This statistic presents the share of mobile cloud traffic from 2014 to 2019 In 2014, mobile cloud traffic accounted for 81 percent of all global mobile data traffic. This share is projected to grow to 90 percent in 2019 at a CAGR of 60 percent. Mobile cloud traffic includes video streaming, audio streaming, online gaming, social networking, web browsing and online storage.
Distribution of global cloud and non-cloud mobile data traffic from 2014 to 2019
Characteristic
Cloud traffic
Non-cloud traffic
2019*
90%
10%
2018*
88%
12%
2017*
86%
14%
2016*
85%
15%
2015*
83%
17%
2014
81%
19%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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* Forecast. Mobile non-cloud traffic includes IP voice, file sharing and file/app downloading. Mobile cloud traffic includes video streaming, audio streaming, online gaming, social networking, web browsing and online storage.
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Cisco Systems. (February 3, 2015). Distribution of global cloud and non-cloud mobile data traffic from 2014 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/292840/distribution-global-cloud-and-non-cloud-traffic/
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Cisco Systems. (2015). Distribution of global cloud and non-cloud mobile data traffic from 2014 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292840/distribution-global-cloud-and-non-cloud-traffic/
Cisco Systems. "Distribution of Global Cloud and Non-cloud Mobile Data Traffic from 2014 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292840/distribution-global-cloud-and-non-cloud-traffic/
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