This statistic gives information on the global wearable device data traffic in 2015 and offers a projection until 2020. In 2015, global mobile data traffic of wearable devices amounted to 15 petabytes per month and is projected to grow to 335 petabytes per month in 2020. Wearable devices are an important part of the internet of everything and include smart watches, smart glasses, heads-up displays (HUD), health and fitness trackers and wearable scanners and navigation devices.
Global wearable device data traffic from 2015 to 2020
(in petabytes per month)
Characteristic
Traffic in petabyes per month
2020
335
2019*
209
2018*
125
2017*
68
2016*
34
2015
15
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Cisco Systems. (February 3, 2016). Global wearable device data traffic from 2015 to 2020 (in petabytes per month) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/292837/global-wearable-device-mobile-data-traffic/
Cisco Systems. "Global wearable device data traffic from 2015 to 2020 (in petabytes per month)." Chart. February 3, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292837/global-wearable-device-mobile-data-traffic/
Cisco Systems. (2016). Global wearable device data traffic from 2015 to 2020 (in petabytes per month). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292837/global-wearable-device-mobile-data-traffic/
Cisco Systems. "Global Wearable Device Data Traffic from 2015 to 2020 (in Petabytes per Month)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292837/global-wearable-device-mobile-data-traffic/
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Global wearable device data traffic from 2015 to 2020 (in petabytes per month) [Graph], Cisco Systems, February 3, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/292837/global-wearable-device-mobile-data-traffic/
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