Mobile broadband traffic
STO-REC-STAT54MYFCT1 Official
1zettabyte
Global · 2023
Mobile broadband traffic worldwide totalled 1 zettabyte in 2023 (ITU).
- Publisher
- ITU
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Internet traffic
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In 2023 mobile broadband traffic around the world for the first time reached 1 zettabyte (ZB) (end-user Internet traffic).
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- APA
- International Telecommunication Union. (2024). Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-traffic/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_54MYFC7W7A80GW15NH98KD45Y2
- MLA
- International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic." 2024, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-traffic/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_54MYFC7W7A80GW15NH98KD45Y2.
- Chicago
- International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic." 2024. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-traffic/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_54MYFC7W7A80GW15NH98KD45Y2.
- BibTeX
- @misc{itu2024mobilekd45y2, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_54MYFC7W7A80GW15NH98KD45Y2}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-traffic/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Telecommunication Union · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 27 November 2024
- Locator
- Internet traffic
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See the source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_54MYFC7W7A80GW15NH98KD45Y2