Top 10 Most Downloaded P2P File Sharing Clients

May 13, 2013 by · Comments
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top-ten-most-downloaded-p2p-file-sharing-clients1To get a better view on how the peer-to-peer scene is evolving with respect to what file sharing software people are using, we keep you posted weekly with the latest numbers. So here’s a list with last week’s top ten most downloaded p2p file sharing programs – the chart is based on figures published by Download.cnet.com and it refers to the number of times a p2p client was downloaded from their site (to download the programs click on their names – between brackets are displayed the current versions of the apps).

Week ended  May  12

P2P Filesharing Client Number of downloads (last week) Number of downloads(total)
1. uTorrent (3.3) Read review 46,277 20,675,494
2. BitTorrent (7.8 Read review 12,587 22,365,738
3. uTorrent (3.2.beta) 8,280 334,594
4. FrostWire (5.5.6) Read review 4,446 34,448,040
5. Vuze (5.0) Read review 4,047 9,169,030
6. BitComet (1.35) Read review 3,755 84,544,064
7. Movie Torrent (4.0.8) Read review 3,176 1,421,836
8. BitChe (2.0 build 60) 2,148 605,047
9. Ares Galaxy (2.2.4)
 1,166 1,765,038
10. uTorrent Control 
 1,119 30,274

(http://download.cnet.com)

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Sync Alpha By BitTorrent Claims One Petabyte Of Shared Data

May 10, 2013 by · Comments
Filed under: Announcements & Events, Digital Media, Mobile Phones, P2P technology, File-Sharing Programs, Networks & Services 

Sync Alpha By BitTorrent Claims One Petabyte Of Shared DataTwo weeks after Sync Alpha has officially been launched, BitTorrent’s piece of software is proud to announce that people used it extensively, sharing and organizing an impressive amount of data – 1PB.

If you don’t know yet what BitTorrent Sync is, feel free to check our previous article on the subject here. In short, Sync Alpha is a highly secure file syncing/managing service that’s similar to Dropbox, except one thing: it uses peer-to-peer technology, thus having no need of a “cloud”. The advantages are countless. On one hand, there is no limit to the files you share and or sync, on the other, the downloading and uploading speeds are only limited by your bandwidth. Did we mention it’s free? It’s FREE!

BitTorrent Sync

Leaving enthusiasm aside for a moment, we find that Sync Alpha has been a great success, accounting for an astonishing amount of data – 1 Petabyte (that’s 1000 TB). To that, BitTorrent Inc. said:

“To put that into context, the Internet Archive, one of the world wide web’s largest repositories of media, houses 10 petabytes of data. Sync is massive. And it’s growing. Over 70 terabytes of anonymous data are synced daily.”

“Sync was built for secure sharing. While we have general statistics about the app, we don’t have any access to private information,” the company assured its users.

“The client reports back anonymous usage statistics in the same way our other clients do. Sync uses this call to check if there’s a new build available. This call also contains some anonymous statistics that allow us to understand how Sync performs, and how it’s being used; data transferred directly, through relay, size of folders, and number of files synced.”

“This is the only information we collect, and we left it open intentionally – so that people could see the data we’re collecting. That way, it can be easily verified that we don’t have access to any private information,” BitTorrent concluded.

Sync’s huge success was not foreseen, but somewhat expected. Signs of becoming one huge piece of software that will go head to head with other established services were obvious. For example, ever since BT Inc. announced their plans to launch a syncing service at the beginning of this year and until April the 23rd when Sync Alpha was officially released, people synced over 200TB of data.

Thirteen days later and one hell of a job from BitTorrent’s development team and from those who helped along, and users added another 800TB worth of data.

“BitTorrent Sync was designed to solve for what we see as real, fundamental challenges to data synchronization: limitations on speed, size, and space; limitations on file security and dependency on cloud infrastructure. Because BitTorrent Sync is based on distributed technology, you can sync as many big files as you want. Transfers are encrypted, and information isn’t stored on any server, or in the cloud. Your content belongs to you, and stays on devices of your choice. That’s the way syncing should work,” BitTorrent wrote.

BitTorrent Sync is compatible with Mac OS X (Snow Leopard or later), Windows, and Linux. Additional information can be found here.

“You can install our application on Network Attached Storages (NAS) running on Linux with ARM, PowerPC, i386 and x86_64 architecture,” Sync’s official webpage reads.

