There are 3.4 billion internet users. It takes about 30 W to watch video in a browser [1]. Assuming every internet user watches 85 minutes of video per day [2

There are 3.4 billion internet users. It takes about 30 W to watch video in a browser [1]. Assuming every internet user watches 85 minutes of video per day [2] (517 hr/year), video consumption is 52 TWh per year. Or less than half of than the bitcoin network. Google uses 12 TWh per year [3]. Assuming Google is entirely focused on serving the world's video (it likely could), that still is ~half of the bitcoin network. (France consumes about 480 TWh per year [4]) [1] https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/microsoft-internet-explorer-10-is-the-most-energy-efficient-browser-uses-up-to-18-less-power-than-chrome-and-firefox/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/microsoft-internet-explore... [2] https://www.marketingcharts.com/digital/video-110520 https://www.marketingcharts.com/digital/video-110520 [3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2020/10/21/googles-dominance-is-fueled-by-zambia-size-amounts-of-electricity/?sh=522016fb68c9 https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2020/10/21/googles-... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_France