Internet Users In India

India's average monthly data usage per user hits 31 GB in 2025: Nokia

India's average monthly mobile data consumption per user crossed the 31 GB mark in 2025, up from 27.5 GB in 2024, according to a report by telecom gear maker Nokia. The 13th edition of Nokia's annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) said pan-India monthly 5G data traffic surged 70 per cent year-on-year to reach 12.9 exabytes (EB) in 2025. With this, 5G now contributes nearly 47 per cent of the country's overall mobile broadband traffic. "Average monthly mobile data consumption per user increased to over 31 GB in 2025, representing an 18 per cent compound annual growth rate over the past five years. This growth reflects the rapid expansion of enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and growing demand for data-intensive use cases, such as AI applications, 4K video streaming and cloud gaming," the report noted. Overall data traffic in India crossed 27 EB per month in 2025, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.7 per cent over the past five years. According to the report, India

Nearly 47% of Indians remain offline, women far less likely to use internet

Around 47 per cent of Indians are still offline, and women are 33 per cent less likely than men to use mobile internet, global telecom industry GSMA said on Thursday. GSMA, Head of Asia Pacific, Julian Gorman, at India Mobile Congress 2025, told PTI that the connectivity gaps are mainly due to the higher price of handsets and also technical skills. "Nearly 47 per cent of Indians are still offline, and women are 33% less likely than men to use mobile internet. This entrenched digital gender divide could hold back inclusive growth if not urgently addressed," he said. Gorman said that the data is based on research by GSMA Intelligence. GSMA in a report said India's digital economy has surged threefold to USD 370 billion in 2023, from USD 108 billion a decade ago, and is on track to surpass USD 1 trillion by 2030. "However....unless critical innovation and adoption gaps are closed, momentum could falter before India achieves its 2047 digital sovereignty goals," the report said. The re

Digital streaming: Indians used one exabyte of data in watching cricket

The total data consumption across the world for the 2024 Olympics is estimated at an average of 0.9 EB per day

India set to exceed 900 million internet users by 2025, says report

With 83% of users, OTT streaming tops Internet use in India: IAMAI-Kantar report

E-commerce market to hit $325 billion by 2030, rural India to lead growth

Invest India forecasts India's e-commerce to soar to $325 billion by 2030, fueled by 500 million shoppers and a robust, low-cost internet penetration

Use of Indian languages key for increasing internet access in India: Report

It shows 57% prefer accessing internet in Indian languages

Nearly 86% internet users access OTT audio and video services in India

The growth of the internet user base is decelerating, according to the report titled "Internet in India 2023" published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Kantar

India has over 800 mn internet users; most use tech for OTT services: Study

Communication and social media second and third most common reasons people use internet for

Net users in India access news online, trust key to drive consumption: Rpt

More than half of internet users in India are consuming news online, and close to half of them consider trust to be the key propeller for driving news consumption, a Kantar-Google report said on Thursday. The report found that interest in news consumption is higher (63 per cent or 238 million) in rural India compared to 37 per cent of internet users in urban centres. According to the report, 52 per cent or 379 million internet users in Indian languages access news online through various news apps/websites, social media posts, message forwards, YouTube etc. "48 per cent say online is more popular in peer circles over traditional TV channels," the report said. The report estimates that there are 729 million internet users in India. Kantar said that it conducted over 4,600 in-person interviews and 64 qualitative discussions across 16 cities to understand the news consumption habits of Indian language digital news consumers aged 15 and above in 14 states across 8 languages. Video is

India likely to have 900 mn active internet users by 2025: Report

56% of all new users will be from rural India by 2025, it says

India will have over 150 mn 5G users by 2024, 2G count falling: Report

Nokia study projects average data usage per user per month will grow over 136 per cent by 2027

Smartphone flattens internet growth curve in India, shows Trai data

Even as usage rises, internet reach and growth has stalled

45% growth in active internet users in rural India since 2019: Study

The study revealed that female active internet users grew by a whopping 61% since 2019

Not right to resort to Internet shutdown every time: Parliament panel

The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has recommended that the Union government should not shutdown the Internet services in every case.

Active internet users in India likely to reach 900 mn by 2025: IAMAI

The report suggests that even though the internet penetration in urban India is over two times than rural areas, the usership in rural areas has been growing at a faster rate on a year-on-year basis.

India's active Internet population to hit 900 million by 2025: Report

The digital adoption is fast increasing in rural India with a spurt in smartphone usage, as the total active internet population is likely to touch 900 million by 2025 from 622 million last year

Razorpay gears up to digitise small businesses; aims at $50 bn TPV by 2021

Due to lack of trust, new merchants usually see 30% higher cart abandonments on the checkout page as compared to established merchants; Razorpay is aiming to change that

Internet user base up 3.4% at March-end; Jio commands over 52% market: Trai

Reliance Jio led the chart grabbing 52.3 per cent of the overall market share, followed by Bharti Airtel (23.6 per cent share) in the quarter ended March 2020

Traffic congestion in Mumbai, Delhi tapering off after a rise, shows data

People use the internet more when they are at home, for work, and for entertainment, leading to a fall in download speeds because of increased load.

Cable operators feel the Covid-19 lockdown pinch, lose subscribers

Though TV viewership surged during lockdown, subscribers deleted channels from their package to cut costs