Usage share of BitTorrent clients
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The usage share of BitTorrent clients is the percentage of users that use a particular BitTorrent client
. For example, when it is said that the official BitTorrent client has 12% usage share, it means that some version of BitTorrent client is used by 12% of users.
. To generate this data, samples
were taken from a number of swarms
of users which were then used to identify which BitTorrent client each user was using.
website. The poll was featured by Vuze in their application which may have skewed the results.
to find which clients have been installed, more than a million Microsoft Windows
computers were surveyed.
BitTorrent client
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol. It is often nicknamed Mainline by developers denoting its official origins. Since version...
. For example, when it is said that the official BitTorrent client has 12% usage share, it means that some version of BitTorrent client is used by 12% of users.
Delft University of Technology
A study by the Tribler P2P research team at the Delft University of TechnologyDelft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...
. To generate this data, samples
Sample (statistics)
In statistics, a sample is a subset of a population. Typically, the population is very large, making a census or a complete enumeration of all the values in the population impractical or impossible. The sample represents a subset of manageable size...
were taken from a number of swarms
Swarm (disambiguation)
A swarm is a group of animals that aggregate and travel in the same direction.Swarm or swarming may also refer to:- Biology :* Swarming motility, a type of bacterial motility...
of users which were then used to identify which BitTorrent client each user was using.
| Source | Date & Age | Xunlei Xunlei Xunlei is a download manager developed by Thunder Networking Technologies , supporting HTTP, FTP, EDonkey, BitTorrent protocols. , it was the most commonly used BitTorrent client worldwide.... | μTorrent | Vuze Vuze Vuze is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to by .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content... | BitTorrent (mainline) | BitComet BitComet BitComet is a cross-protocol BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows and available in 52 different languages. Its first public release was version 0.28... | Transmission | BitSpirit BitSpirit BitSpirit is a freeware, closed source BitTorrent client by ByteLinker Inc. It is available for Microsoft Windows and written in C++.According to TorrentFreak, 1.996% of BitTorrent users are using BitSpirit.-External links:* *... | FlashGet FlashGet FlashGet is a freeware download manager for Microsoft Windows... | Unknown | Tuotu Tuotu Tuotu , , like Thunder by Xunlei, is a newly developed software that provides a peer-to-peer file sharing service and download accelerating services. It is gaining popularity in Mainland China and Malaysia and supports BitTorrent, ED2K, KAD, HTTP, FTP, MMS, RTSP file transfer procotols.-External... | Libtorrent (Rasterbar) Libtorrent (Rasterbar) libtorrent is an open source implementation of the BitTorrent protocol. It is written in and has its main library interface in C++. Its most notable features are support for Mainline DHT, IPv6 , HTTP seeds and µTorrent's peer exchange.... | Other | Sample Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | % 267,466 |
% 125,417 |
% 72,536 |
% 5,638 |
% 39,011 |
% 34,703 |
% 5,703 |
% 7,062 |
100% 557,536 |
|||||
| torrentfreakEZTV | % 104,717,386 |
% 92,086,035 |
% 86,055,354 |
% 17,207,544 |
% |
% 11,637,110 |
% 7,132,119 |
% 3,882,628 |
% 3,590,584 |
% 2,531,472 |
% |
% |
100% 357,301,730 |
|
| forum.tribler.org | % 3 |
% 10,361 |
% 2,449 |
% 1,489 |
% 763 |
% 628 |
% 1,373 |
% |
% |
100% 17,221 |
||||
| torrentfreak.com | 56.81% | 18.13% | 11.79% | 4.71% | 2.95% | 4.21% | 1.40% | 100% 165,000+ |
||||||
| torrentfreak.com | 55.84% | 16.85% | 12.01% | 6.50% | 1.60% | 4.02% | 3.17% | 100% 150,000+ |
TorrentFreak user survey
An open access poll created on the TorrentFreak.comTorrentFreak.com
TorrentFreak is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing. TorrentFreak was started in November 2005 by a Dutchman using the pseudonym "Ernesto Van Der Sar"...
website. The poll was featured by Vuze in their application which may have skewed the results.
| Rank | BitTorrent client | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vuze Vuze Vuze is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to by .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content... |
23,265 | |
| 2 | μTorrent | 11,874 | |
| 3 | Transmission | 1,327 | |
| 4 | BitComet BitComet BitComet is a cross-protocol BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows and available in 52 different languages. Its first public release was version 0.28... |
1,243 | |
| 5 | BitTorrent (mainline) | 597 | |
| 6 | Other | 512 | |
| 7 | rTorrent RTorrent rTorrent is a text-based ncurses BitTorrent client written in C++, based on the libTorrent libraries for Unix, whose author's goal is “a focus on high performance and good code”... |
484 | |
| 8 | Deluge Deluge (software) - See also :* Comparison of BitTorrent clients* Usage share of BitTorrent clients-External links:* * * *... |
428 | |
| 9 | BitLord BitLord BitLord is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows.BitLord Pro is a recent "commercial" release of BitLord.- Features :According to the official website, BitLord contains these features:... |
422 | |
| 10 | KTorrent KTorrent KTorrent is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for KDE using the Qt user interface toolkit. It is maintained in the KDE Extragear.- Features :*Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling... |
216 |
Digital Music News
Digital Music News collected the data from PC Pitstop, a company that gathers data from computers using their free online virus and malware scanners. The program scans Windows RegistryWindows registry
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform: the kernel, device drivers, services, SAM, user...
to find which clients have been installed, more than a million Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
computers were surveyed.
| Rank | Application | Install % on Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... desktops |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LimeWire LimeWire LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing client program that runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other operating systems supported by the Java software platform. LimeWire uses the gnutella network as well as the BitTorrent protocol. A free software version and a purchasable "enhanced"... |
18% |
| 2 | μTorrent | 5.56% |
| 3 | BitTorrent (mainline) | 2.28% |
| 4 | Vuze Vuze Vuze is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to by .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content... |
2.11% |
| 5 | BitComet BitComet BitComet is a cross-protocol BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows and available in 52 different languages. Its first public release was version 0.28... |
1.89% |
| 6 | Bitlord BitLord BitLord is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows.BitLord Pro is a recent "commercial" release of BitLord.- Features :According to the official website, BitLord contains these features:... |
1.27% |