Mobile network traffic Q4 2025
Mobile network data traffic grew above expectations Q4 2024 – Q4 2025
Note: The figures have been updated with data from Q4 2025
Key findings
Year-on-year mobile network data traffic growth increased in Q4 2025 to 22 percent
Total monthly global mobile network data traffic reached 200 EB in Q4 2025.
At the end of 2025, video traffic accounted for 76 percent of all mobile data traffic
The increased year-on-year growth rate in Q4 2025 of mobile network data traffic was mainly driven by the US and India.
The quarter-on-quarter mobile network data traffic growth between Q3 2025 and Q4 2025 was around 6 percent and the total monthly global mobile network data traffic reached 200 EB.
Growth in mobile network data traffic is being driven both by Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Mobile Broadband (MBB). The MBB traffic is driven by rising smartphone subscriptions and increasing average data volume per subscription, fueled primarily by increased viewing of video content. At the end of 2025, video traffic accounted for 76 percent of all mobile data traffic.
Figure 10 shows the total global monthly network data traffic from Q4 2018 to Q4 2025, along with year-on-year percentage growth for mobile network data traffic.
Figure 10: Global mobile network data traffic and year-on-year growth
Note: Mobile network data traffic also includes traffic generated by Fixed Wireless Access services.
