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How much is 19,000,000,000 kilobytes?

It's about one-seventieth as much as World of Warcraft
The amount of World of Warcraft is about 1,300,000,000,000 kilobytes.
(a.k.a. WoW) (2009 figures) (total storage for Blizzard Entertainment)
World of Warcraft, the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), uses 1,400,000,000,000 kilobytes of data for its operations. The game's development required about 5 years and included the enhancement of a proprietary 3D graphics engine developed for the prequel of the game.
It's about 100 times as much as an iPod
The amount of an iPod is about 168,000,000 kilobytes.
(a.k.a. Apple iPod) (2010 figures; for iPod classic, sixth generation)
A sixth-generation, iPod classic MP3 player offers a storage capacity of 168,000,000 kilobytes. Data is stored in the unit's hard drive, a 5,400 RPM SATA drive, which measures about 30 sq. cm (5 sq. in)
It's about one-one-hundredth as much as an Imgur's Monthly Bandwidth
The amount of an Imgur's Monthly Bandwidth is about 2,310,000,000,000 kilobytes.
(Jan-Feb, 2012 figures)
Imgur, the free online image hosting service, used a total of 2,320,000,000,000 kilobytes in bandwidth between January and February, 2012. The site has served up over 15 billion images in that time.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as much as a Human Brain
The amount of a Human Brain is about 2,800,000,000,000 kilobytes.
According to Northwestern University psychology professor Paul Reber, the capacity of the human brain is a theoretical 2,700,000,000,000 kilobytes. Each lobe of the brain consists of folded neural tissue with a total area, if unfolded, of about 0.24 sq. m.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as much as The US Census Bureau
Flag of The US
The amount of The US Census Bureau is about 2,800,000,000,000 kilobytes.
(a.k.a. United States Census Bureau, a.k.a. Bureau of the Census) (2010 figures) (total active data)
The United States Census Bureau administers 2,700,000,000,000 kilobytes of demographic and population data gathered through the decennial census and other surveys. The Census Bureau makes the results of each census public 72 years after they are gathered.
It's about one-two-hundredth as much as Netflix's catalog
The amount of Netflix's catalog is about 3,450,000,000,000 kilobytes.
(May, 2013 figures)
The uncompressed source copies of all the movies available for viewing on Netflix total 3,450,000,000,000 kilobytes. According to estimates, videos streamed from Netflix account for about 29% of all Internet traffic, as of 2013.
It's about one-two-hundred-fiftieth as much as The Letters Delivered by the US Postal Service in 2010
Flag of The US
The amount of The Letters Delivered by the US Postal Service in 2010 is about 5,000,000,000,000 kilobytes.
(2010 figures)
All letters delivered by the United States Postal Service in 2010 will equate to 5,000,000,000,000 kilobytes of data if stored digitally. In delivering the mail, the Postal Service fleet travels a total of 1.25 billion miles annually.
It's about 350 times as much as Wikipedia
The amount of Wikipedia is about 55,000,000 kilobytes.
(2009 figures) (all languages)
As of 2009, Wikipedia held 56,000,000 kilobytes of publicly written and edited encyclopedia articles on 14.5 million subjects as well as associated commentary and discussion. Wikipedia is among the ten most popular websites on the Internet and the only non-profit entity in that group.
It's about 350 times as much as a Blu-ray Disc
The amount of a Blu-ray Disc is about 52,000,000 kilobytes.
(a.k.a. BD) (dual-layer; Blu-ray disc)
A typical Blu-ray disc will hold 52,000,000 kilobytes of data. The increase in capacity versus a standard DVD is possible because of the smaller wavelength of blue light — 405 nanometers instead of 650 nanometers for the red laser light used in a DVD.
It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as much as Mozy
The amount of Mozy is about 50,000,000,000,000 kilobytes.
(2009 figures) (total file storage)
Mozy, the online data backup service, stores about 50,000,000,000,000 kilobytes of data backed up its users. Founded in 2005, Mozy's customer base has grown to 1 million personal and 60,000 business subscribers in just 5 years.
It's about one-three-thousand-five-hundredth as much as The Books in the Library of Congress
The amount of The Books in the Library of Congress is about 70,000,000,000,000 kilobytes.
(2009 figures) (digitized entire collection)
The total collection of books, photographs, and other media housed by the United States Library of Congress would occupy about 80,000,000,000,000 kilobytes if fully digitized. The collection contains a total of 142,544,498 items as of 2009.
It's about 4,000 times as much as a DVD
The amount of a DVD is about 4,900,000 kilobytes.
(a.k.a. digital video disc) (single-side, single-layer; DVD-5 specification)
A typical capacity digital video disc will hold 4,900,000 kilobytes of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
It's about 4,500 times as much as an HDTV Television Show (30 Minutes)
The amount of an HDTV Television Show (30 Minutes) is about 4,420,000 kilobytes.
(a.k.a. High Definition television, a.k.a. HD) (digital signal, QAM-256; 30 minutes)
Broadcast cable HDTV signals contain about 2,460 kilobytes of data per second, or 4,420,000 kilobytes in a thirty-minute television show. The first High Definition television broadcast was news footage from John Glenn's 1998 mission on the space shuttle Discovery.
It's about 25,000 times as much as a Compact Disc
The amount of a Compact Disc is about 755,000 kilobytes.
(80-minute, 360,000 sector disc; "Red Book" specifications)
A typical, 80-minute capacity compact disc, commonly known as a 716,800 kilobytes disc will actually hold 755,000 kilobytes of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
It's about one-thirty-five-thousandth as much as The Spotify Catalog
The amount of The Spotify Catalog is about 500,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000 kilobytes.
(2018 figures)
Spotify, the music streaming service that serves over 170 million users per year, hosts a data catalog of about 500,000,000,000,000.00000000000000000 kilobytes on a Google Cloud Platform solution. In 2017, users listened to Spotify for a total of over 40.3 billion hours.
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