US Consumed Twice as Much Mobile Data in 2013

As we’re approaching the year’s end, it’s nice to reflect on the big growth of mobile media, whose maturity is ushering in a world of changes for how we consume media. In fact, the growth has been so immense data consumption has nearly doubled in the past year.

According to analysis from wireless carrier consultant, Chetan Sharma, US consumers are using approximately 1.2 gigabytes of data each month compared to 690 megabytes this time period last year. For comparison’s sake, that’s about 1,200 photos each month compared to last year’s 690 a month.

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