Zoom Bandwidth and Data Use Calculator

This post explains how much data and bandwidth is required by Zoom.

Enter

  • Time spent in meeting (in minutes and seconds)
  • Meeting type (Voice or Video [High Quality, 720p or 1080p])
  • Number of users
  • Number of calls

The tool will provide

  • Bandwidth
  • Total data consumption

Use the drop down menu to select the units

Example Calculations

  • A one minute Zoom voice meeting with a single user consumes 1.5 Megabytes.
  • A one minute Zoom video meeting with a single user consumes 15 MB to 57 MB depending on video quality.

A Zoom video meeting therefore consumes between 10 and 40 times the amount of data relative to a voice meeting. Something to remember if you’re traveling and using your cellular connection with limits on the amount of data used every month.

  • A one hour, single user Zoom video call consumes between 900 MB and 3.4 GB. We can see how this number can add up pretty quickly across even a small organization.

The calculator also allows you to plan your network bandwidth requirements. For instance, with 10 users the total bandwidth consumed is 38 Mbps at the highest quality setting.

Background

Zoom bandwidth consumption depends on whether it is a voice or video meeting and the app settings. We have used Zoom’s recommendation for the best performance settings. Compare requirements for other applications using the table provided here.

What is the Minimum Bandwidth required by Zoom?

Zoom supports three distinct performance levels: high quality video, 720p and 1080p. The minimum requirements are those consistent with high quality video shown in the table below.

ApplicationBandwidth Requirements
1:1 Video Calling600 kbps
Group Video calling1.0 Mbps Up / 600 kbps Down
Screen Sharing only50 kbps
Screen sharing with video thumbnail50 kbps
 Audio VoiP60 kbps
Zoom Phone60 kbps
Webinar with panelist’s video on600 kbps
Webinar Screen sharing only50 kbps
Webinar Screen sharing & video thumbnail50 kbps
Webinar with Audio VoiP60 kbps

Related Calculators

Zoom Data Consumption Table

The following table shows the data use in Megabytes for single user Voice and High Quality Video calling.

MinutesVoice Call (MB)Video Call (MB)
11.515
2330
34.545
4660
57.575
6990
710.5105
812120
913.5135
1015150
1116.5165
1218180
1319.5195
1421210
1522.5225
1624240
1725.5255
1827270
1928.5285
2030300
2131.5315
2233330
2334.5345
2436360
2537.5375
2639390
2740.5405
2842420
2943.5435
3045450
3146.5465
3248480
3349.5495
3451510
3552.5525
3654540
3755.5555
3857570
3958.5585
4060600
4161.5615
4263630
4364.5645
4466660
4567.5675
4669690
4770.5705
4872720
4973.5735
5075750
5176.5765
5278780
5379.5795
5481810
5582.5825
5684840
5785.5855
5887870
5988.5885
6090900