After a tumultuous 2020, by which the COVID-19 pandemic brought about web site visitors patterns to shift and volumes to surge, community operators have returned to the enterprise of including bandwidth and engineering their site visitors in a extra measured method.
Based mostly on onerous survey information gathered from dozens of regional and international community operators around the globe, we conclude that COVID-related growth of web site visitors and bandwidth was largely a one-off phenomenon, and that the tendencies we had been observing lately have reasserted themselves.
Worldwide web bandwidth and site visitors progress had been step by step slowing lately, however they continue to be brisk. IP transit value declines proceed globally, however important regional variations in costs stay.
Web Site 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 progress has been slowing. Nonetheless, we do see a close to tripling of bandwidth since 2019.
Robust capability progress is seen throughout areas. As soon as once more, Africa skilled essentially the most fast progress 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 site visitors progress largely mirrors that of web bandwidth.
Each common and peak worldwide web site visitors elevated at a compound annual charge of 30% between 2019 and 2023—barely above the 28% compounded annual progress charge in bandwidth over the identical interval.
All of the stay-at-home exercise related to COVID-19 resulted in a spike in site visitors from 2019-2020. The return to extra regular utilization patterns during the last couple of years has resulted in a considerable drop in common and peak site visitors.
Common site visitors progress dropped from 46% between 2019-2020 to 23% between 2022-2023, whereas peak site visitors progress dropped from 45% to 21% over the identical time interval.
World common and peak utilization charges have been basically unchanged from the yr earlier than, at about 26% and 44% %, respectively, in 2022.
In our IP Networks Analysis Service, we analyze the that means of our sturdy web capability and site visitors information units. We additionally focus on elements impacting IP transit pricing, and the function particular person spine operators play.
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