Dota 2 accounts for 3% of the world’s internet usage every time an update is pushed out

PCGamesN: Size is impressive. Don’t deny it. You’re impressed by the size of this hot dog and you’re daunted by the scale of this shoe. Gabe Newell understands this. So when he wants to startle people with the popularity of video games at the moment he tells them what happens when Valve update Dota 2.

“When we do a new update for something like Dota 2, nearest we can tell, we’re generating 2-3% of the worldwide and LAN-based IP traffic.”