The most fundamental requirements for running a website on the Internet are disc space and bandwidth. Although disc space tends to attract more attention, bandwidth actually has a greater impact on a site’s speed and success.
One factor to consider and compare when researching and selecting a web host for your domain is the cost of the amount of bandwidth you require.
The bigger your web files are, the more bandwidth they consume. In addition, the more visitors your website receives, the more “bandwidth” you will consume.
As an example, YouTube’s homepage is 2MB in size. YouTube needs 20 MB of bandwidth to send its homepage to 10 users if 10 people are accessing it. Anyone who doesn’t have enough bandwidth can’t access YouTube’s website and watch videos.
Your site is no exception. Insufficient bandwidth in your hosting package will prevent a large number of visitors from accessing your website. The result is that you might miss out on a lot of valuable traffic.
For website owners looking for a web host, the amount of bandwidth available on a hosting company’s website is usually a good sign of that host’s capabilities. Speed; network; connectivity; and systems are all improved when the bandwidth is increased.
What is Web Hosting Bandwidth?
The amount of data that a website may transmit to its visitors over a set period of time is referred to as web hosting bandwidth.
A large pipe can deliver more water at a time than a small pipe because a larger pipe has a greater capacity to do so. In the same manner, having more bandwidth means that more website data may be transferred at once. A pipe’s diameter determines the amount of bandwidth available for online traffic.
The bandwidth associated with a plan is normally described in terms of how much data may be sent in a certain amount of time — frequently in gigabytes or terabytes per month.
How can you figure out how much bandwidth you truly need?
You won’t be able to squeeze into the 32 if your waist is a size 36. You’ll require the size that you require. It doesn’t make much sense to go up a size, but a number suits.
Fortunately, estimating how much bandwidth your site consumes is rather simple; bandwidth is measured by multiplying these factors together:
- The Average number of visitors each day – The information is readily available if you’re using WordPress or Google Analytics.
- The Average size of a page on your website -You can use a tool like Pingdom to find out your site’s size.
- Average number of pages viewed by each visitor – These can also be found in Google Analytics or a WordPress dashboard, respectively.
- 31 days in a month
- Redundant Factor – A safety factor ranged from 1.3 – 1.8. Using 1.5 would be safe, assuming that your estimate is off by 50%.
Redundancy is a predetermined figure that is included to account for unforeseen traffic spikes. Redundancy can be viewed as a safety net. Bandwidth is usually measured in Gigabytes (GB) per month. This is why you need to multiply the daily averages by 31.
This is the formula for calculating the bandwidth needed:
If your site does not use or allow downloads, use this formula:
Bandwidths needed = Average Page Views x Average Page Size x Average Daily Visitors x Number of days in a month (31) x Redundant Factor
If you want users to be able to download files from your site, your bandwidth should be calculated as follows:
Bandwidths needed = (Average Page Views x Average Page Size x Average Daily Visitors) + (Average Daily File Downloads x Average File Size)] x 31 x Redundant Factor
Assume your users visit 3 pages on average, your average page size is 3MB, and you have 3000 monthly visitors, then divide by 30 to get an average daily visitor rate of 100.
Using the formula, the calculation will be as follows:
3 x 3 MB x 100 x 30 x 1.5 = 40,500 MB
So, using these numbers, you would need 40,500 MB or 40.5 GB (gigabytes).
If this calculation is too complicated for you, consider utilizing a website bandwidth calculator to get a general idea of your average bandwidth requirements.
Why is Bandwidth Important for a Website?
More than half of smartphone users will leave a site if it takes more than three seconds to load. Bandwidth is all about fast delivering your website to your customers, and page load speed is one of the most significant variables in increasing sales and traffic.
VPS, cloud, and dedicated server solutions frequently allow site administrators to scale bandwidth up and down.
During peak traffic times, your website’s bandwidth impacts how quickly it can provide content to users. It’s a crucial component of expanding your audience and driving sales.
The majority of websites are made up of HTML (text), images, Flash, or a combination of these elements. Text is extremely space-efficient, taking up very little room. Images and flash are more expensive than other types of media.
It’s possible to add as much content as possible to your website without worrying about running out of bandwidth if you have a high quantity of bandwidth available. If you have a lot of bandwidth, your site can handle a lot more traffic.
Conclusion
To sum up, the amount of bandwidth available to you is determined by the size of your web page, as well as the number of visitors to your website and the number of pages they view.
We hope this article has helped you understand what web hosting bandwidth is and provided you some insight into your website’s bandwidth usage.
Realizing what you expect will help you determine what you want. To avoid your site crashing, upgrade your hosting plan well ahead of time.
Bigdomain is currently running a limitless bandwidth campaign for all hosting plans until September 30, 2021, with 100 Terabytes (TB) of High-Speed Bandwidth given per month. This Limitless Bandwidth promotion is also valid on our basic RM15/year hosting plan.
Read this article for more details on this limitless bandwidth campaign.
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