Mobile Web browsing will garner $38 billion in 2013, according to Boston-based research firm Strategy Analytics in a survey released Wednesday.

The report "Mobile Internet Forecast Update 2001-2013" highlighted social networks, e-mail, and news sites as the services driving the demand for mobile browsing.

"Although we have entered into an economic downturn, Strategy Analytics continues to forecast increased spending on mobile Internet access products over the next few years," said David Kerr, vice president of Strategy Analytics, in a statement.

According to the research firm, mobile browsing has been popular in Japan and Korea, but not so much in Western Europe and the United States.