – Includes cellular traffic only, excluding data traffic from Wi-Fi networks and low-powered cellular networks
- Exabyte Definition – Equivalent to one billion gigabytes, or more than 500 times size of all text, audio, video and other digital materials held by US Library of Congress
- Global Monthly Mobile Data Traffic – Estimated to grow almost 53% annually from four exabytes in 2015 to 77 exabytes in 2022
- Relative Size – Forecasted 2022 monthly mobile traffic equivalent to content on 77 million computers with fully-loaded one terabyte hard drives
- Key Growth Drivers – Include continued optimization of network connectivity, increasing number of network-enabled mobile devices, and explosion of mobile applications and their expanding functionalities
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Date Last Updated |
January 16, 2019
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