Estimate the monthly data a Netflix-style service uses, from about 1 GB an hour at SD to 7 GB at 4K.
Consumption is the product of time, rate and concurrent users, scaled to a 30-day month. The allowance comparison matters because overage is usually billed at a far higher effective rate than the plan itself. Data caps are enforced silently until they are breached, and a single 4K streaming subscription can consume more than an entire household did a few years ago.
Netflix Data Usage
Monthly GB = hours per day × GB per hour × users × 30
Monthly GB = hours per day × GB per hour × users × 30 Consumption is the product of time, rate and concurrent users, scaled to a 30-day month. The allowance comparison matters because overage is usually billed at a far higher effective rate than the plan itself.
Data caps are enforced silently until they are breached, and a single 4K streaming subscription can consume more than an entire household did a few years ago.
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Hours watched per day, Data consumed per hour, Number of users or devices, Monthly data allowance. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.