Bandwidth is the amount of data transferred between your hosting account and visitors. Images, downloads, CSS, JavaScript, video, and page HTML all count.
What Uses Bandwidth
Large images, downloadable files, backups served publicly, and media-heavy pages can use bandwidth quickly.
Traffic Is Not the Only Factor
A small number of visitors downloading large files can use more bandwidth than many visitors viewing lightweight pages.
How to Reduce Usage
- Compress and resize images.
- Use caching.
- Host large downloads appropriately.
- Remove unused media files.
Bandwidth planning is really content planning. The heavier each page is, the more each visit costs in transfer.
