PUBG Mobile has been one of the biggest battle royale games on phones for years now, and it's still going strong.
Since it's a mobile game, a huge chunk of its player base is playing on mobile data rather than Wi-Fi.
Which naturally means one question comes up more than almost any other in the community.
So, how much internet data does PUBG Mobile use?
On average, PUBG Mobile uses around 15 to 50 MB of internet data per hour, which makes it one of the lightest battle royale games on data.
Most casual sessions land around 30 MB per hour, with voice chat and intense fights nudging it toward the higher end.
In this article, I've broken this down in more detail.
I've also covered the real reason PUBG Mobile can eat up storage even if the hourly data usage is light!
So, without any further ado, let us dive right into it!
Internet Data Usage of PUBG Mobile
I dug into this one by cross-checking several independent breakdowns, player-reported measurements, and community threads.
This is one of the more consistently answered questions in mobile gaming, since PUBG Mobile has been around long enough for a lot of people to have actually measured it.
Across the sources I checked, gameplay data usage came out to roughly 15 MB to 50 MB per hour, depending on the match intensity and whether voice chat was active.
The figure that came up most consistently across independent reports was around 30 MB of internet data per hour.
So, we can conclude that the internet data usage of PUBG Mobile is around 30 MB per hour under normal playing conditions.
From this, it's pretty straightforward to figure out the weekly and monthly data consumption as well!
If you play PUBG Mobile for one hour every day for a week, the total internet data used would be around 210 MB per week.
And if you play for one hour every day throughout an entire month, the total data consumed would come out to around 900 MB per month.
Now, you might also want to know how much data PUBG Mobile uses based on how long you play each day.
I've put together a handy table below to help you with exactly that!
Here's the table:
| Playtime per day | Data usage per day | Data usage per week | Data usage per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | 30 MB | 210 MB | 900 MB |
| 2 hours | 60 MB | 420 MB | 1.76 GB |
| 3 hours | 90 MB | 630 MB | 2.64 GB |
| 4 hours | 120 MB | 840 MB | 3.52 GB |
| 5 hours | 150 MB | 1.03 GB | 4.39 GB |
| 6 hours | 180 MB | 1.23 GB | 5.27 GB |
| 7 hours | 210 MB | 1.44 GB | 6.15 GB |
Note: The data usage of PUBG Mobile has been taken as 30 MB per hour in the above table, and does not include voice chat.
Does PUBG Mobile use a LOT of Internet data?
Compared to most battle royale games, PUBG Mobile is on the lighter side, using around 30 MB per hour on average.
Compare that to Fortnite or GTA Online, both of which sit closer to 100 MB per hour in busy sessions, and PUBG Mobile is genuinely one of the more data-friendly online games you can play.
Where PUBG Mobile actually eats into your phone's storage, not your monthly data plan, is the resource packs.
The base install is usually under 2 GB thanks to the game's lightweight installation system, but if you want every map and the HD resource pack downloaded, total storage use can climb toward 8-12 GB.
That's a one-time download per map though, not something that happens every session, so it shouldn't be confused with the game's actual hourly data usage.
So overall, PUBG Mobile is genuinely one of the safer choices if you're gaming on a limited mobile data plan.
Conclusion
In this article, I've answered one of the most commonly asked questions among PUBG Mobile players: how much internet data the game actually uses.
I've also explained why resource packs, not gameplay, are what actually take up meaningful space on your phone.
I'll keep updating the data in this article as things change over time.
Note: The data in this article is up-to-date, as of 19th July 2026.
Now, I'd love to hear from you:
Do you already play PUBG Mobile? If yes, do you usually play solo, duo, or squad?
Or maybe you've got a question!
Either way, feel free to drop a comment below and let me know!
Cheers,
Raj Oberoi