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The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by Hadewahlay(op): 12:03pm On Feb 06, 2015

5. Android native browser

Number 5 on the list is the browser that comes preinstalled on Android devices. While it doesn’t use as much data as some other brand-name browsers, it’s still a high data user.

4. YouTube

No surprise here, movie and video streaming apps such as YouTube eat up a lot of data.

3. Instagram

Social-media sites, especially those like Instagram that are image and video heavy also use a lot of data, especially if its users are not only browsing, but also uploading their own images and videos.

2. UC Browser

This is yet another browser on the list that consumes a lot of data.

1. Google Chrome

Out of all the browsers, and across all 10,000 apps we looked at, Google Chrome uses the most mobile data.

Some apps use a lot more data than others , and mobile-browser apps are high on that list, taking three out of the top five spots. Webpages can vary widely in size, with graphically rich sites eating up a lot of data for users. Roughly speaking, browsing about 10 pages a day will eat up 100 MB.

Are these apps what you expected the culprits that eat the most data to be? What other apps do you think are guilty of using a lot of mobile data?

If you haven’t already, , which is now driving data savings for users, saving them up to 50% on their data diet and helping to avoid future horror stories.

http://blogs.opera.com/news/2014/12/top-5-apps-eating-data/

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by petra22(f): 12:07pm On Feb 06, 2015

my data never lasts more than a week cause of instagram. Instagram done finish all my money sad

*crying*

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by nellyhandsom(m): 12:12pm On Feb 06, 2015

petra22:
my data never lasts more than a week cause of instagram. Instagram done finish all my money
*crying*

stop instagraming then! grin

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by parrotibaba(m): 12:20pm On Feb 06, 2015

That data sucking facebook app sad

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by petra22(f): 12:26pm On Feb 06, 2015

nellyhandsom:
stop instagraming then!

I Kent, its too addictive embarassed

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by ammyluv2002(f): 12:36pm On Feb 06, 2015

petra22:
my data never lasts more than a week cause of instagram. Instagram done finish all my money
*crying*

Me too

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by Nobody: 1:10pm On Feb 06, 2015

nellyhandsom:
stop instagraming then!

Hahahaha

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by etas1001(m): 1:29pm On Feb 06, 2015

parrotibaba:
That data sucking facebook app

Then use Facebooklite. Google it. its what I use. doesn't consume data

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by ziezy(m): 1:45pm On Feb 06, 2015

Uninstalling UC browser sharply...where's that opera abeg

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by ellahzy(f): 1:56pm On Feb 06, 2015

Instagram dey drink data like water.

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by Collinz2(m): 2:05pm On Feb 06, 2015

nellyhandsom:
stop instagraming then!

instagraming grin

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by dasphinx1(m): 2:08pm On Feb 06, 2015

ellahzy:
Instagram dey drink data like water.

if u are using an android device, download and install OperaMax and browse instagram as you wish.

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by ellahzy(f): 2:13pm On Feb 06, 2015

dasphinx1:
if u are using an android device, download and install OperaMax and browse instagram as you wish.

Alright, Tanx

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by bettingbad(m): 2:13pm On Feb 06, 2015

Google Chrome is the worst when it's comes to chopping off data, but it actually has d best interface.

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by Collinz2(m): 2:14pm On Feb 06, 2015

dasphinx1:
if u are using an android device, download and install OperaMax and browse instagram as you wish.

waste of time.

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by dharyour93(m): 2:14pm On Feb 06, 2015

Thought Chrome does Data Compression

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by jnrbayano(m): 2:14pm On Feb 06, 2015

petra22:
I Kent, its too addictive

Your academics is in jeopardy then.

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by seedorfg(m): 2:15pm On Feb 06, 2015

U see bouncer ? grin

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by iokiko: 2:16pm On Feb 06, 2015

hyt

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by niteduff(m): 2:16pm On Feb 06, 2015

Most social apps drain data because of graphic and video display.

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by pekeyim: 2:16pm On Feb 06, 2015

Opera m

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by femi4: 2:17pm On Feb 06, 2015

Remove uc browser from your list. That's one of the best mobile browser

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by adedayourt(m): 2:17pm On Feb 06, 2015

petra22:
my data never lasts more than a week cause of instagram. Instagram done finish all my money
*crying*

Yet u no gree stop instagramming.

*Mayb cus he never chop am reach tongue

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by Rilwayne001: 2:18pm On Feb 06, 2015

Google Play Store

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by pickabeau1: 2:18pm On Feb 06, 2015

So do the needful and recommend a data friendly browser

I used to browse with Chrome but the last version as at Dec 14 was whack and i had to uninstall

i am using UCB and its ok

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by Hadewahlay(op): 2:19pm On Feb 06, 2015

feels gud 2 mk fp again...follow d op nd he simply follows bck

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by Rilwayne001: 2:19pm On Feb 06, 2015

ziezy:
Uninstalling UC browser sharply...where's that opera abeg

Opera utility is limited, UC web is the best

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Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by adedayourt(m): 2:19pm On Feb 06, 2015

ellahzy:
Instagram dey drink data like water.

Ones instagram insert double straw into ur data, u in for it

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by biggerboyc(m): 2:20pm On Feb 06, 2015

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by ndnuray(m): 2:21pm On Feb 06, 2015

I do use all apps mentioned above. Get a clone payg sim and surf till u tire...

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by ziezy(m): 2:21pm On Feb 06, 2015

Rilwayne001:
Opera utility is limited, UC web is the best

Come again....or explain abeg

Re: The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data by nairaman66(m): 2:21pm On Feb 06, 2015

No one wants to waste data, but we all buy data! What an irony!

The Top 5 Apps That Are Eating Your Data - Phones - Nairaland

Grammatical syntax error. There is nothing like eating data. I'd prefer using "zapping". Moderators please take note!

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