This statistic gives information on the consumer internet data traffic worldwide from 2016 to 2022, by application category. In 2017, the global consumer data traffic from internet video amounted to 56 exabytes per month.
Consumer internet data traffic worldwide by application category from 2016 to 2022 (in EB per month)*
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Cisco Systems. (February 27, 2019). Consumer internet data traffic worldwide by application category from 2016 to 2022 (in EB per month)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/454951/mobile-data-traffic-worldwide-by-application-category/
Cisco Systems. "Consumer internet data traffic worldwide by application category from 2016 to 2022 (in EB per month)*." Chart. February 27, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/454951/mobile-data-traffic-worldwide-by-application-category/
Cisco Systems. (2019). Consumer internet data traffic worldwide by application category from 2016 to 2022 (in EB per month)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/454951/mobile-data-traffic-worldwide-by-application-category/
Cisco Systems. "Consumer Internet Data Traffic Worldwide by Application Category from 2016 to 2022 (in Eb per Month)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/454951/mobile-data-traffic-worldwide-by-application-category/
Cisco Systems, Consumer internet data traffic worldwide by application category from 2016 to 2022 (in EB per month)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/454951/mobile-data-traffic-worldwide-by-application-category/ (last visited June 11, 2025)
Consumer internet data traffic worldwide by application category from 2016 to 2022 (in EB per month)* [Graph], Cisco Systems, February 27, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/454951/mobile-data-traffic-worldwide-by-application-category/
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