Skip to content
RK Calculator
Menu

Kilobytes to Kilobits Converter

Convert kilobytes (kB) to kilobits (kbit), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Enter an amount of data, choose its unit and the unit you want. The answer is exact until it is shown, and the same value appears in every other unit.

A number, fraction (3/8), mixed number (1 1/2), scientific notation (2.5e6) or a simple sum such as 2*3.
The unit you want the answer in. Swap exchanges the two units.
Result
8 kbit
bits
8,000 bit
nibbles
2,000 nibble
bytes
1,000 B
megabits
0.008 Mbit
gigabits
8 × 10⁻⁶ Gbit
terabits
8 × 10⁻⁹ Tbit
petabits
8 × 10⁻¹² Pbit
exabits
8 × 10⁻¹⁵ Ebit
megabytes
0.001 MB
gigabytes
1 × 10⁻⁶ GB
terabytes
1 × 10⁻⁹ TB
petabytes
1 × 10⁻¹² PB
exabytes
1 × 10⁻¹⁵ EB
kibibits
7.8125 Kibit
mebibits
0.00762939453125 Mibit
gibibits
7.45058059692 × 10⁻⁶ Gibit
tebibits
7.27595761418 × 10⁻⁹ Tibit
pebibits
7.1054273576 × 10⁻¹² Pibit
exbibits
6.93889390391 × 10⁻¹⁵ Eibit
kibibytes
0.9765625 KiB
mebibytes
0.000953674316406 MiB
gibibytes
9.31322574615 × 10⁻⁷ GiB
tebibytes
9.09494701773 × 10⁻¹⁰ TiB
pebibytes
8.881784197 × 10⁻¹³ PiB
exbibytes
8.67361737988 × 10⁻¹⁶ EiB

1 kB = 8 kbit

Show the working
  1. 1 kB = 8 kbit
  2. 1 × 8 = 8 kbit

How to convert kilobytes to kilobits

1 kB = 8 kbit, so multiply by 8 to go from kilobytes to kilobits. Going the other way, 1 kbit = 0.125 kB.

kbit = kB × 8
kB = kbit × 0.125

Worked example:

1 kB = 8 kbit
5 × 8 = 40 kbit

Kilobytes to kilobits table

KilobytesKilobits
1 kB8 kbit
2 kB16 kbit
3 kB24 kbit
4 kB32 kbit
5 kB40 kbit
6 kB48 kbit
7 kB56 kbit
8 kB64 kbit
9 kB72 kbit
10 kB80 kbit
15 kB120 kbit
20 kB160 kbit
25 kB200 kbit
30 kB240 kbit
40 kB320 kbit
50 kB400 kbit
75 kB600 kbit
100 kB800 kbit
250 kB2,000 kbit
500 kB4,000 kbit
1000 kB8,000 kbit

About the units

Kilobytes (kB)
Kilobytes, a metric unit. Decimal (SI) kilobyte = 1000^1 bytes. Many operating systems label the binary kibibyte (KiB) as 'kB'. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).
Kilobits (kbit)
Kilobits, a metric unit. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).

Formula version 0.1.0Reviewed