mobile video traffic to grow at 55% annually through 2021

COMPARING GROWTH IN MOBILE VIDEO VS OTHER MOBILE APPLICATION CATEGORIES 

Mobile video Traffic is going to lead the mobile traffic  growth category with a growth of 55% every year throughout till 2021. By that time mobile video will form two thirds of the mobile traffic. Led by  faster mobile internet access and  broadband speed  mobile video is likely to see a astonishing growth in the next 4 years to come.

Meanwhile  in contrast social networking is forecast to grow by 41%annually over the coming six years, its relative share of traffic will decline from 15 percent in 2015 to around 10 percent in 2021, as a result of the stronger growth in the video category, which also means that " social networking sites is likeley to see more video shares than any other media

The rest of the   mobile application categories like software downloads,file sharing,web browsing is likely to see  annual growth rates ranging from 19- 37%.The trend is accentuated by the growing use of embedded video in social media and web pages, which is considered video traffic in this context.