2024 Annual Survey

Demand for wireless data continued to skyrocket in 2023, with Americans using more than 100 trillion MBs—enough data for every single U.S. household to watch the first season of House of the Dragon every day for the entire year. 100T MB of data is nearly double the amount of data used just two years ago and represents the largest single-year increase in wireless data ever—26 trillion MBs—a 36% increase over 2022. In fact, Americans used more wireless data in 2023 than they did from 2010 to 2018 combined. This explosion of wireless data demand reflects the increasingly central role 5G plays in day-to-day life— from 5G home broadband to connected healthcare, autonomous transportation, and advanced manufacturing. And this growth is projected to continue, with Ericsson predicting Americans’ data use will increase by more than 3X by 2029.