The statistic depicts the amount of cloud traffic worldwide, from 2016 to 2021, by region. In 2018, cloud traffic in North America will amount to an estimated 3.8 zettabytes per year.
Global cloud traffic worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by region
(in exabytes per year)
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Cisco Systems. (February 1, 2018). Global cloud traffic worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by region (in exabytes per year) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/499570/worldwide-cloud-traffic-growth-by-region/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Cisco Systems. "Global cloud traffic worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by region (in exabytes per year)." Chart. February 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/499570/worldwide-cloud-traffic-growth-by-region/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Cisco Systems. (2018). Global cloud traffic worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by region (in exabytes per year). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/499570/worldwide-cloud-traffic-growth-by-region/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Cisco Systems. "Global Cloud Traffic Worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by Region (in Exabytes per Year)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/499570/worldwide-cloud-traffic-growth-by-region/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Global cloud traffic worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by region (in exabytes per year) [Graph], Cisco Systems, February 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/499570/worldwide-cloud-traffic-growth-by-region/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed