{
  "meta": {
    "key": "mobile_subscriptions",
    "title": "Global Mobile Subscriptions",
    "unit": "billion",
    "category": "Connectivity",
    "source": "ITU (Key ICT indicators, Nov 2025)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ITU_regional_global_Key_ICT_indicator_aggregates_Nov_2025.xlsx",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/mobile_subscriptions",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/mobile_subscriptions.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/mobile_subscriptions.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 ITU (Key ICT indicators, Nov 2025). This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Global Mobile Subscriptions\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/mobile_subscriptions, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: ITU (Key ICT indicators, Nov 2025)."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1993,
      "value": 0.034,
      "label": "34M subs"
    },
    {
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 0.091
    },
    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 0.215
    },
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 0.49,
      "label": "2G peak growth"
    },
    {
      "year": 2001,
      "value": 0.955
    },
    {
      "year": 2003,
      "value": 1.416
    },
    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 2.205,
      "label": "3G era begins"
    },
    {
      "year": 2007,
      "value": 3.368
    },
    {
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 4.64,
      "label": "4G launched"
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "value": 5.89
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 6.662
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 7.132
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 7.697
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 8.214,
      "label": "First commercial 5G"
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 8.476
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 8.877
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 9.005,
      "label": "9.0B, 110 per 100 (ITU)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 9.171,
      "label": "9.17B, 112 per 100 (ITU)"
    }
  ]
}