Netflix is accountable for a major chunk of US internet traffic

NFLX is basically a video streaming services which allows users to access to various content which are available on a diversified number of platforms. Netflix is the leading and largest provider of Internet streaming services of movies and TV shows. It is believed that the network of Netflix has over more than 9,000 movies to watch with over 50 million subscribers in about 40 countries. Hence, Netflix is the most popular TV show and movie streaming service. Due to substantial use of Netflix in recent times, it is believed that Netflix now accounts for 35 percent of overall United States internet traffic.

35 percent of overall United States internet traffic is a huge chunk of contribution towards the traffic. According to a new report from Sand vine, a company that builds equipment for consumer internet service providers, Netflix has topped 35 percent of overall United States internet traffic. Hence during peak hours, the average home is now using 20.4GB every month for Netflix alone when compared to last year’s 31.6% of overall bandwidth usage in the United States.

Talking about stats, Netflix is second only to BitTorrent traffic for upstream bandwidth, with the torrenting protocol at a huge 25.49 percent. Netflix has become huge in the past years despite of tough competitors coming in its way. The company has managed to give its viewers great amount of streaming hours and from top rated movies to new block busters, the viewers are content.