The data shows the average monthly cellular data usage from 2016 to 2021, by device category. In 2016, on average a smartphone consumed 1.7 GBs of cellular data per month. That number is projected to reach 8.9 GBs in 2021.
2016 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
2017 | 7.7 | 6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
2018 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
2019 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
2020 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
2021 | 17.4 | 12.9 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 |