Webinar – Transforma Insights’ annual global IoT market forecast update

World’s leading Internet of Things analyst firm presents its annual review of the evolution of the IoT market through to 2035

On 14 May 2026, Transforma Insights analysts provided our annual snapshot of the current state and future prognosis for the IoT market, giving you the most grounded perspective on what we can expect over the next decade. Transforma Insights has long had a reputation for the most granular and rigorously researched forecasts of IoT and in the webinar we will share the highlights.

Our analysts shared our views on market growth, including the following:

• How many IoT connections are in use today and how quickly will connections grow over the next decade?

• How is the connectivity technology landscape evolving? We will discuss the mix of technologies used and key themes such as the opportunity for 5G, LPWA technology, and much more.

• Where is the revenue opportunity in IoT, in which applications and sectors? This will include analysis of connectivity, IoT hardware and IoT services, a split between enterprise and consumer, and a dive into which applications and verticals dominate the market.

• Which countries have the highest penetration of IoT and how will that change over the coming decade? Which countries will see the fastest growth?

• What has changed in the last year to influence our forecasts? Here we will discuss aspects such as macro-economic factors and demographics.

• How will AI influence the growth of IoT. There is a major discussion ongoing about the extent that AI will be a driver of IoT adoption, with the latter serving as the ‘eyes and ears’ of AI, as well as IoT needing to integrate AI within devices (AIoT). A particular recent focus for Transforma Insights has been on the use video analytics. In the webinar we will review that development.

• And much more.

Replay & Slides

The webinar is available as a replay below.

Below that is a 'Download report' link which allows the slides to be downloaded by any subscriber to our Essential, Prime or Corporate offerings.

Report and forecasts

We have published a companion report to the webinar, the 'Global IoT Forecast Report, 2025-2035' which is available to download. The full granular IoT forecasts are available via the IoT Forecast Database.