Streaming services account for 70% of America’s broadband usage

A broadband network company by the name of Sandvine recently conducted a survey which found that streaming services now account for more than 70% of North America’s broadband usage during peak evening hours. This probably isn’t that big of a surprise to most of us, but it does serve as yet another indicator that Americans and Canadians have started to prefer online streaming to traditional television. Netflix alone accounts for 37% of broadband usage, while YouTube is a distant second with almost 18%.