Usage share of BitTorrent clients
The usage share of BitTorrent clients is the percentage of users that use a particular BitTorrent client, regardless of version.
2020
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|+ A study conducted in March 2020 by TorrentFreak{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-is-the-most-used-bittorrent-client-by-far-200405/|title=uTorrent is the Most Used BitTorrent Client By Far|date=April 5, 2020}} | ||
| style="width:4em" | Rank
! style="width:12em" | Application ! style="width:10em" | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | μTorrent | 68.6% |
| 2 | BitTorrent | 6.6% |
| 3 | Libtorrent (μTorrent's web interface reports this as its client ID) | 6.3% |
| 4 | Transmission | 5.1% |
| 5 | MediaGet | 3.7% |
| 6 | qBittorrent | 3.4% |
| 7 | Zona | 3.3% |
| 8 | Deluge | 0.9% |
| 9 | BitComet | 0.6% |
| 10 | BiglyBT (operated by former developers of Vuze) | 0.3% |
| 11 | Free Download Manager | 0.2% |
| 12 | BitSpirit | 0.2% |
| 13 | BitLord | 0.1% |
| 14 | Tribler | <0.1% |
| 14 | FrostWire | <0.1% |
| 14 | Tixati | <0.1% |
| 14 | tTorrent | <0.1% |
| 14 | aTorrent | <0.1% |
| 14 | PicoTorrent | <0.1% |
2015
Lifehacker, a software weblog, took a survey of 13,823 readers' preferred BitTorrent clients in May 2015. It showed that μTorrent still maintains a sizable lead over competitors, despite concerns over adware and bloatware. Runner-up Transmission was praised for being lightweight, while qBittorrent was praised for being cross-platform and open-source, Deluge for its plugin library, and Tixati for its simplicity.{{cite web|last1=Henry|first1=Alan|title=Most Popular BitTorrent Client: μTorrent|url=http://lifehacker.com/5813348/five-best-bittorrent-applications/1705622513|website=Lifehacker|access-date=3 May 2017|date=19 May 2015}} Vuze, another notable client, failed to make an appearance in the top five for the first time.
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! style="width:12em" | Application ! style="width:10em" | Percentage of users' preferred clients ! style="width:8em" | Number of votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μTorrent | 42.47% | 5,870 |
| 2 | Transmission | 21.23% | 2,935 |
| 3 | qBittorrent | 18.75% | 2,592 |
| 4 | Deluge | 10.7% | 1,479 |
| 5 | Tixati | 6.85% | 947 |
2009
=Delft University of Technology=
A study by the Tribler P2P research team at the Delft University of Technology. 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, this data was used by TorrentFreak in the table below:
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|+ Samples of Global BitTorrent Client Usage Share (Percent & Peers) | |||||||||||||
| Source | Date & Age | μTorrent | Vuze | BitTorrent (mainline) | BitComet | Transmission | FlashGet | Unknown | Tuotu | libtorrent | Xunlei | Other | Sample Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-keeps-bittorrent-lead-bitcomet-fades-away-110916/ TorrentFreak] | {{Start date and age|2011|9|16|df=yes|br=yes}} | {{percent|267466|557536|2}} 267,466 | {{percent|125417|557536|2}} 125,417 | {{percent|72536|557536|2}} 72,536 | {{percent|5638|557536|2}} 5,638 | {{percent|39011|557536|2}} 39,011 | {{dunno}} | {{percent|34703|557536|2}} 34,703 | {{dunno}} | {{percent|5703|557536|2}} 5,703 | {{dunno}} | {{percent|7062|557536|2}} 7,062 | 100% {{Nts|557536}} |
| [https://torrentfreak.com/thunder-blasts-utorrents-market-share-away-091204/ TorrentFreak] [https://ezrss.it/stats/all/index.html EZTV] | {{Start date and age|2009|12|4|df=yes|br=yes}} | {{percent|92086035|357301730|2}} 92,086,035 | {{percent|86055354|357301730|2}} 86,055,354 | {{percent|17207544|357301730|2}} 17,207,544 | {{percent|(14341918+1061482)|357301730|2}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:14341918+1061482}}}} | {{percent|11637110|357301730|2}} 11,637,110 | {{percent|3882628|357301730|2}} 3,882,628 | {{percent|3590584|357301730|2}} 3,590,584 | {{percent|2531472|357301730|2}} 2,531,472 | {{percent|(1822833+2170+220+8639+116+149073+1037+9197+40+135667+970+94692+68+27014)|357301730|2}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:1822833+2170+220+8639+116+149073+1037+9197+40+135667+970+94692+68+27014}}}} | {{percent|104717386|357301730|2}} 104,717,386 | {{percent|(357301730-104717386-92086035-86055354-17207544-14341918-1061482-11637110-7132119-3882628-3590584-2531472-(1822833+2170+220+8639+116+149073+1037+9197+40+135667+970+94692+68+27014))|357301730|2}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:357301730-104717386-92086035-86055354-17207544-14341918-1061482-11637110-7132119-3882628-3590584-2531472-(1822833+2170+220+8639+116+149073+1037+9197+40+135667+970+94692+68+27014)}}}} | 100% {{Nts|357301730}} |
| [http://forum.tribler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=368 Tribler] | {{Start date and age|2009|10|18|df=yes|br=yes}} | {{percent|10361|17221|2}} 10,361 | {{percent|2449|17221|2}} 2,449 | {{percent|1489|17221|2}} 1,489 | {{percent|763|17221|2}} 763 | {{percent|628|17221|2}} 628 | {{dunno}} | {{percent|1373|17221|2}} 1,373 | {{dunno}} | {{percent|(2+1+41+2+7)|17221|2}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:2+1+41+2+7}}}} | {{percent|3|17221|2}} 3 | {{percent|(58+15+11+9+6+1+1+1)|17221|2}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:58+15+11+9+6+1+1+1}}}} | 100% {{Nts|17221}} |
| [https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-still-on-top-bitcomets-market-share-plummets-090814/ TorrentFreak] | {{Start date and age|2009|8|14|df=yes|br=yes}} | 56.81% | 18.13% | 11.79% | 4.71% | 2.95% | {{dunno}} | 4.21% | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | 1.40% | 100% {{Nts|165000}}+ |
| [https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-dominates-bittorrent-client-market-share-090624/ TorrentFreak] | {{Start date and age|2009|6|24|df=yes|br=yes}} | 55.84% | 16.85% | 12.01% | 6.50% | 1.60% | {{dunno}} | 4.02% | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | 3.17% | 100% {{Nts|150000}}+ |
2007
=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 Registry to find which clients have been installed, more than a million Microsoft Windows computers were surveyed.
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|+ Global install rate{{Citation |last=Van der Sar |first=Ernesto |title=uTorrent Gains Popularity, Azureus Loses Ground |date=2007-12-16 |work=TorrentFreak |url=https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-gains-popularity-azureus-loses-ground-071216/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |language=en}} | ||
| style="width:4em" | Rank
! style="width:12em" | Application ! style="width:12em" | Install % on Windows desktops | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LimeWire | 18% |
| 2 | μTorrent | 5.56% |
| 3 | BitTorrent (mainline) | 2.28% |
| 4 | Vuze | 2.11% |
| 5 | BitComet | 1.89% |
| 6 | Bitlord | 1.27% |