Compressed song
A digital audio recording of a song compressed at a constant bitrate for efficient storage.
8.4 MBDataEveryday quantities
Compressed song vs One hour of video
What are they, and what does the difference actually look like?
Two things. One honest scale.
Meet the pair
What these two things are
One hour of video
A one-hour digital video recording with sound, encoded at a specified bitrate.
3.6 GBDataOne hour of video has about 429 times the data of Compressed song.
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Compressed song8.4 MBData
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One hour of video3.6 GBData
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Compressed song
A 3.5-minute song at a constant 320 kbit/s, excluding container overhead.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
One hour of video
A one-hour video at 8 Mbit/s including all streams in the chosen bitrate; overhead ignored.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares data with data. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
Compressed song
8.4 MBData · example
A 3.5-minute song at a constant 320 kbit/s, excluding container overhead.
One hour of video
3.6 GBData · example
A one-hour video at 8 Mbit/s including all streams in the chosen bitrate; overhead ignored.
- Comparing
- Data ↔ Data
- Relative size
- One hour of video is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 429.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- Compressed song is labelled example; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
- One hour of video is labelled example; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
DigitalCompressed song8.4 MBA digital audio recording of a song compressed at a constant bitrate for efficient storage.DigitalOne hour of video3.6 GBA one-hour digital video recording with sound, encoded at a specified bitrate.
DigitalText page3 kBA digital file containing one page of plain text characters without formatting or embedded fonts.
DigitalCompressed photo3 MBA compressed photo is a digital image file that has been processed to reduce the amount of data needed to store or transmit it.Digital128 GB phone128 GBPhone storage is the digital memory in a mobile phone used to keep apps, photos, videos and other files.Digital1 TB drive1 TBA one-terabyte drive is a digital storage device capable of holding large amounts of computer data, such as documents, media and software.Side by side
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