This statistic shows the total mobile internet data traffic generated by smartphones in the United States from 2016 to 2023. In 2017, smartphones generated about 44,997 million gigabytes of mobile internet traffic in the United States.
Mobile internet traffic generated by smartphones in the United States from 2016 to 2023
(in million gigabytes)
Characteristic
Data traffic in million gigabytes
2023*
255,966
2022*
195,907
2021*
149,940
2020*
114,758
2019*
86,054
2018
62,994
2017
44,997
2016
31,699
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Telecom Advisory Services. (October 28, 2018). Mobile internet traffic generated by smartphones in the United States from 2016 to 2023 (in million gigabytes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/204929/average-download-speed-of-smartphones-by-us-wirless-provider/
Telecom Advisory Services. "Mobile internet traffic generated by smartphones in the United States from 2016 to 2023 (in million gigabytes)." Chart. October 28, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204929/average-download-speed-of-smartphones-by-us-wirless-provider/
Telecom Advisory Services. (2018). Mobile internet traffic generated by smartphones in the United States from 2016 to 2023 (in million gigabytes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204929/average-download-speed-of-smartphones-by-us-wirless-provider/
Telecom Advisory Services. "Mobile Internet Traffic Generated by Smartphones in The United States from 2016 to 2023 (in Million Gigabytes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204929/average-download-speed-of-smartphones-by-us-wirless-provider/
Telecom Advisory Services, Mobile internet traffic generated by smartphones in the United States from 2016 to 2023 (in million gigabytes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204929/average-download-speed-of-smartphones-by-us-wirless-provider/ (last visited May 05, 2025)
Mobile internet traffic generated by smartphones in the United States from 2016 to 2023 (in million gigabytes) [Graph], Telecom Advisory Services, October 28, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/204929/average-download-speed-of-smartphones-by-us-wirless-provider/
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