The last few years have seen an explosion in the generation and use of data. The below table shows the growth of data over the last few years:
| Year | Data Volume in zetabytes |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2015 | 15.5 |
| 2018 | 33 |
| 2021 | 79 |
| 2025* | 181 |
* Based on predicted growth
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/871513/worldwide-data-created/
These are some of the reasons for this exposive growth in data:
- Increased use of personal computing devices
- Smart devices and IOTs becoming common
- Recommendation engines becoming common in all websites
- The advent of social media
- Welcome friends to the era of Big Data.
Thanks for reading
Ragesh