WATERLOO, ON – New streaming entrants such as shomi and CraveTV have helped to drive down P2P Filesharing of total fixed network traffic in Canada, which declined from 15% observed last year to 11% this year, according to data from Sandvine.
Netflix continues to be the leading application in Canada, accounting for over 34% of downstream traffic in the peak evening hours, Sandvine continued. Four years ago, Netflix accounted for just 13.5% of evening traffic in Canada.
Other unique traits found on Canadian networks include:
– Twitch and Valve's Steam store are now among the top-10 bandwidth consuming applications online, and gaming as a whole has become the fifth largest traffic category in Canada;
– YouTube continues to be the single largest source of mobile traffic, accounting for over 22% of downstream traffic; and
– Canadians are shutterbugs, with photo-focused applications Instagram and Snapchat among the top-5 applications used by Canadians on all networks observed.
Sandvine said that the data was collected earlier this year as part of its Global Internet Phenomena Program which reveals the latest facts, fads, and future trends about consumer Internet usage from networks around the globe.
