North America registered the highest mobile data consumption per connection in 2023, with the average connection consuming ** gigabytes per month. This figure is set to triple by 2030, driven by the adoption of data intensive activities such as 4K streaming.

In 2022, the average data used per smartphone per month worldwide amounted to ** gigabytes (GB). The source forecasts that this will increase almost four times reaching ** GB per smartphone per month globally in 2028.

This statistic displays the average monthly smartphone cellular data usage from 2016 to 2021. In 2016, on average a smartphone consumed 1.7 GBs of cellular data per month. That number is projected to reach 8.9 GBs in 2021.

This statistic shows the average monthly mobile data usage per smartphone in the United States from 2010 to 2017. In 2017, the monthly mobile data usage amounted to 5.1 GB per smartphone on average.

According to forecasts, smartphone data usage per month in Mexico is set to be about 7.2 gigabytes per month in 2021. Looking ahead to 2026, traffic is expected to reach approximately 28.4 gigabytes. In Latin America, smartphone data traffic is also projected to grow in the coming years.

In 2024, smartphones across the globe used an average of 20.29 gigabytes of mobile data per month, up from 17.27 gigabytes the previous year. This figure is expected to reach 23.78 gigabytes in 2025, and 42.38 gigabytes by 2029.

The population share with mobile internet access in North America was forecast to increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 2.9 percentage points. This overall increase does not happen continuously, notably not in 2028 and 2029. The mobile internet penetration is estimated to amount to 84.21 percent in 2029. Notably, the population share with mobile internet access of was continuously increasing over the past years.The penetration rate refers to the share of the total population having access to the internet via a mobile broadband connection.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the population share with mobile internet access in countries like Caribbean and Europe.

The global number of smartphone users in was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.8 billion users (+42.62 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the smartphone user base is estimated to reach 6.1 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of smartphone users of was continuously increasing over the past years.Smartphone users here are limited to internet users of any age using a smartphone. The shown figures have been derived from survey data that has been processed to estimate missing demographics.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of smartphone users in countries like Australia & Oceania and Asia.

This statistic displays the average monthly cellular data usage from 2016 to 2021, by device category. In 2016, on average a smartphone consumed 1.7 GBs of cellular data per month. That number is projected to reach 8.9 GBs in 2021.

In the 2022 financial year, the average monthly mobile data usage in New Zealand amounted to 4.86 gigabytes. This value has increased considerably over the past decade, as mobile internet has become more accessible to consumers in the country.

This statistic displays the mobile data usage per subscriber in the United States from 2010 to 2016. It shows that as of 2016, the average mobile data usage per subscriber in the United States was roughly 3900 Megabytes per month.

As of the third quarter of 2023, people in Malaysia spent on average four hours and 37 minutes daily browsing the internet on their mobile phones. This was a slight increase compared to the average daily time spent on mobile phone's internet in the previous year, which was around four hours and 28 minutes.

This graph represents the monthly consumption of mobile data by mobile operators' subscribers in France from 2010 to 2016, by profile. Average consumers used 1,185 megabytes of mobile data in 2016.

In 2023, an average mobile subscriber in Latin America generated seven gigabytes of data traffic per month. It has been projected that the number will increase to 32 gigabytes by 2030. The number of unique mobile subscribers is expected to increase from 465 to 523 million between 2023 and 2030.

Switzerland is leading the ranking by population share with mobile internet access , recording 95.06 percent. Following closely behind is Ukraine with 95.06 percent, while Moldova is trailing the ranking with 46.83 percent, resulting in a difference of 48.23 percentage points to the ranking leader, Switzerland. The penetration rate refers to the share of the total population having access to the internet via a mobile broadband connection.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

The average daily in-home data usage in the United States has increased significantly during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in March 2020. Compared to the same time in March 2019 the daily average in-home data usage has increased by 38 percent to 16.6 gigabytes, up from 12 gigabytes in March 2019. The increase can be observed across almost all device categories with the data usage of gaming consoles and smartphones increasing the most.

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This statistic shows the average monthly smartphone data usage per Vodafone customer in Spain from Q1 2014/15 to Q3 2015/16. In Q1 2015/16, the average monthly data usage per customer was approximately 1.1 gigabytes per month.

The average time spent daily on a phone, not counting talking on the phone, has increased in recent years, reaching a total of * hours and ** minutes as of April 2022. This figure was expected to reach around * hours and ** minutes by 2024.

In total, approximately 757,393 terabytes of mobile data were used in Belgium in 2022. This is a significant increase compared to 2012, when roughly 4,000 terabytes of data were used by Belgians. Around 695,139 terabytes of data that were used came directly from the mobile network operators (MNO), while the 62,253 used terabytes of mobile data were from MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators). Observing the average usage of mobile data per active SIM card, it increased annually between the period of 2013 to 2021 in Belgium. In 2013, an average of 130 megabytes per SIM car was used, whereas by 2022 it amounted to nearly 6.1 gigabytes.

Revenue of the telecommunications and mobile market

The revenue of the telecommunication market totaled approximately 8.4 billion euros in 2022, of which roughly 3.4 billion euros originated from the mobile market and 3.7 billion euros from the fixed market. The television market accounted for over 1.2 billion euros and experienced a slight increase when compared to 2021. Looking at the revenue of the mobile phone market, most of its revenue amounted to just over two billion euros in 2022.

Smartphone ownership highest among Belgian youth

In 2018, 96 percent of the respondents aged between 18 and 24 years indicated to own a smartphone in Belgium, whereas 94 percent of the 25 to 34-year-olds said to own a smartphone. Furthermore, the lowest ownership rate was with those aged 65 to 75 years old with nearly 70 percent.

As of March 2025, the share of time spent using the internet on smartphone devices among users in the United Kingdom (UK) was approximately 96 percent. Internet usage via smartphone was the highest amongst UK users aged between the ages 25 and 54 years, 98 percent. Furthermore, tablet devices had the largest engagement among users aged between 65 and over, while the share of time spent accessing the internet via PC or laptop devices was highest among UK users aged 75 and over.