The SMS traffic in Kenya has fluctuated during the given period from the first quarter of 2018 when it amounted to 14.91 billion SMS messages to the fourth quarter of the financial year 2021/22. In that quarter there were roughly 14 billion SMS messages sent domestically in Kenya.
Total number of domestic SMS messages sent in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021
(in billions)
The Kenyan financial year begins on July 1 and ends on the following year June 30.
The drop in domestic SMS volume in the first quarter of the 2021/22 financial year was attributed to a lack of SMS promotions and special offers, as well as a continued preference for over-the-top (OTT) services or messaging applications rather than SMS, according to the source.
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Communications Authority of Kenya. (September 22, 2022). Total number of domestic SMS messages sent in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065866/total-number-of-sms-messages-sent-in-kenya-by-quarter/
Communications Authority of Kenya. "Total number of domestic SMS messages sent in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billions)." Chart. September 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065866/total-number-of-sms-messages-sent-in-kenya-by-quarter/
Communications Authority of Kenya. (2022). Total number of domestic SMS messages sent in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065866/total-number-of-sms-messages-sent-in-kenya-by-quarter/
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Communications Authority of Kenya, Total number of domestic SMS messages sent in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065866/total-number-of-sms-messages-sent-in-kenya-by-quarter/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Total number of domestic SMS messages sent in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2021 (in billions) [Graph], Communications Authority of Kenya, September 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065866/total-number-of-sms-messages-sent-in-kenya-by-quarter/