Good to know: All info on Spotify data consumption

Numerous advisors recommend that streaming services like Spotify are best used only in the WLAN, otherwise too much data volume is consumed. But how high is the Spotify data consumption actually in detail?

Spotify data consumption depends primarily on the audio quality.

Spotify data consumption in numbers

The actual Spotify data consumption depends primarily on the quality of the music. This can be set directly in the Spotify app by going to "Settings" > "Sound Quality" and selecting an option from the drop-down menu. In addition to the "Automatic quality" option, you can choose from these levels:

• Normal quality (96 kBit/s): a six-minute song consumes 4 MB, or 40 MB per hour.
• High quality (160 kBit/s): a six-minute song consumes 7 MB, or 70 MB per hour.
• Extreme quality (320 kBit/s): A six-minute song consumes 5 MB, so 500 MB per hour.

With this it is clear: How heavy the data consumption into the weight depends entirely on your data volume. So it makes a big difference whether you use Spotify with a data volume of 500 MB or 5 GB. Basically, however, you should always use the service with caution when you are on the move, for example at the end of the month when you see that you only have several hundred MB of data volume left open. Stellen Sie dann am besten die normale Qualität ein.