MediaFire
Encyclopedia
MediaFire is a free file and image hosting web site that started in 2006 and is located in Harris County, Texas
, United States. The domain mediafire.com attracted almost 60 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com
study.
limits. However, it requires cookies
to be enabled and a CAPTCHA
if you download a file then re-download it.
In August 2008, the service began offering a MediaFire Pro ("MediaPro") service that added more features and removes some limitations. Pro users can upload encrypted ZIP
or RAR archives, remote upload files, and browse the website without ads.
named MediaFire both one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered websites" and a "Top Website of 2008". It has also been reviewed favorably by CNET
and Lifehacker.
Harris County, Texas
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...
, United States. The domain mediafire.com attracted almost 60 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com
Compete.com
Compete.com is a web traffic analysis service of Compete, Inc. which operates in the United States and publishes the approximate number of global visitors to the top 1,000,000 web sites in the world...
study.
Features
Features of MediaFire include unlimited storage and a limit of 200 MB per file (4GB for Pro users and 10GB for Business users). MediaFire does not enforce waiting times for downloads, limit simultaneous downloading, or set bandwidthBandwidth (computing)
In computer networking and computer science, bandwidth, network bandwidth, data bandwidth, or digital bandwidth is a measure of available or consumed data communication resources expressed in bits/second or multiples of it .Note that in textbooks on wireless communications, modem data transmission,...
limits. However, it requires cookies
HTTP cookie
A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is used for an origin website to send state information to a user's browser and for the browser to return the state information to the origin site...
to be enabled and a CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA
A CAPTCHA is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a person. The process usually involves one computer asking a user to complete a simple test which the computer is able to generate and grade...
if you download a file then re-download it.
In August 2008, the service began offering a MediaFire Pro ("MediaPro") service that added more features and removes some limitations. Pro users can upload encrypted ZIP
ZIP (file format)
Zip is a file format used for data compression and archiving. A zip file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size, or stored as is...
or RAR archives, remote upload files, and browse the website without ads.
Reception
PC MagazinePC Magazine
PC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
named MediaFire both one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered websites" and a "Top Website of 2008". It has also been reviewed favorably by CNET
CNET
CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
and Lifehacker.