Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market 2020-2025: Due to COVID-19 – Increased IP Traffic will Lead to Higher Utilization of CDNs -…
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Content delivery network market value was $11.85 billion in 2019 and is anticipated to see an upsurge during the forecast period and will reach $24.70 billion till 2025 growing at a CAGR of 13.4% in between 2020 to 2025.
Exponentially increasing internet penetration in all the industry verticals along with the increasing utilization of this type of delivery network for traffic handling and latency reduction owing to their effective data handling has been stimulating the market growth across the globe
Key Takeaways
Solution - Segment Analysis
The Content delivery network market is segmented into media delivery, web performance optimization, DRM and transcoding, monitoring and analytics, transparent caching, data security and cloud storage by solution. Media delivery segment held the major share accounting to around 34% in 2019. Content delivery network market value with respect to media delivery solutions was $4.06 billion in 2019 and is anticipated to see an upsurge during the forecast period.
The market will reach $8.6 billion till 2025 growing at a CAGR of 13.66% in between 2020 to 2025. There is a rapid increase in internet users across the globe, which in turn had affected the speed and performance of the websites. Owing to this problem there is a need of media delivery solution.
End User Industry - Segment Analysis
Media & Entertainment is the dominant end user industry of content delivery network market accounting for 30% share of the market in 2019. With media delivery and web performance optimization solutions, users can flawlessly view and access the high definition video content. Various web elements such as video, software updates, games, social media and other content can be delivered more efficiently without building out costly infrastructure.
Social networking sites such as Facebook, twitter and others are also one of the reason increasing internet traffic. Approximately, 1500 million are registered users in social networking sites currently. Growing demand from audiences for accessing online audio and videos coupled with flawless viewing experiences on any devices such as smartphones, laptops, tablets and others to accelerate the content delivery network market
Geography - Segment Analysis
Americas is estimated to hold the prominent share of 38% of global CDN market in 2019 and is forecast to reach $9.18 billion by 2025 growing at CAGR of 13.2% during 2020-2025. The market is analyzed to be driven by enterprises opting for CDN solutions. Media and entertainment industry accounted for the major value for the Americas CDN market in 2019 with online gaming poised to witness the highest growth of CAGR 18.95% during 2020-2025. The largest growing CDN market is APAC which is forecast to grow at CAGR 18.46% from 2020 to 2025 projecting to $7.49 billion by 2025.
The market is poised to be driven by growing SMEs which opt for cloud CDNs and P2P CDNs owing to its cost effectiveness and flexibility. The growth is also estimated to be assisted by increasing access of internet through smartphones and portable computing devices for gaming and media consumption. Penetration of large scale e-commerce websites along with the consumers' preferences for online shopping is also pushing for the employment of CDNs by the mobile companies which has boosted the market growth in this region.
Work from home policy due to Covid-19
Due to Covid-19 situation, there is an increase in work from home options, which can directly and indirectly lead to higher media consumption. Remote classes and training plans also will contribute to increased IP traffic, which will lead to higher utilization of CDNs across countries.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market - Overview
2. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market - Executive summary
2.1. Market Revenue, Market Size and Key Trends by Company
2.2. Key Trends by type of Application
2.3. Key Trends segmented by Geography
3. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market
3.1. Comparative analysis
3.1.1. Product Benchmarking - Top 10 companies
3.1.2. Top 5 Financials Analysis
3.1.3. Market Value split by Top 10 companies
3.1.4. Patent Analysis - Top 10 companies
3.1.5. Pricing Analysis
4. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market Forces
4.1. Drivers
4.2. Constraints
4.3. Challenges
4.4. Porters five force model
5. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market -Strategic analysis
5.1. Value chain analysis
5.2. Opportunities analysis
5.3. Product life cycle
5.4. Suppliers and distributors Market Share
6. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market - By Type (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
6.1. Market Size and Market Share Analysis
6.2. Application Revenue and Trend Research
6.3. Product Segment Analysis
6.3.1. Dynamic Content
6.3.2. Static Content
6.3.3. Streaming Content
7. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market - By Solution (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
7.1. Media Delivery
7.2. Web Performance Optimization
7.3. DRM & Transcoding
7.4. Monitoring & Analytics
7.5. Transparent Caching
7.6. Data Security & Cloud Storage
8. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market - By Organization Size (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
8.1. Large Enterprises
8.2. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
9. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market - By Service Provider (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
9.1. Peer-to-Peer CDN
9.2. Cloud CDN
9.3. Traditional CDN
9.4. Telco CDN
9.5. Distributed database
9.6. Others
10. Content Delivery Network (CDN) - By End User Industry(Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
10.1. Segment type Size and Market Share Analysis
10.2. Application Revenue and Trends by type of Application
10.3. Application Segment Analysis by Type
10.3.1. Online Gaming
10.3.2. Media and Entertainment
10.3.3. Educational Institutions
10.3.4. Advertising
10.3.5. Public sector
10.3.6. E-Commerce
10.3.7. Healthcare
10.3.8. Internet service providers(ISPs)
10.3.9. Consumer electronics
11. Content Delivery Network (CDN) - By Geography (Market Size -$Million / $Billion)
12. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market - Entropy
12.1. New product launches
12.2. M&A's, collaborations, JVs and partnerships
13. Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market Company Analysis
13.1. Market Share, Company Revenue, Products, M&A, Developments
13.2. iScaler Ltd.
13.3. CloudFlare Inc.
13.4. Chinacache
13.5. Internap Corporation
13.6. MaxCDN
13.7. Fastly Inc.
13.8. Alphabet Inc. (Google Inc.)
13.9. Hibernia Networks
13.10. Highwinds Network Group Inc.
13.11. Incapsula, Inc.
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