Indian phone users now average 25 GB of data monthly
Average monthly wireless data per data subscriber in India, October–December quarter, 2018–2025, GB.
The average Indian wireless data subscriber used 25.70 GB a month in Oct–Dec 2025, up from 8.74 GB in Oct–Dec 2018.
India had 1,026.75 million wireless data subscribers at end-March 2026, up 9.3% in a year.
Average revenue per GB of wireless data in 2025-26, down from ₹268.97 in 2014.
the numbers
| Year | India (GB) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 8.74 |
| 2019 | 10.40 |
| 2020 | 12.13 |
| 2022 | 17.11 |
| 2023 | 19.47 |
| 2024 | 21.52 |
| 2025 | 25.70 |
source notes & method
Each value is taken from the Snapshot of that quarter's TRAI report (Oct–Dec quarter, per wireless data subscriber per month; 2018 labelled 'per unique data subscriber'). 2021 Oct–Dec figure not verified, so left out (Jul–Sep 2021 was 14.73 GB). 2.9× is derived (25.70/8.74). Subscriber count and ₹8.02/GB are from the Yearly Performance Indicators 2025-26 (trai.gov.in, Oct 2026; FY Apr 2025–Mar 2026); ₹268.97/GB (calendar 2014) is from TRAI's Wireless Data Services in India report (Aug 2019). TRAI's calendar-year average for 2014 was 0.27 GB a month (Yearly PI 2020, Table 3.3), a separate annual series not plotted.
Published 3 Nov 2026
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