[HN Gopher] Netflix Is Responsible for 15% of Global Internet Tr...
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       Netflix Is Responsible for 15% of Global Internet Traffic
        
       Author : andsoitis
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2023-08-17 18:59 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | p1mrx wrote:
       | I wonder if they'd have the necessary data to report traffic in
       | byte-meters instead of bytes? CDNs push a lot of traffic, but not
       | very far.
        
         | evujumenuk wrote:
         | That sounds like bandwidth-delay product [0] with extra steps.
         | 
         | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth-delay_product
        
         | fuzzylightbulb wrote:
         | I feel like such an asinine statistic should use Imperial
         | units!
        
           | p1mrx wrote:
           | Fine, bit-cubits it is.
        
             | berbec wrote:
             | punch cards per bald eagle
        
               | p1mrx wrote:
               | How long is an inverse bald eagle?
        
       | testemailfordg2 wrote:
       | Perhaps the reasons for Youtube being second in this list are
       | following:-
       | 
       | 1) Predominantly watched from mobile phones at lower quality
       | settings.
       | 
       | 2) Generally,people don't binge watch for 2-3 hours or more in
       | one go on Youtube.
        
         | badpun wrote:
         | Also, youtube tends to downgrade the quality from 1080p to
         | lower grades quite aggresively, even when watching on a PC with
         | a fiber connection. Possibly a cost-saving measure?
        
         | javier123454321 wrote:
         | > Generally,people don't binge watch for 2-3 hours or more in
         | one go on Youtube.
         | 
         | Hold my beer
        
       | 0cf8612b2e1e wrote:
       | Disney at 4.5%. Unless they use significantly higher stream
       | quality, that is a very impressive market share for a new
       | entrant.
        
         | IntelMiner wrote:
         | Does that include their stake in Hulu and others though?
        
         | wenc wrote:
         | Not sure if traffic correlates to market share.
         | 
         | Prime video for instance has a lot of default subscribers
         | (because a lot of us have Prime) but I don't think I've ever
         | watched anything HD. Most stuff is SD.
         | 
         | Whereas on YouTube my default quality is 4K.
        
       | throwaway60707 wrote:
       | Isn't it more like "users of Netflix are responsible for 15% of
       | Internet traffic"? What would Netflix traffic be without its
       | users?
       | 
       | Or are we talking just about their CDN synchronization, and not
       | about the user traffic?
        
         | schnuri wrote:
         | A TCP connection has exactly two endpoints. Netflix
         | hypothetically could always decide not to sell their product
        
           | Terr_ wrote:
           | > A TCP connection has exactly two endpoints.
           | 
           | Stop, you're hurting the NSA's feelings. :P
        
             | siggen wrote:
             | Packet-switched. :P
        
       | justin_oaks wrote:
       | I wonder how much Internet traffic is ads.
        
         | vongomben wrote:
         | I wonder how much pornhub and related are,
        
         | oriettaxx wrote:
         | that's a good one
         | 
         | +1
        
       | aaron695 wrote:
       | [dead]
        
       | oriettaxx wrote:
       | and youtube?
        
         | pedroma wrote:
         | A little less
        
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