In the fiercely competitive world of streaming video, Amazon has passed several major rivals to secure its second place standing behind Netflix. Online research firm Quilt is reporting that Amazon Prime Instant Video has nearly tripled its video streams this year compared to last, and has now surpassed Hulu and Apple TV in terms of bandwidth usage.

Bill Carr, VP of digital video and music for Amazon, crowed about the achievement:

“We’ve invested hundreds of millions of dollars in great TV shows and movies for Prime members and its working,”

Prime streaming is included in Amazon’s annual Prime subscription, which offers two-day shipping for $99 per year.

Are you spending more time streaming Amazon Instant Video these days, Insiders?

[via Home Media Magazine]