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Sourced statistics on technology and telecommunications: smartphones and hardware, semiconductors, software and cloud, artificial intelligence, internet and mobile users, 5G and the largest tech companies, with the original source named on every chart.
Overview
Technology and telecommunications sit behind almost every part of modern life and business. Smartphones, semiconductors, software, cloud computing and networks are the infrastructure on which other industries run, and the companies that lead them are among the largest in the world. When chip supply tightens, a platform shifts its rules or AI adoption accelerates, the effects reach far beyond the tech sector into manufacturing, media, finance and government.
This category brings together the statistics that describe that market: how many devices and users there are, how large the hardware, software and cloud markets are, which companies lead and what they earn, and how AI, 5G and connectivity are spreading. Comparisons across companies and countries show where adoption is fastest, who dominates each layer and where the next shifts are coming.
Every chart names the organisation that produced the underlying data and the date it was published, and separates reported figures from estimates and forecasts. Use the topic links above to narrow the list, or scroll to the latest statistics below.
Latest statistics
Newest first. Each chart links to its full page with source and notes.
Topics
Six areas make up the Technology & Telecommunications category. Each block lists the indicators we track most often so you know what to expect before opening a chart.
Smartphone, PC and consumer-hardware shipments, market share and the leading manufacturers.
Indicators: shipments, market share, installed base
The chip market: sales, capacity and the companies that lead design and manufacturing.
Indicators: chip sales, market size, leading makers
Software and cloud-computing market size, cloud provider share and enterprise adoption.
Indicators: software market, cloud revenue, provider share
AI market size, adoption across industries and investment in AI infrastructure and tools.
Indicators: AI market size, adoption rate, AI investment
Mobile and broadband subscriptions, 5G rollout and the largest telecom operators.
Indicators: mobile subscriptions, 5G coverage, operator share
Internet and mobile user numbers, connectivity and the growing cybersecurity market.
Indicators: internet users, connectivity, cybersecurity market
Data sources
We use the organisations that produce or collect the primary data. The specific source and its publication date are shown on each chart.
Revenue, shipments and segment results of the largest tech firms.
Global internet, mobile and telecom subscription data.
Chip sales and market statistics from industry associations.
Telecom subscriptions and broadband data by country.
Published market-size and forecast reports, cited where used.
Digital economy and connectivity indicators.
User and usage figures reported by platforms.
Digital development and access indicators.
Questions
Technology and telecom statistics: smartphones and hardware, semiconductors, software and cloud, artificial intelligence, mobile and broadband, 5G, internet and mobile users, cybersecurity and the largest tech companies.
Primary sources such as company filings, the ITU, semiconductor industry associations, national telecom regulators, the OECD and market research reports. The source and date are shown on every chart so you can check the figure yourself.
Company results are updated each earnings quarter, and annual market-size, subscription and adoption data when the source publishes new figures. Each chart shows the date of its last update.
Yes. Reference them in reports, articles and academic work with credit to Business Stats and the original source named on the chart. For commercial reuse of full charts or datasets, contact us first.