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.

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 a May 2022 study, Greater London had the highest average broadband usage per household in the United Kingdom (UK) at *** GB/month, over ** percent above the national average of *** GB/month. The region with the lowest broadband consumption per household was in the South West, over ** percent lower than the national average at *** GB/month.

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 *** GB of cellular and **** GB of Wi-Fi wireless data.

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 *** gigabytes per month of mobile data compared to that of ****, ****, and **** 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.

As of the second quarter of 2024, the average residential high-speed broadband subscription in Canada downloaded around *** gigabytes of data per month. This was a decrease on the previous quarter, when the average download volume reached a record *** gigabytes per month.

In the first quarter of 2021, the average Singaporean mobile internet user consumed about 12.7 GB of data per month. With the increasing demand of online video and social media content this figure is expected to further grow over the next few years.

As of 2023, the average data consumption per user per month in India was at **** gigabytes. 4G data traffic contributes to ** percent of the overall data traffic while 5G was launched in India in October 2022. Increased online education, remote working for professionals and higher OTT viewership contributed to the data traffic growth.

Mobile data usage in Singapore reached an average of around 96 petabytes (96,000 terabytes) per month during the fourth quarter of 2024. Despite the expansion of public Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), mobile data use remained on the rise during the observed period. Data pricing trend in SingaporeSingapore 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 2023, one gigabyte of mobile data cost around 0.63 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 providersThe telecommunications market in Singapore is shared by three main providers, Singtel, Starhub and M1. Among the leading providers in the country, Singtel had the best 5G coverage experience, as of December 2024.

The average monthly data use per fixed residential broadband connection reached *** gigabytes in the United Kingdom in 2023, up from *** gigabytes in 2022. Increasing broadband data traffic in the UK reflects the broad adoption of data intensive activities such as ** streaming and online gaming.

Since the declaration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic (March 11, 2020), the average daily broadband usage in the United States has gone up compared to earlier in the year. In the week from March 11 to March 18, 2020, the average daily broadband data usage per user in the United States was 6.3 GB during the office hours, an increase of 41.4 percent compared to January. The increase is most likely due to more people working from home and overall restrictions for people to stay at home.

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

In the first quarter of 2021, the average Malaysian mobile internet user consumed about 25.7 GB of data. Malaysia's high usage can be partly explained by the fact that most providers offered 1GB for free during the pandemic. However, with the increasing demand of online video and social media content this figure is expected to further grow over the next few years.

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

In the first quarter of 2021, Proximus customers used on average 4.4 gigabytes of blended mobile data per month in Belgium. This is an increase compared to the previous year, when the average data usage amounted to 3.2 gigabytes per month per user. Usage of 4G data increased quarterly between the second quarter of 2017 to the first of 2021, despite a decrease in the second quarter of 2020. The number of mobile customers of Proximus, however, decreased between 2015 and 2018. Roughly 3.7 million customers had a Proximus mobile subscription, whereas by 2018 this decreased to just over 3.5 million mobile customers.

Decrease in number of Proximus mobile customers

Among the Proximus costumers, the majority were postpaid mobile customers. In 2018, roughly 2.74 million customers had a postpaid subscription, whereas 772,000 had a prepaid type of subscription. Observing the annual mobile service revenue of Proximus, it amounted to 963 million euros. Compared to the previous year, it is a decrease of 16 million euros.

Customer subscriptions Telenet

Telenet, another large telecommunication provider in Belgium, had registered a total of just over 2.73 million mobile subscriptions, whereas approximately 1.94 million people had a video subscription at Telenet in 2018.

When comparing Europe to the United States and South Korea, Europeans on average use less fixed and mobile data than their counterparts. In the United States, each citizen uses on average 7.3 and 93.8 gigabytes per month on mobile and fixed data, respectively; and South Koreans on average use roughly 9.8 and 108.6 gigabytes per month on mobile and fixed data, respectively. This is compared to the low average usage of 6.5 mobile and 63.5 fixed gigabytes per month throughout Europe. Japan is the only selected country with a lower data usage per capita for fixed networks than Europe, with approximately 45.7 gigabytes per month.

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

This statistic shows the data volume development in mobile phone networks in Germany from 2009 to 2023. In 2023, the average monthly data volume per mobile subscription amounted to 7.2 gigabytes.

In 2022, the average data volume per broadband connection amounted to roughly ***** gigabytes per month. This statistic shows the average monthly data volume per broadband internet connection in Germany from 2001 to 2022, with an estimate for 2023.

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