{
  "meta": {
    "key": "global_datasphere",
    "title": "Data Created per Year",
    "unit": "ZB",
    "category": "Knowledge",
    "source": "IDC Global DataSphere (via Statista)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.statista.com/statistics/871513/worldwide-data-created/",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/global_datasphere",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/global_datasphere.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/global_datasphere.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to IDC Global DataSphere (via Statista). This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Data Created per Year\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/global_datasphere, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: IDC Global DataSphere (via Statista)."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 2,
      "label": "IDC series begins"
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "value": 5
    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
      "value": 6.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 9
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 12.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 15.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 18
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 26
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 33,
      "label": "DataAge whitepaper predicts 175 by 2025"
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 41
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 64.2,
      "label": "COVID: streaming + remote work surge"
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 79,
      "label": "Modelled from here: IDC’s 23% CAGR",
      "projected": true
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 97,
      "projected": true
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 120,
      "projected": true
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 147,
      "projected": true
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 181,
      "label": "Where IDC’s Mar-2021 23% CAGR lands",
      "projected": true
    },
    {
      "year": 2026,
      "value": 221,
      "label": "IDC May-2022 forecast",
      "projected": true
    }
  ]
}