The statistic shows a forecast for the trend in internet traffic from 2017 to 2022, by segment. In 2020, consumer data traffic in the online gaming segment is expected to amount to 7 exabytes per month, up from 1 EB in 2017. The 2017-2022 CAGR of this subsegment amounts to 59 percent.
Data volume of global consumer internet traffic from 2017 to 2022, by subsegment
(in exabytes per month)
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Web, email, and data: Includes web, email, instant messaging, and other data traffic (excludes file sharing)
File sharing: Includes peer-to-peer traffic from all recognized P2P systems such as BitTorrent and eDonkey, as well as traffic from web-based file-sharing systems
Gaming: Includes casual online gaming, networked console gaming, and multiplayer virtual-world gaming
Internet video: Includes short-form Internet video (for example, YouTube), long-form Internet video (for example, Hulu), live Internet video, Internet-video-to-TV (for example, Netflix through Roku), online video purchases and rentals, webcam viewing, and web-based video monitoring (excludes P2P video file downloads)
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Cisco Systems. (February 27, 2019). Data volume of global consumer internet traffic from 2017 to 2022, by subsegment (in exabytes per month) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267194/forecast-of-internet-traffic-by-subsegment/
Cisco Systems. "Data volume of global consumer internet traffic from 2017 to 2022, by subsegment (in exabytes per month)." Chart. February 27, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267194/forecast-of-internet-traffic-by-subsegment/
Cisco Systems. (2019). Data volume of global consumer internet traffic from 2017 to 2022, by subsegment (in exabytes per month). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267194/forecast-of-internet-traffic-by-subsegment/
Cisco Systems. "Data Volume of Global Consumer Internet Traffic from 2017 to 2022, by Subsegment (in Exabytes per Month)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267194/forecast-of-internet-traffic-by-subsegment/
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