Windows 10 downloads responsible for 8 percent of all internet traffic

If you’ve downloaded Windows 10, having perhaps used our guide to jump in the queue, or as one of the millions who pre-registered for your free copy, then you were part of a rather large internet movement.

According to a blog post by Microsoft themselves, Windows 10 has already reached 14 million devices, and they’ve yet to reach everyone who pre-registered:

“While we now have more than 14 million devices running Windows 10, we still have many more upgrades to go before we catch up to each of you that reserved your upgrade.”

That’s a lot of downloads, and it’s exactly why Microsoft reserved a combined 40 TB/s of bandwidth with all key content delivery networks (CDNs) across the world.

Want to know just how much Windows 10 downloads allotted to? “Internet Phenomena Blog” Sandvine suggests 8% at peak.

Small a number as that might seem, it’s more than 10 Tb/s of data. Moreover, keep in mind that Sandvine sampled the North American Fixed Access Network, so those numbers should be taken with a grain of salt.

It would have been a heck of a lot more if Windows 10 wasn’t being released in waves and made available to everyone at once as a result.

At the end of it all, Microsoft hopes to reach more than 1 billion devices, so waves is really the only way to do it. Imagine the traffic if all 1 billion devices opted for the download at once.

That would QUITE LITERALLY break the internet.

If you’re keen on downloading Windows 10 yourself and haven’t reserved a copy, you can do so via this Windows 10 app.

For those still waiting on their download, you might want to keep these things in mind before you do so.