There is an unbelievable amount of data in the world. Moreover, it just keeps growing and growing: according to Domo, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every single day. That’s 25, followed by 17 zeros. Alternatively, 2.5 billion billion bytes. It’s a lot!
It’s hard to articulate just how much data there is in the world. That’s where the term Big Data comes from - the exponential growth and availability of large data sets. Even more broadly, the term Big Data also encompasses the speed with which the data is created, and it’s inherent complexity due to its sheer volume. Photos, internet searches, credit card transactions, emails. Data comes at us from all angles, all the time.