Akamai surpasses the total volume of video data of London 2012 in just three days at Rio 2016

The maximum traffic peak on August 8 was 3.28 Tbps, with audience peaks of 1.09 million.

Data traffic for video distribution grows exponentially with each new major sporting event.

Last Monday, August 8, during the third day of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Akamai It had already surpassed the total volume of video data it delivered during the 17 days of London in 2012.

The maximum traffic peak last Monday was 3.28 Tbps, with peak audiences of 1.09 million and an average bitrate of 2.75 Mbps.

52% of this traffic came from Europe, compared to 39% from North America or 5% from South America or 2% from Australia or Asia.

During the Rio Games, the distribution of 7,000 hours of content from the different Olympic facilities is expected, which will amount to 40 petabytes (40,000 billion bytes).