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Published by Mar 23, 2024
In 2022, the average data used per smartphone per month worldwide amounted to 15 gigabytes (GB). The source forecasts that this will increase almost four times reaching 46 GB per smartphone per month globally in 2028.
Average monthly usage of mobile data per smartphone in 2022 and 2028*, by region (in gigabytes)
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March 2023
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Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
2022
Supplementary notes
*2028 data is a GSMA forecast
**excluding cellular IoT
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Petroc Taylor
Research expert covering global developments in the use of data
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