Sandvine (TSX:SVC; AIM:SAND) has issued a list of its top Internet trends of 2012, based on data from its biannual "Global Internet Phenomena Report." Among the findings:
- The world leader of mobile data consumption is Asia with a mean monthly usage of 659 MB/month.
- More video is now watched on devices other than a laptop/PC.
- More than 50% of smartphones communicate with Facebook each hour.
- Netflix represents 33% of peak downstream traffic in the United States.
- YouTube is the largest source of mobile video traffic.
- In North America, video and audio streaming represent more than 50% of mobile data traffic, led by YouTube, Pandora and Netflix.
- Fixed Internet data usage was up 120% In North America.
- Instant messaging applications like WhatsApp are eating into communications service provider SMS revenue.
- Roaming @ Home: Smartphones and tablets drive 9% of traffic on North America’s fixed access networks.
- BitTorrent’s relative application share continues to decline in North America, but dominates in Asia-Pacific.
- Browsing IPv6 Data: Google Chrome is leading all browsers, responsible for 47% of native IPv6 traffic volume.
- Usain Bolt’s gold medal win in the men’s 100-meter dash was the most-streamed event in the United States during the 2012 Summer Olympics.
