Mobile broadband data used this year
Estimated range: 963,275,430 – 1,177,336,636 (±10%)
- 1.3 ZB Estimate · 2024 · ITU
- 41.2 terabytes per second, modelled
- Tier B (±10%) Moderate confidence
- +0 Since you opened this page
Putting it in perspective
- Per second
- 41.2
- Per minute
- 2,471
- Per hour
- 148,300
- Per day
- 3,559,206
- Still to come this year
- 228,804,164
Counted in terabytes.
How this number is made
- Algorithm
- Annual flow spread
Evenly distributed across 31,557,600 seconds (365.25 days) of the year.
- Confidence Tier
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Tier B Moderate confidence
ITU world telecommunication database compiling regulatory submissions and mobile network operator traffic logs.
- Error Band
- ±10%
Modelled range: 963,275,430 to 1,177,336,636
- Annualized Validation
- ≤ 3.0% tolerance passed
Pace: 1,300,000,000 terabytes/yr vs cited reference 1,300,000,000 terabytes/yr (exact match)
- Basis
- Estimate for 2024
- Record
- STO-FAPB9GKEJZ
- Source
- ITU, Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic (27 Nov 2024)
“It is estimated that it will be close to 1.3 ZB in 2024.”
- Step 01
Take ITU’s figure for 2024: 1.3 ZB (an estimate).
- Step 02
Convert the unit: zettabytes × 1,000,000,000 = terabytes, which gives 1,300,000,000 terabytes a year.
- Step 03
Spread it evenly over a year of 31,557,600 seconds (365.25 days): about 41.2 terabytes per second.
- Step 04
Count from 00:00 UTC on 1 January of the current year, so the number resets every New Year.
- On screen
- The result of those steps, recomputed four times a second in your browser. Nothing on this page is fetched live from the publisher.
- Why this can't be exact
- Real activity is not spread evenly: it clusters in working hours, weekdays and seasons, so the count runs ahead or behind the true figure at any given moment. It runs at the 2024 pace until a figure for the current year is published. Digits beyond the first two or three are the model ticking, not extra precision.
Frequently asked questions
Which published figure is the counter based on?
The International Telecommunication Union’s figure for 2024: 1.3 ZB (an estimate).
How is the live number calculated?
Take ITU’s figure for 2024: 1.3 ZB (an estimate). Convert the unit: zettabytes × 1,000,000,000 = terabytes, which gives 1,300,000,000 terabytes a year. Spread it evenly over a year of 31,557,600 seconds (365.25 days): about 41.2 terabytes per second. Count from 00:00 UTC on 1 January of the current year, so the number resets every New Year.
How accurate is the counter?
Real activity is not spread evenly: it clusters in working hours, weekdays and seasons, so the count runs ahead or behind the true figure at any given moment. It runs at the 2024 pace until a figure for the current year is published. Digits beyond the first two or three are the model ticking, not extra precision.
Where does the data come from?
The International Telecommunication Union, “Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic” (27 Nov 2024). The record quotes the publisher’s own sentence, and nothing on the page is fetched live from the publisher.
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