Global Internet Traffic Rising

Global Internet Bandwidth Volume and Traffic Stay High.

The COVID-related rise in Internet traffic and capacity was largely an exception, according to Telegeography's Global Internet Geography Research Service, and the patterns we've been seeing recently have returned. Although the numbers are still high, the growth of international Internet traffic and bandwidth has been progressively declining in recent years. According to a global research by Telegeography, 2022 saw a 28 percent increase in global Internet bandwidth, continuing the pattern of things returning to "normal" after the pandemic-induced spike in 2020.

At 997Tbps, the total bandwidth for the entire planet represents a CAGR of 29% over the previous four years. The COVID issue hasn't affected growth, which has remained slow. However, after 2018, the bandwidth has roughly tripled.

In every region, there has been a noticeable growth in capacity. Africa experienced a 44 percent compound annual growth rate in internet bandwidth between 2018 and 2022, which was the fastest in the world. Asia is increasing less quickly than Africa, with a 35 percent compound annual growth rate over the same time period.

Bandwidth Increase by Region.

According to Telegeography, the growth of internet bandwidth is largely in line with the growth of internet traffic worldwide. The compound annual growth rate of bandwidth between 2018 and 2022 was 29 percent, which was a little higher than the 30 percent rise in average and peak international Internet traffic. The stay-at-home activities associated with COVID-19 led to an increase in traffic from 2019 to 2020.

Due to the return to more usual usage patterns, the average and peak traffic for 2021–2022 has drastically fallen. The return to more usual use patterns has, as one might expect, resulted in a large drop in both average and peak traffic for the years 2021–2022. Peak traffic increase reduced from 46% to 28% for the same time period between 2019 and 2020, while average traffic growth fell from 47% to 29% for both.

In their Global Internet Geography Research Service, Telegeography is interpreting enormous data sets on Internet traffic and capacity. Additionally, they discuss IP transit pricing factors and the role played by various backbone providers.