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Netflix, YouTube dominate Internet traffic in North America, file sharing still shrinking

Netflix and YouTube account for more than half of all downstream traffic in North America, trumping Amazon, Hulu and even filesharing traffic.

That's according to Sandvine's latest Global Internet Phenomena Report. Combined, Netflix and Amazon account for 50.31 percent of all downstream traffic in North America. It breaks down to 31.62 percent for Netflix and 18.69 percent for YouTube.



Rivals Amazon Instant Video and Hulu only account for 1.61 percent and 1.29 percent, respectively, and BitTorrent downstream is down to 4.05 percent - though BitTorrent upstream is in first place at 36.35 percent.

HTTP traffic accounts for 9.74 percent downstream, while iTunes claims 3.27 percent. Facebook downstream traffic is in 9th place with 1.31 percent.

Written by: James Delahunty @ 12 Nov 2013 3:58

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• KillerBug

  Quote:Combined, Netflix and Amazon account for 50.31 percent of all downstream traffic in North America. It breaks down to 31.62 percent for Netflix and 18.69 percent for YouTube.
  Quote:Rivals Amazon Instant Video and Hulu only account for 1.61 percent and 1.29 percent, respectively
  
  So Netflix (31.62%) + Amazon (1.61%) = 50.31%? I think I need a new calculator.
  

  
  

  12.11.2013 10:46 #1

• Bozobub

  Originally posted by KillerBug: Quote:Combined, Netflix and Amazon account for 50.31 percent of all downstream traffic in North America. It breaks down to 31.62 percent for Netflix and 18.69 percent for YouTube.
  Quote:Rivals Amazon Instant Video and Hulu only account for 1.61 percent and 1.29 percent, respectively
  
  So Netflix (31.62%) + Amazon (1.61%) = 50.31%? I think I need a new calculator.
  Er, what?
  
  Netflix (31.62%) + YouTube (18.69%) = 50.31% total, just as the article (and the quotes you used, yourself) states.

  12.11.2013 10:52 #2

• Mrguss

  Just a miss print on the article Amazon for You Tube.
  It try to make Amazon more that what it is.
  
  This happen a lot on Crapple articles.
  

  +5000

  12.11.2013 15:22 #3

• Bozobub

  Ah, I see where the confusion was.

  12.11.2013 15:36 #4