The statistic shows a forecast for North American internet traffic through web, email, instant messaging, and other data traffic use, excluding file-sharing, from 2016 to 2021. In 2018, the consumer internet traffic in North America in this segment is expected to reach 3,149 petabytes per month.
Data volume of web, e-mails and data traffic in North America from 2016 to 2021
(in petabytes per month)
Characteristic
Petabytes per month
2021*
3,792
2020*
3,631
2019*
3,410
2018*
3,149
2017*
2,863
2016
2,578
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000
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Cisco Systems. "Data volume of web, e-mails and data traffic in North America from 2016 to 2021 (in petabytes per month)." Chart. June 7, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267203/consumer-internet-traffic-through-e-mail-web-and-data-usage-in-north-america/
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Cisco Systems. "Data Volume of Web, E-mails and Data Traffic in North America from 2016 to 2021 (in Petabytes per Month)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267203/consumer-internet-traffic-through-e-mail-web-and-data-usage-in-north-america/
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