In 2022, the average data used per smartphone per month worldwide amounted to 15 gigabytes (GB). The source forecasts that this will increase almost four times reaching 46 GB per smartphone per month globally in 2028.

North America registered the highest mobile data consumption per connection in 2023, with the average connection consuming 29 gigabytes per month. This figure is set to triple by 2030, driven by the adoption of data intensive activities such as 4K streaming.

This statistic shows the average monthly wireless data usage per user in the United States by age in the first two quarters of 2018. In the first half of 2018, users 25 years and younger used 4.1 GB of cellular and 16.8 GB of Wi-Fi wireless data.

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.

United States rose 107.6% of Average per Capita Monthly Mobile Data Use in 2014, compared to the previous year.

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.

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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.

In November 2024, each broadband subscription in Hong Kong had an average data usage of 8,256 megabytes on average, a slight decrease from 8.927 megabytes from the previous month. The total data usage in Hong Kong reached over 228 million megabytes in that month.

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This statistic shows the average price of cellular data per gigabyte in the United States from 2018 to 2023. In 2018, the average price of cellular data was estimated to amount to 4.64 U.S. dollars per GB.

This statistic displays the average monthly cellular data usage of Andoird users in the United States in August 2016, by age group (in Megabytes per month). As of August 2016, on average people aged between 18 and 24 years old used approximately 3,000 MBs of cellular data per month.

As of June 2024, Qatar had the fastest average mobile internet connection worldwide, nearly 335 Mbps. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) followed, registering average median speed above 323 Mbps. Fixed-connection speeds around the world When it comes to fixed broadband connections, Singapore tops the list of countries by average connection speed. Internet users in Singapore achieve an average fixed broadband connection speed of 242.01 Mbps, slightly faster than the 222.49 Mbps achieved in Chile, the second-placed country on the speed rankings. 5G and 6G – the future of mobile broadband In countries where it is in use, 5G is already bringing faster mobile internet connection speeds than ever before. In Saudi Arabia for example, the average 4G connection speed sits at 28.9 Mbps, and this speed jumps to 414.2 Mbps on a 5G connection. Now that 5G is commercially available, researchers have already turned their attention to 6G. Operating at a higher spectrum band, 6G will allow connections several times faster than 5G. User experienced data rates of 5G sit at 100 Mbps, and this speed is expected to climb to 1,000 Mbps on 6G connections. 6G is expected to not only provide faster speeds, but also enable more devices to connect to a network without causing congestion as it has a connection density ten times greater than that of 5G.

This statistic shows the average monthly wireless data usage per Android user in the United States in February 2018, broken down by plan type. In February 2018, Android users on the service plan with monthly allowance consumed an average of 13,020 megabytes of Wifi data per month in the United States.

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 a survey conducted in 2024 regarding the usage of mobile payment services, 43.9 percent of respondents in Singapore stated that they used mobile payment services monthly. In comparison, about 16.4 percent of respondents in Japan used mobile payment services monthly. The rise of digital payments Digital payments gained significant momentum in recent years, becoming an increasingly popular payment method. Digital wallets have emerged as one of the most used payment methods, far ahead of credit or debit cards. The number of consumers using mobile wallets has already surpassed 100 million in Indonesia, highlighting the widespread adoption of online transactions.
Asia-Pacific’s online population The internet population in the Asia-Pacific region is among the highest in the world, with the share of mobile internet users also continuing to grow. An increasing number of people use their phones for a variety of purposes, which leads to a high rate of mobile phone usage. The average time spent using mobile internet has surpassed more than five hours daily in the Philippines, with many other countries in the region not far behind.

Mobile data usage in Singapore reached an average of 86 petabytes (86,610 terabytes) per month in the third quarter of 2023. Despite the expansion of public WLANs, mobile data use remained on the rise.

Data pricing trend in Singapore Singapore has always had one of the most expensive data prices in Southeast Asia. However, new technologies such as 5G, as well as the competitive telecommunications market, led to price reductions over the past few years. In 2022, one gigabyte of mobile data cost around 0.61 U.S. dollars on average, indicating a decrease of more than two dollars compared to 2019. Despite the foreseeable trend of decreasing data prices, it would still remain relatively high compared to neighboring Indonesia's 0.28 U.S. dollars per gigabyte.

Singapore’s mobile data providers The telecommunications market in Singapore is shared by three main providers, Singtel, Starhub and M1. Among the leading providers of the country, Singtel had the best 5G coverage experience, as of May 2023.

The average mobile data usage per capita in 2018 was significantly less for the ETNO perimeter of Europe than for Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Europeans on average used 4.3 gigabytes per month of mobile data compared to that of 6.91, 7.15, and 7.24 gigabytes per month in Japan, South Korea, and the United States, respectively. It is important to note that there is a huge variation between European countries in terms of average usage, as Europe* is a regional representation compared to the selected countries included in this study.

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.