“In the future, we plan to also support most popular mobile platforms.”

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Top 10 Most Downloaded P2P File Sharing Clients

April 22, 2013 by · Comments Off
Filed under: Announcements & Events, Downloads, File-Sharing Programs, Networks & Services, Tops 

top-ten-most-downloaded-p2p-file-sharing-clients1To get a better view on how the peer-to-peer scene is evolving with respect to what file sharing software people are using, we keep you posted weekly with the latest numbers. So here’s a list with last week’s top ten most downloaded p2p file sharing programs – the chart is based on figures published by Download.cnet.com and it refers to the number of times a p2p client was downloaded from their site (to download the programs click on their names – between brackets are displayed the current versions of the apps).

Week ended April 20

P2P Filesharing Client Number of downloads (last week) Number of downloads(total)
1. uTorrent (3.3) Read review 46,904 20,539,572
2. BitTorrent (7.8 Read review 15,377 22,325,807
3. uTorrent (3.2.beta) 4,897 34,422,934
4. FrostWire (5.5.5) Read review 5,791 313,719
5. BitComet (1.35) Read review 3,889 9,150,934
6. Vuze (4.9) Read review 3,228 9,157,721
7. Movie Torrent (4.0.8) Read review 3,090 1,412,224
8. BitChe (2.0 build 60) 3,002 598,256
9. BitTorrent Surf (Beta) for Chrome (0.7.49) Read post
 1,386 1,758,831
10. BitLord (2.2) Read review
 903 2,547,245

(http://download.cnet.com)

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20 Million Downloads Milestone Smashed by BitTorrent & uTorrent Mobile Apps (Android, iOS, & Windows Phone)

April 19, 2013 by · Comments Off
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Just four months after passing the 10 million download milestone, BitTorrent announces its new achievement with over 20 million mobile downloads totalled across its Android, iOS, and Windows Phone apps. 

BitTorrent – a name which a few years back was synonymous to and only known by online pirates, now features in the top 20 free media and video section of the US Google Play stored due to the presence of its two programs – the µTorrent Beta app (#6 )and the BitTorrent App (#20). Moreover, the popularity of µTorrent beta has propelled it in 16 countries in the top five free media and video category and also entered it in the top 10 for 27 countries.

Reportedly, the most downloaded BitTorent applications are (as expected) the filesharing clients. The company’s offering includes eight mobile products: uTorrent/BitTorrent for Android, uTorrent/BitTorrent Remote for Android, uTorrent Remote/BitTorrent Remote for iOS (Web app), and uTorrent Remote/BitTorrent Remote for Windows Phone.

The company has still not given any reason for BiTorrent users to hope a full client will be released any time soon to either iOS and Windows Phone so Remote remains the only available solution for the platforms for now (of course, as any filesharing lover using Apple devices knows, although there are many BitTorrent clients and BitTorrent remote clients out there, Apple has refused them access to its App Store).

20 Million Downloads Milestone Smashed by BitTorrent & uTorrent Mobile Apps (Android, iOS, & Windows Phone)

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Beta Version Of Surf Launched For Google Chrome And Mozilla Firefox

April 17, 2013 by · Comments Off
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Beta Version Of Surf Launched For Google Chrome And Mozilla FirefoxPreviously released as Alpha, Surf is a BitTorrent-developed plugin. Surf Beta seamlessly integrates with your internet browser (either Chrome or Firefox) for faster and more adaptive torrenting.

The official announcement was made on the 15th of this month on BitTorrent’s official blog. The Beta version comes with new features, including compatibility with Firefox and a status window for easy monitoring of your downloads.

More importantly, Surf’s developing team had focused its efforts into making the plugin more content-creator-friendly by adding a “recommendation engine” to the code.

“Recommendation and prioritization can help drive visibility for BitTorrent partner artists – solving for the exposure barrier that every creator is confronted with. That’s pretty powerful stuff,” their blog reads.

The benefits of using BitTorrent Surf are many; for one, the plugin uses its capabilities to measure and display the health of every torrent you download, so high-quality media is ensured. On the other side, you can use the plugin to either auto-detect relevant websites or build a list of favorites yourself.

For music enthusiasts, Surf comes with a surprise – thus we’re only going to tell you the name of the producer – Derek Vincent Smith.

Get Surf Beta from here and let us know what you think.

Have fun!

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