Amount of Google searches worldwide on mobile devices
Google Ads revenue worldwide in USD coming from mobile
WhatsApp messages sent
WhatsApp messages received
WhatsApp photos sent
WhatsApp voice messages sent
WhatsApp video messages sent
Smartphone sales (all brands)
Smartphone sales (Samsung)
Smartphone sales (Apple)
Smartphone sales (Huawei)
Smartphone sales (Lenovo)
Smartphone sales (Xiaomi)
Smartphone sales (Others)
Products purchased on mobile devices from Amazon marketplace sellers
Alibaba mobile ad revenues
Uber rides
Grabtaxi rides
Travel bookings on mobile devices in the US
Flights booked on mobile devices in the US
Mobile Paypal payments in US Dollars
Foodpanda orders
Starbucks Mobile Order & Pay transactions
Number of iPhones sold
Apps downloaded from App Store
iTunes songs downloaded
New apps and games submitted to App Store
New tweets from mobile devices
Users accessing Facebook on mobile devices
Facebook likes worldwide on mobile devices
Facebook Messenger usage (all devices)
Facebook videos watched on mobile devices
Instagram pictures uploaded worldwide across all devices
Snapchat pictures shared worldwide
Number of pins sent from one user to another user on mobile devices
Number of articles pinned on mobile devices
LinkedIn mobile job views
LinkedIn mobile job applications
LinkedIn profile views
Hours of YouTube videos watched
Tinder matches
Tinder swipes
Minutes of WeChat audio calls
Webpages shared on WeChat Moments
Emails opened on mobile devices
SMS sent
Global mobile video traffic in terabytes
Selfies taken
Mobile gaming revenue in US Dollars
Starbucks has 16 million active users of its mobile app, making eight million mobile payments a week. That's nearly 19 percent of all transactions in US stores.
Over 300,000 apps have been developed in the past 3 year
There are currently 4.43 billion mobile users worldwide
56% of all web traffic in the U.S. is mobile traffic
Facebook has 1.65 billion monthly active users of which 54% is mobile only
There have been over 1 billion downloads of the Skype mobile app
Global mobile data traffic is expected to reach 6,2 Exabytes per month in 2016
Mobile phones have come a long way since the primitive bricks of the 80s and early 90s, that were reserved for rich tech savvy business people. According to mobile usage statistics, it wasn't really until the 2000's approached that the devices got smaller, added entertainment features and the masses jumped on the bandwagon. But the growth in popularity is far from over, even though usage is at an all time high across the globe.
Most people in developed countries now utilize smart phones, which are so versatile they've become an integral part of the average person's life. From working, to planning journeys, to socializing and leisure - some people are on their devices from the moment they wake up in the morning until the moment they go to sleep.
Research suggests there are now over 4.4 billion mobile users worldwide! As well as making calls and texts, they browse the web, download apps, pay for goods and services, and use social media in unfathomable numbers. But what do the raw mobile usage statistics actually look like?
In an effort to put this all in to perspective we here at DealSunny have developed the first animated mobile statistics graphic. Instead of just publishing the numbers, it updates all of the key indicators in an awesome real time display - check it out!
It integrates all of the latest growth data for web searches, ad revenue from mobile users, activity on leading social media and chat apps like WhatsApp and Facebook, and mobile spending, among other interesting growth factors. This is then displayed next to a ticking counter, allowing people to see the huge mobile usage stats right before their eyes.
For example did you know that in just one hour mobile users will have carried out 68 million searches on Google, generated $3 million worth of ad revenue from Google ads, and made 8 million purchases through their devices with Paypal? In the same time mobile users open 2 billion emails, send 1 billion WhatsApp messages and 768 million text messages, while 29 million will have accessed Facebook.
Furthermore those looking for love make 58 million swipes on Tinder in 60 minutes, though only 1 million people have mutual feelings that lead to matches. 4 million of them are too busy taking selfies!
So what does the future hold for these powerful pocket sized computer devices? What will the long term implications be for our behaviour and mental health? How will news outlets and content creators continue to evolve with social media? Is the retail sector poised to be revolutionized by mobile payment processing?
Heck some people think smartphones are the gateway to transhumanism, where one day we will fully merge with machines!
One thing that is clear, is mobile popularity shows no sign of slowing down as even citizens in the poorest of nations are gaining access to mobile devices, the web and apps.
If you want to see just how much people use their mobiles in real time, check out the graphic for yourself!