Fans at Levi’s Stadium have used up more than 7 terabytes of data on the Verizon network alone on Super Bowl game day.
In comparison, Verizon customers in Phoenix used 4.1 terabytes of data at the 2015 Super Bowl and fans in New Jersey used 1.9 terabytes in 2014.
Verizon Wireless customers in the Bay Area on game day and throughout Super Bowl week have used 68.6 terabytes (TB) of wireless data for accessing the videos, web searches, social media updates and more.
Verizon made an investment of $70 million to more than triple its 4G LTE wireless data network capacity in the Bay Area. Verizon added 4G LTE capacity through a network of small cells, macro cell sites and mobile cell sites.
Super Bowl 50
Network data used over 9 days
68 terabytes (TB) or 68,800 gigabytes (GB)
Levi’s Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday
7 TB of data or 7,000 GB
35,000+ estimated unique devices
Speed test example from lower bowl seats clocked at 120 Mbps on the download
Fans’ favorite social app: Facebook at 12% of total usage
Speed test example from tailgate clocked at 57.92 Mbps on the download
Game Day traffic spikes
15% at first quarter when Denver recovered fumble for touchdown
24% at Halftime show
22% when Carolina pulled within six points
Football fan faves in percent of usage
19.82% Video
19.62% Web-browsing
17.67% Social media sharing
15.96% Cloud
2.29% Music
1.44% Messaging
1.37% Email
97% Navigation
20.86% Other
Super Bowl City presented by Verizon
7 TB of data used or 7,000 GB
Highest day Friday with 2.2 TB of data
Access Zone speed test example 36.36 Mbps on the download
Most used data application Facebook, followed by YouTube
50th Mile and the NFL Experience driven by Hyundai
23 TB of data used or 23,000 GB
Biggest day Friday with 2 TB of usage
Speed test example of 17.98 Mbps on the download, clocked while viewing Lombardi Trophy
