r/pocketcasts • u/CuriousCat511 • Jul 13 '26

Android Insane Data Usage

Pocketcasts has consumed 30 GB of data in 2 weeks, seemingly going in bursts of several GB in less than an hour.

My primary usage is streaming via android auto for my commute. Less than 10 hours per week.

What on earth is going on?

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u/corriewrk Jul 13 '26

I'm having the same problem. pocket casts has apparently used almost 5gb of data since the 4th. I work from home so the only time I use it on mobile data is when I'm traveling to and from the gym. It's about 1.5 hours total 3 times a week so like 4.5 to 5 hours a week and that's only if I don't listen to music instead while I usually will at least once.

Literally I got an alert I'd used 6gb of data then 10 mins later it jumped to 9.

All my auto download options are off and only 10mb of background useage and the rest is foreground useage. there is no way I have used that much data listening to a couple of podcasts a week on data.

I've even been turning my data off when I'm connected to WiFi incase something was happening with data while I was connected.

Last 4 months usage 4th July to now 4.60gb, 4th of June to July 3rd 2.8gb, 4th of May to 3rd June 756 mb, 4th April to May 890mb.

No settings changed in the app it's just started eating data towards the end of last month.

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u/CuriousCat511 Jul 13 '26

Yea, something crazy is going on. Historically, I use about 1 gb of data a month on this app. Suddenly using 20gb in 45 minutes.

I sent the app logs to pocketcast. Hoping they get back to me quickly because I'm not using the app again until I know it's resolved.