This statistic shows the development of global mobile internet traffic as of the fourth quarter of 2017. As of that period, 51.12 percent of global web traffic originated from mobile devices, up from 48.33 percent in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
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This statistic shows the development of global mobile internet traffic as of the fourth quarter of 2017. As of that period, 51.12 percent of global web traffic originated from mobile devices, up from 48.33 percent in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
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- Q1 2015 to Q4 2017
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- excluding desktop and tablet devices
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