What Typically Uses The Most Data On A Smartphone?
You might be burning through data faster than you think.
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According to Ericsson's mobile traffic data report, the world currently moves around 150-200 exabytes of mobile data monthly. That is 150-200 million terabytes monthly. And that number is only going to keep increasing; Ericsson forecasts that by 2031, global monthly usage will have grown to 328 exabytes, more than double today's figures. The average smartphone alone now consumes more than 20GB a month, up from 4.9GB just a few years ago.
Different people rack up that total in different ways: Some people spend all day doing battle on X, while some find themselves drawn into TikTok's unending videos, so there's no one thing that uses the most data. Although there is no lone culprit, these usually do the most damage: video streaming, social media, video calls, software updates, cloud backups and music streaming. For what it's worth,...
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