What's Concurrent Users in BigBlueButton?

BigBlueButton is one of the best platforms for hosting online meetings and classes. But how many people can actually join across all the sessions at once?

Concurrent Users, Limited by BigBlueButton Infrastructure

All users who connect across all the sessions on your platform at the same time will be counted as concurrent users.

For instance, let's say you have 500 registered users on your BigBlueButton platform. But for a particular webinar or class, only 80 users join at the same time. In this case, the number of concurrent users is 80 for that particular session.

You can have simultaneously running:

• 1 Session of 80 Users
• 10 Sessions of 8 Users in each
• 20 Sessions of 4 Users in each
• 40 One-to-One sessions

Any possible combination you can imagine — the simultaneously connected total number of users across the platform will be counted as Total Concurrent Users.

Why Concurrent Users Matter

Understanding concurrent users is crucial for choosing the right BigBlueButton managed hosting plan or planning your BigBlueButton infrastructure capacity for a self-hosted deployment on any cloud platform like AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc.

By knowing how many users can possibly attend your meetings or classes at the same time, you can select a managed hosting plan that best suits your needs.