In the first half of 2021, video accounted for over half of global traffic. Social occupied the next largest share at 12.7 percent, while web browsing accounted for around a tenth. Audio accounted for only 0.31 percent of traffic worldwide.
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Sandvine. (January 31, 2022). Share of internet data traffic worldwide in the first half of 2021, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312357/global-data-traffic-by-content-type/
Sandvine. "Share of internet data traffic worldwide in the first half of 2021, by category." Chart. January 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312357/global-data-traffic-by-content-type/
Sandvine. (2022). Share of internet data traffic worldwide in the first half of 2021, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312357/global-data-traffic-by-content-type/
Sandvine. "Share of Internet Data Traffic Worldwide in The First Half of 2021, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312357/global-data-traffic-by-content-type/
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Share of internet data traffic worldwide in the first half of 2021, by category [Graph], Sandvine, January 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312357/global-data-traffic-by-content-type/