Massive changes in Internet user usage over the past month

New delhi date. 28 April 2020, Tuesday

The lockdown has seen a massive change in the usage of Internet users in India. Consumers have consumed more data during this time, the global internet exchange operator said.

Gaming traffic has increased by 50 percent, according to a report released by the global Internet exchange operator. Traffic to various video streaming and collaborative work applications has doubled. In the first two weeks of the lockdown, which began on March 25, total Internet traffic increased by 1 terabyte, 30-40 percent more than normal traffic. The traffic that used to come from offices and institutions in earlier routine times is now coming from home. People spend more time online after the lockdown. Now almost everything is happening on social networking online. The total volume of traffic has increased despite the decline in business traffic. While children are studying online, artists from various fields are also performing online. Thus many new user groups have been born which has resulted in an increase in internet traffic.

Data usage of telecom companies has grown by more than 30 per cent since the announcement of the lockdown. The per capita daily consumption of media has increased from an earlier average of 1.5 hours to more than 4 hours. Thus there has been an increase in the usage of internet users at all levels.