After a tumultuous 2020, wherein the COVID-19 pandemic brought about web visitors patterns to shift and volumes to surge, community operators have returned to the enterprise of including bandwidth and engineering their visitors in a extra measured method.
Based mostly on arduous survey knowledge gathered from dozens of regional and international community operators world wide, we conclude that COVID-related enlargement of web visitors and bandwidth was largely a one-off phenomenon, and that the traits we had been observing in recent times have reasserted themselves.
Worldwide web bandwidth and visitors development had been steadily slowing in recent times, however they continue to be brisk. IP transit worth declines proceed globally, however important regional variations in costs stay.
Web Visitors and Capability
World web bandwidth rose by 23% in 2023, persevering with to fall from the pandemic-generated bump of 2020. Whole worldwide web bandwidth now stands at 1,217 Tbps, representing a 4-year CAGR of 28%.
Whole worldwide web bandwidth now stands at 1,217 Tbps, representing a 4-year CAGR of 28%.
COVID bump apart, the tempo of development has been slowing. Nonetheless, we do see a close to tripling of bandwidth since 2019.
Robust capability development is seen throughout areas. As soon as once more, Africa skilled essentially the most speedy development of worldwide web bandwidth, rising at a compound annual charge of 44% between 2019 and 2023. Asia is a distant second, rising at a 32% compound annual charge over the identical interval.
Worldwide Web Bandwidth Progress by Area
Worldwide web visitors development largely mirrors that of web bandwidth.
Each common and peak worldwide web visitors elevated at a compound annual charge of 30% between 2019 and 2023—barely above the 28% compounded annual development charge in bandwidth over the identical interval.
All of the stay-at-home exercise related to COVID-19 resulted in a spike in visitors from 2019-2020. The return to extra regular utilization patterns over the past couple of years has resulted in a considerable drop in common and peak visitors.
Common visitors development dropped from 46% between 2019-2020 to 23% between 2022-2023, whereas peak visitors development dropped from 45% to 21% over the identical time interval.
World common and peak utilization charges had been primarily unchanged from the yr earlier than, at about 26% and 44% %, respectively, in 2022.
In our IP Networks Analysis Service, we analyze the which means of our sturdy web capability and visitors knowledge units. We additionally focus on elements impacting IP transit pricing, and the function particular person spine operators play.
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