End user carrier billing spending on content & commerce 2020-2025, by region

In 2021, the global end user carrier billing spend on content and commerce was approximately 41.63 billion U.S. dollars, with 17.26 billion U.S. dollars worth of spending coming from the Far East and China. The direct carrier billing market, which this figure encompasses, includes consumer spend on digital content billed via carrier billing, together with associated operator revenues. The content types covered include the following: games, video, music, ePublishing, lifestyle content, ticketing, gambling, and remote physical goods purchases.