Streaming video consumes more than half of Internet traffic

Sandvine has released the latest version of their Global Internet Phenomena Report and the insights are many.

For example:

  • Video streaming is almost 58% of total downstream volume
  • Netflix is 15% of total downstream volume
  • Youtube is 11% and Amazon Prime is 4%
  • BitTorrent is almost 22% of total upstream volume
  • League of Legends is 26% of global gaming traffic
  • Fortnite is 15% and Minecraft is 7%
  • Instagram is 42% of global social networking traffic
  • Facebook is 38% and Tumblr is 5%
  • Spotify is 33% of global audio streaming traffic
  • Apple Music is 9% and Google Play Music is 1%

Download the PDF here.

My take: interestingly, Netflix videos have the smallest file sizes, followed by Prime Video and then iTunes. I wonder if that could somehow be part of their success; imagine what their share of internet traffic would be if their file sizes were double or even ten times larger.