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How much data do you use on your mobile?

28 January 2016

For many people their smartphone is now the key to accessing the internet – and with video, TV, social networks, music and more it can easily gobble data. So how much data (we're talking data used on your 3G or 4G signal – not over Wi-Fi) do you USE in a typical month? Either check your data usage settings, or your mobile bill.

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For many people their smartphone is now the key to accessing the internet – and with video, TV, social networks, music and more it can easily gobble data.

So how much data (we're talking data used on your 3G or 4G signal – not over Wi-Fi) do you USE in a typical month? Either check your data usage settings, or your mobile bill.



Results

I'm aged under 25 (368 votes)
None 13 votes (4%)
I use under 1GB 72 votes (20%)
I use at least 1 and up to 2GB 84 votes (23%)
I use at least 2 and up to 3GB 33 votes (9%)
I use at least 3 and up to 5GB 66 votes (18%)
I use at least 5 and up to 10GB 46 votes (13%)
I use 10+GB 43 votes (12%)
I haven't a clue 11 votes (3%)
I'm aged 25-34 (1070 votes)
None 17 votes (2%)
I use under 1GB 271 votes (25%)
I use at least 1 and up to 2GB 254 votes (24%)
I use at least 2 and up to 3GB 114 votes (11%)
I use at least 3 and up to 5GB 165 votes (15%)
I use at least 5 and up to 10GB 116 votes (11%)
I use 10+GB 96 votes (9%)
I haven't a clue 37 votes (3%)
I'm aged 35-49 (1692 votes)
None 48 votes (3%)
I use under 1GB 589 votes (35%)
I use at least 1 and up to 2GB 388 votes (23%)
I use at least 2 and up to 3GB 157 votes (9%)
I use at least 3 and up to 5GB 197 votes (12%)
I use at least 5 and up to 10GB 134 votes (8%)
I use 10+GB 105 votes (6%)
I haven't a clue 74 votes (4%)
I'm aged 50-64 (832 votes)
None 88 votes (11%)
I use under 1GB 385 votes (46%)
I use at least 1 and up to 2GB 150 votes (18%)
I use at least 2 and up to 3GB 53 votes (6%)
I use at least 3 and up to 5GB 59 votes (7%)
I use at least 5 and up to 10GB 28 votes (3%)
I use 10+GB 27 votes (3%)
I haven't a clue 42 votes (5%)
I'm aged 65+ (186 votes)
None 55 votes (30%)
I use under 1GB 87 votes (47%)
I use at least 1 and up to 2GB 18 votes (10%)
I use at least 2 and up to 3GB 4 votes (2%)
I use at least 3 and up to 5GB 2 votes (1%)
I use at least 5 and up to 10GB 4 votes (2%)
I use 10+GB 3 votes (2%)
I haven't a clue 13 votes (7%)

                   4,148 votes received.

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