Which is bigger, Kilobyte or Kilobit?

Kilobyte is bigger than Kilobit. One Kilobyte contains 8 Kilobits.

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Decimal (SI Standard)	Binary (IEC Standard)
1 Kilobit = 10³ or 1000 Bits	1 Kilobyte = 10³ or 1000 Bytes	1 Kibibit = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bits	1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bytes
1 Megabit = 10⁶ or 1000² Bits	1 Megabyte = 10⁶ or 1000² Bytes	1 Mebibit = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bits	1 Mebibyte = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bytes
1 Gigabit = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bits	1 Gigabyte = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bytes	1 Gibibit = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bits	1 Gibibyte = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bytes
1 Terabit = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bits	1 Terabyte = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bytes	1 Tebibit = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bits	1 Tebibyte = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bytes
1 Petabit = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bits	1 Petabyte = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bytes	1 Pebibit = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bits	1 Pebibyte = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bytes
1 Exabit = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bits	1 Exabyte = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bytes	1 Exbibit = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bits	1 Exbibyte = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bytes
1 Zettabit = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bits	1 Zettabyte = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bytes	1 Zebibit = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bits	1 Zebibyte = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bytes
1 Yottabit = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bits	1 Yottabyte = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bytes	1 Yobibit = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bits	1 Yobibyte = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bytes

kB to kbit Calculator - Convert Kilobyte to Kilobit

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Enter the value in Kilobyte and press Enter. ( eg: 1, 10, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 1024, 2048 )

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kB to kbit conversion tool helps you convert the digital data storage units from Kilobyte to Kilobit. Type the value in kB and press CONVERT button. The calculator will process the conversion from Kilobyte to Kilobit with the highest accuracy and display the result. Use the Copy button to copy the result to clipboard or Swap the conversion to change the conversion direction ie, Kilobit to Kilobyte.

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Use the below calculators to convert Kilobyte to some other units similar to Kilobit.

Difference between Kilobyte and Kilobit (kB vs kbit)

Kilobyte (kB)

One Kilobyte is 10³ or 1000 Bytes.
Kilobyte is a decimal unit defined as per SI standard.
The unit symbol for Kilobyte is kB.
Kilobyte is not same as Kibibyte (KiB) that contains 1024 bytes.
1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte (MB).

Kilobit (kbit)

One Kilobit is 10³ or 1000 Bits.
Kilobit is a decimal unit defined as per SI standard.
The unit symbol for Kilobit is kbit or kb.
Kilobit is not same as Kibibit (Kib) that contains 1024 bits.
1000 Kilobits = 1 Megabit (Mbit).

How to convert Kilobyte to Kilobit?

Below formula is used convert from Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit) in the above kB to kbit Calculator.

kB to kbit Conversion Formula :

Kilobit = Kilobyte x (8x1000) / (1000)
or
Kilobit = Kilobyte x 8

Kilobyte to Kilobit Conversion Steps : Kilobyte is first converted to bits by multiplying with 8x1000 and then, converted to Kilobits by dividing with 1000. In short, we can just multiply Kilobyte with 8 to get the value in Kilobit.

kB -> kbit -> Kibit Conversion Table

Value of Kilobyte (kB)	in Kilobit (kbit) - 1000 bits	in Kibibit (Kibit) - 1024 bits
1 kB	8 kbit	7.8125 Kibit
2 kB	16 kbit	15.625 Kibit
3 kB	24 kbit	23.4375 Kibit
4 kB	32 kbit	31.25 Kibit
6 kB	48 kbit	46.875 Kibit
7 kB	56 kbit	54.6875 Kibit
8 kB	64 kbit	62.5 Kibit
9 kB	72 kbit	70.3125 Kibit
10 kB	80 kbit	78.125 Kibit
100 kB	800 kbit	781.25 Kibit
256 kB	2,048 kbit	2,000 Kibit
500 kB	4,000 kbit	3,906.25 Kibit
512 kB	4,096 kbit	4,000 Kibit
1000 kB	8,000 kbit	7,812.5 Kibit
1024 kB	8,192 kbit	8,000 Kibit
2048 kB	16,384 kbit	16,000 Kibit
5000 kB	40,000 kbit	39,062.5 Kibit
10000 kB	80,000 kbit	78,125 Kibit