Data consumption by Nigerian telecom subscribers jumped to a total of 1.04 million terabytes in May 2025, even as the country’s internet subscriptions declined.
According to the latest industry data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the May data consumption figure came as the highest monthly record since January 2023, when the telecom regulator started publishing the data.
In the preceding month of April, data consumption stood at 983,283 terabytes, while the closest to the May figure was recorded in January 2025 at 1 million terabytes.
Meanwhile, telecom operators continue to see a decline in the number of active internet subscriptions as Nigerians adjust to the recent 50% price increment implemented by all telecom operators in the country.
Total active subscriptions across the four mobile networks also declined slightly in May, dropping 172.4 million from 172.6 million recorded in May.
However, the decline was driven by only two operators: MTN and 9mobile. While MTN remains the largest operator by subscriber number, its active subscriptions declined by 258,313 to 90.2 million from 90.5 million in April.
Meanwhile, with the slight decline in actively connected lines recorded by the operators, the country’s teledensity, which measures the number of active telephone connections per 100 inhabitants living within an area, also declined to 79.65% from 79.78% recorded in April.
According to NCC, the teledensity is calculated based on a population estimate of 216 million.