- Global data consumption has increased by 15% in the year
- 2024 traffic was 68 exooctets, an astonishing amount of data
- Sporting events and video games are responsible
Global data traffic has struck a new record of 68 exoCtets in 2024, marking a jump of 15% considerable compared to the 59 exooctes of 2023, said a major data manager report.
The new DE-Cix figures show that global traffic has more than doubled since 2020, when the pandemic has sent millions of workers to the house and adopt new hybrid and remote work models.
In 2020, global data traffic was only 32 exooctets – now, of Cix said that five years later, we found growth of 113%, because consumption later increased to 38 exoCtets in 2021, 48 Exabytes in 2022 and 59 exocytes in 2023.
Improved global data traffic
To put it in perspective, the 68 excess data of 2024, exchanged on 3,400 world networks, were equivalent to a pile of paper 20 times higher than the Mont Everest if it were printed. The same amount of data is equivalent to broadcasting high definition video for two million years continuously.
The company also noted the impact of the UEFA Champions League and Video Games on Internet traffic, 2024 culminating at 24.92 Terabits / Second on November 20 to coincide with several game launches.
Although the game represented most of the traffic in 2024, culminating in the third and fourth quarters, videoconference also experienced a post-it was with hybrid working like the “ new normal ” despite the best efforts of technology giants to bring people back to the office.
The data comes specifically from DE-CIX, the leading world internet exchange operator, which operates 60 locations in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
The news occurs shortly after Cloudflare announced similar results, saying that global internet traffic has increased by 17% in annual shift. His study underlined the domination by Google of the browser and the research markets, while exploring the prevalence of artificial intelligence and social media.
