Mobile Megaphone: Top 5 College and Pro Venues by Total Data Usage

Below are the top performing venues from the past week as well as a few interesting trends we noticed.

Blowouts Brought Big Data

• In many of our top data-heavy pro and college football contests last week, the games were out of reach in a hurry, possibly resulting in more fans turning to their smartphones for a distraction or to gloat to friends and rivals outside the stadium.
  • In pro football, the top five data-heavy games were decided by an average of more than 10 points.
  • In college football, the top five data-heavy games were decided by an average of a whopping 31 points.
  • In addition, out of the five most data-heavy games for both pro and college football, only 40-percent were within a score in the fourth quarter.

Top 5 Professional Venues by Total Mobile Data (10/16-10/19)

• San Diego, CA – 711GB
  • Equivalent to more than 2 million social media post with photos
• Dallas, TX – 628GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1.7 million social media post with photos
• Chicago, IL – 392GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1.1 million social media post with photos
• Washington, D.C. – 390GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1.1 million social media post with photos
• Denver, CO – 374GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1 million social media post with photos

Top 5 Collegiate Venues by Total Mobile Data (10/16-10/18)

• Tuscaloosa, AL – 744GB
  • Equivalent to more than 2.1 million social media post with photos
• Norman, OK – 637GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1.8 million social media post with photos
• Baton Rouge, LA – 557GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1.5 million social media post with photos
• Oxford, MS – 524GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1.4 million social media post with photos
• Los Angeles, CA – 436GB
  • Equivalent to more than 1.2 million social media post with photos

Caveats:

• All figures include only data traffic seen on AT&T’s venue-specific mobile network.
• All data metrics come from only venues with a DAS where AT&T’s mobile network is on-air and under contract. These metrics are not comprehensive of every game played during this past weekend for professional or college football.
• This data is compiled from only football stadiums that had home games during this selected timeframe where AT&T is on-air on a DAS.