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Global average monthly cellular data usage by device 2016-2021

Worldwide average monthly cellular data usage from 2016 to 2021, by device category (in GBs per month)

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

Global average monthly cellular data usage by device 2016-2021

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