How much data does world of warcraft use

How much data do our favourite activities consume?


Data is everywhere. Every time we use an app, browse a website or make a call, we’re consuming data. It’s like the fuel for our digital engine and just as petrol allows a car to run smoothly, data enables our online activities to function seamlessly.

Companies use data to understand our behaviour, preferences and needs and this information helps them tailor their services to meet our individual needs, improving our experiences and satisfaction. Think how Netflix uses your viewing data to suggest shows you might like or Amazon uses your browsing and purchase history to recommend products.

But data is not free, it comes at a cost, so if you’re wondering how much of it our favourite activities consume and how we can reduce that, read on.


Online video streaming


The popularity of platforms like YouTube, GO TV and others has skyrocketed. Whether it is watching movies, shows or live events, we love to stream video content on our devices, however, doing so involves transferring large amounts of audio and video data over the internet, which makes video streaming a major data consumer.

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How much data does WoW use per hour?



WoW averages about 10kB (kilobytes) or less per second during gameplay. So, that’s - on average - 600kB per minute, or 36 megabytes an hour.

So, in 5 hours of gameplay, you’re transferring about 200 megabytes, give or take. Slightly more if all you do is raid or large BGs. Slightly less if you do more solo play.

If you do this daily, that’d be about 6 gigabytes a month.

People reporting usage as high as 70 gigabytes a month are completely misinformed. The only way you would use 70GB monthly on WoW is if you re-installed the game from scratch every month, which is silly. You certainly won’t be doing that.

You can use something like Glasswire (free) to monitor bandwidth usage by program, if you like. I’ve used it before to monitor bandwidth usage by various programs, including WoW. Sure, you can always check Task Manager to see bandwidth usage in a pinch, but Glasswire allows you to select one, any, or all programs in use, and monitor that usage over time, including peaks and averages, graphs, etc.


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Anirath-argent-dawn1


Hey everyone, I am having issues with my internet router lately. It’s not working and wont get fixed before monday. My internet provider gave me a temporary box with a 100 go in it, can I use that to play wow until my regular box gets fixed or is it going to drain the 100 go super fast ? And if I can, do you know how many hours I can expect it to work ? I should mention I am not the only one using the box, but I am the only one playing games. Thanks for the help.


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anon203099572


Do you mean a 100gb connection? If so you’ll be completely fine.




Spambot-hellscream3


As Charctic says, 100GB should be much more than enough if you just intend to play WoW. Casual internet browsing should be fine too. Stay away from downloads and streamed video.


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Anirath-argent-dawn4


It has 100 go and once those are used the box doesn’t work anymore basically.




anon203099575


So it’s the amount of data you have? 100gb should be fine so long as no one else is downloading huge files or streaming too many high quality videos. WoW alone wouldn’t get anywhere close to using that by Monday.


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Hera



  August 20, 2016  


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How much data?



So im moving today and won't have internet for like a week or so but i still wanna pop back in wow for small periods to check on my guild see whats new with people ect ect. If i just stay at goldshire and back and fourth to stormwomd and goldshire how much data will i use (personal hotspot from phone) at most lkke 1 hour a day. How much data will i consume? (Current frostwolf update with vanilla models)








  August 20, 2016  


Member




This is an interesting question. I'm not very familiar with how data usage is calculated, but I imagine you wouldn't be using too much. Maybe. Someone correct me on this if I'm wrong.







  August 20, 2016  


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your best bet would be to test it yourself, as their are a lot of variables that will change the amount of data used.







  August 21, 2016  


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You can't know for sure until you test it, but i would suggest to avoid the crowd go to a des