U.S. Mobile Broadband Use by Time of Day: 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023

iGR has tracked and forecast mobile broadband usage in the U.S. since 2012, and over this time has built a sophisticated model to show how mobile use varies during the day.

As may be expected, mobile consumers get up in the morning and read the news, check their email, stream video, etc., usually using the home broadband service. But they then commute to work and/or drop children off at school, using mobile bandwidth for entertainment, communications, directions, etc. Once at the workplace, mobile bandwidth usage decreases until around the lunch hour when many people go to get something to eat and/or run errands, and hence mobile usage increases again. Usage drops in the afternoon as people are back in the workplace, before rising again during the commute home. In the evenings, people may attend a social or sporting event, etc. and so usage remains high.

This market study shows how the U.S. mobile data usage throughout the day has changed between 2019 and 2023.

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Key Questions Answered

• What is the average mobile data usage of a U.S. mobile consumer at various times of day?
• How has this time-of-day usage changed since 2019?
• What is the average daily usage of a U.S. mobile consumer in 2023, as well as in 2019, 2021 and 2022?
• What is the average monthly mobile data usage in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

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Who Should Read

• Mobile operators
• Device OEMs
• Mobile infrastructure and equipment OEMs
• Financial analysts and investors.

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Table of Contents

• Abstract
• Executive Summary
• What This Means
• Methodology
• Usage in 2019 - before the pandemic
• Usage in 2021 - during the pandemic
• Usage in 2022 - after the pandemic
• Current usage in 2023
• Comparing pre-, during- and post-pandemic
• Definitions
• About iGR
  • Disclaimer

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List of Tables

• Table 1: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2019 (GB/Hour)
• Table 2: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2021 (GB/Hour)
• Table 3: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2022 (GB/Hour)
• Table 4: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2023 (GB/Hour)
• Table 5: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 (GB/Hour)
• Definitions Table

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List of Charts and Figures

• Figure A: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2021 and 2023 (GB/Hour)
• Figure B: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use per month, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (GB)
• Figure 1: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2019 (GB/Hour)
• Figure 2: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2021 (GB/Hour)
• Figure 3: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2022 (GB/Hour)
• Figure 4: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2023 (GB/Hour)
• Figure 5: U.S. Mobile Broadband average use throughout the day, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 (GB/Hour)

For additional information or to purchase the U.S. Mobile Broadband Use by Time of Day market study, please contact Iain Gillott, at (512) 796-1675 or by email.