Though started as a way to share some small files among peers without much hassle of setting up a server , it became a boon for transfer of copyrighted media files across internet. Background A torrent file is a small sized usually less than KB metafile which contains information about all files which can be downloaded as well as address of tracker that enables communication among peers. This torrent file when downloaded and opened using bitTorrent software e.
This simple and easy working is used extensively now-a-days, by large masses of net users to download 'illegal' movies, softwares, songs, games, etc. This free transfer of copyrighted content has increased the threat of piracy and has become a headache for content providers. Where torrents are downloaded most? One of these days I was checking Alexa ranking of my site which is pretty low and just out of curiosity happened to check Alexa ranking of Torrentz , one of the most used search engines for torrents.
From that point I started my own secondary research to find which country is downloading files most using torrents. I have used only Alexa and few popular torrent sites for coming up with results. Most people visit this meta search engine for their torrents rather than going to torrent sites directly.
Torrentz too had its tryst with strict US authorities which forced it to go from. Torrentz is the th most visited site globally. Now lets take a look at regional traffic stats of Torrentz on Alexa. Torrentz Traffic Report From the image it is clear that India, with its large internet using population, uses Torrentz most in its quest for torrents.
Incidentally other countries in Top 4 countries visiting Torrentz, are all neighbors of India. From this info it looks India might be on top list of torrent downloads.
But I wasn't convinced yet and thus i started researching on traffic of various top torrent sites my list may not be really good because i don't know many torrent sites. And after a bit of research zeroed down to one of the most popular torrent sites at present. Next up was Isohunt with its global rank of Unlike Torrentz it has a database of torrents with itself and this database is huge by any measure.
According to isoHunt, the total amount of shared content was more than Random Freeware Download. Random Desktop Download. They plan on a newsletter that is coming soon but only if there are enough subscribers so if you'd like to subscribe do it now. The show deserves a strong community and hopefully you can create one! And don't forget to check out the rest of FreewareWeb especially our FREE newsletter , the other categories including great downloads such as desktop wallpapers , and our Tru Calling Wallpaper!
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