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US Netflix Subscribers Watch 3.2 Hours and Use 9.6 GB of Data Per Day

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PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Americans are staying indoors, thanks to the COVID-19 quarantine. To pass the time, many have turned to video-streaming services such as Netflix for entertainment. The company recently 15.77 million more worldwide subscribers in the first quarter of 2020. But how has quarantine changed our streaming behavior?In 2019, &nbsp;the average user watched around two hours a day, but with everyone stuck at home, that number has gone up.&nbsp; found that users are watching video 61 percent longer, which means Americans are now watching 3.2 hours of video a day while in quarantine.&nbsp; did the math for us all to figure out that US Netflix subscribers are watching a collective 203,840,000 hours per day and viewed over 6.1 billion hours of content over the last month. With all those hours of video comes the question of data usage.Since streaming in HD is expected to use about 3GB of data per hour,&nbsp;Kill the Cable Bill was able to determine&nbsp;the average subscriber is using 9.6GB of data each day and 288GB a month. This is a major reason that US carriers and ISPs are removing for the time being.If there are 63.7 million US subscribers averaging 3.2 hours of streaming a day, then we are collectively using 18.346 million terabytes of data per day and&nbsp;527 billion TB a month. This increase in transmitted data has been enough to across the country, but the system is expected to survive.Netflix renews 'Stranger Things' for Season 4Sign up for What's New Now to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every morning.This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our and . You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time.Your subscription has been confirmed. Keep an eye on your inbox!AdvertisementEditors' Choice

PCMag editors select and review products . If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.Americans are staying indoors, thanks to the COVID-19 quarantine. To pass the time, many have turned to video-streaming services such as Netflix for entertainment. The company recently 15.77 million more worldwide subscribers in the first quarter of 2020. But how has quarantine changed our streaming behavior?In 2019, &nbsp;the average user watched around two hours a day, but with everyone stuck at home, that number has gone up.&nbsp; found that users are...

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