Why is my static site consuming so much bandwidth?

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Hi @nzrocker,

I’d personally not consider Google Analytics as a reliable source of truth when it comes to calculate bandwidth:

Does Netlify analytics exclude scrapers from stats?

Hey @cbovis, So, there’s a couple of things at play. Being server-side, Netlify Analytics will obtain numbers based on all users – even those with ad/traffic blockers enabled. This does also include scrapers and crawlers. There’s several Netlify Analytics reviews and comparisons online which discuss the pros and cons rather well. Personally, I see Netlify Analytics used on projects because it’s GDPR compliant. It’s nice to not have to create consent banners! There’s no right or wrong – it …

I’d say 33 MB is pretty low and not something you need to worry about. Even with a daily traffic of about that much, you’re still left with around 99 GB of traffic to spare for the month.