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Chapter 5 Figure 5.2. Global Internet Protocol Traffic, 1984-2017

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FIGURE 5.2
TITLE Global Internet Protocol Traffic, 1984-2017
SUBTITLE
SOURCE Based on Cisco’s White Paper series “Cisco Visual Networking Index: Forecast and Methodology”
NOTES YES

Year Total Traffic (PB/mo)

1984 0.00001 Petabytes (PB) per month
140,000
1985 0.00003
1986 0.00006 120,000
1987 0.00012
1988 0.00024 100,000
1989 0.00047
80,000
1990 0.00095
1991 0.00191 60,000
1992 0.00424
1993 0.00831 40,000
1994 0.02463
20,000
1995 0.14353
1996 1.14441 0
1997 4.76837
84 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 000 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017
1998 10.68115 19 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1999 24.31870
2000 71.76399
2001 166.89301
2002 339.50806
2003 649.49989
2004 1209.06830
2005 1719.23220
2006 2961.85400
2007 4269.95060
2008 10174.00000
2009 14686.00000
2010 20151.00000
2011 30734.00000
2012 43570.00000
2013 51168.00000
2014 59848.00000
2015 72521.00000
2016 96054.00000
2017 122000.00000

Note: Internet Protocol traffic includes both landline broadband and mobile traffic. 1 Petabyte = 1 024 Terabytes (TB) = 1 048 576 Gigabytes (GB) = 1 073 741 824 Megabytes (MB). As a comparison, a chat on Skype would consume 30 MB per minute. Most smartphones store 64 GB or 128 GB of data (apps, music downloads, etc.) per device. 7GB is consumed per hour of Netflix streaming in 4K Ultra HD. The Hubble Space Telescope generates about 10 TB of new data every year.