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Worldwide smartphone average monthly cellular data usage from 2016 to 2021 (in GBs per month)
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Global smartphone average monthly cellular data usage 2016-2021

This statistic displays the average monthly smartphone cellular data usage from 2016 to 2021. 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.

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This statistic displays the average monthly smartphone cellular data usage from 2016 to 2021. 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.

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Release date: April 2017

Region: Worldwide
Survey time period: 2016 to 2017
Supplementary notes: * Forecast

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