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Usage share of BitTorrent clients
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<h2 id="2020">2020</h2> A study conducted in March 2020 by <a href="/facts/TorrentFreak/e1SRBz9D">TorrentFreak</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Application</th><th>Market Share</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/%25CE%259CTorrent/NB05H7Ke">μTorrent</a></td><td>68.6%</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/BitTorrent_(software)/areLVdTL">BitTorrent</a></td><td>6.6%</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Libtorrent/WCjEQTch">Libtorrent</a> (μTorrent's web interface reports this as its client ID)</td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Transmission_(BitTorrent_client)/nUHJoYyR">Transmission</a></td><td>5.1%</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>MediaGet</td><td>3.7%</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/QBittorrent/0MmRbbsa">qBittorrent</a></td><td>3.4%</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Zona_(streaming_video_software)/PGJ0JHbm">Zona</a></td><td>3.3%</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td><a href="/facts/Deluge_(software)/I7QSU7G9">Deluge</a></td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td><a href="/facts/BitComet/UvybCa5U">BitComet</a></td><td>0.6%</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td><a href="/facts/BiglyBT/bjfE5nYD">BiglyBT</a> (operated by former developers of Vuze)</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td><a href="/facts/Free_Download_Manager/hYNJ99Kv">Free Download Manager</a></td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>BitSpirit</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td><a href="/facts/BitLord/FcIrxnFt">BitLord</a></td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><a href="/facts/Tribler/B8WbhG7Y">Tribler</a></td><td><0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><a href="/facts/FrostWire/E5HjHjqg">FrostWire</a></td><td><0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><a href="/facts/Tixati/7IxmoLIb">Tixati</a></td><td><0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>tTorrent</td><td><0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>aTorrent</td><td><0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>PicoTorrent</td><td><0.1%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2015">2015</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Lifehacker/ry9fQhw9">Lifehacker</a>, a software <a href="/facts/Weblog/bb6awu2X">weblog</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Transmission_(BitTorrent_client)/nUHJoYyR">Transmission</a> was praised for being lightweight, while qBittorrent was praised for being cross-platform and open-source, <a href="/facts/Deluge_(software)/I7QSU7G9">Deluge</a> for its plugin library, and <a href="/facts/Tixati/7IxmoLIb">Tixati</a> for its simplicity.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Vuze/4ScuT05P">Vuze</a>, another notable client, failed to make an appearance in the top five for the first time. </p> Poll data from: Lifehacker<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Application</th><th>Percentage of users' preferred clients</th><th>Number of votes</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>μTorrent</td><td>42.47%</td><td>5,870</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Transmission</td><td>21.23%</td><td>2,935</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>qBittorrent</td><td>18.75%</td><td>2,592</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Deluge</td><td>10.7%</td><td>1,479</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Tixati</td><td>6.85%</td><td>947</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2009">2009</h2> <h3>Delft University of Technology</h3> <p>A study by the <a href="/facts/Tribler/B8WbhG7Y">Tribler</a> P2P research team at the <a href="/facts/Delft_University_of_Technology/wtPV7UmG">Delft University of Technology</a>. To generate this data, <a href="/facts/Sample_(statistics)/URCwKNge">samples</a> 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: </p> Samples of Global BitTorrent Client Usage Share (Percent & Peers)<table><tbody><tr><th>Source</th><th>Date & Age</th><th><a href="/facts/%25CE%259CTorrent/NB05H7Ke">μTorrent</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Vuze/4ScuT05P">Vuze</a></th><th><a href="/facts/BitTorrent_(software)/areLVdTL">BitTorrent(mainline)</a></th><th><a href="/facts/BitComet/UvybCa5U">BitComet</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Transmission_(BitTorrent_client)/nUHJoYyR">Transmission</a></th><th><a href="/facts/FlashGet/6hfsJnPx">FlashGet</a></th><th>Unknown</th><th><a href="/facts/Tuotu/qEIjVupr">Tuotu</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Libtorrent/WCjEQTch">libtorrent</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Xunlei/GcHmV216">Xunlei</a></th><th>Other</th><th>SampleSize</th></tr><tr><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td>16 September 2011;13 years ago (2011-09-16)</td><td>47.97%267,466</td><td>22.49%125,417</td><td>13.01%72,536</td><td>1.01%5,638</td><td>7%39,011</td><td>?</td><td>6.22%34,703</td><td>?</td><td>1.02%5,703</td><td>?</td><td>1.27%7,062</td><td>100%557,536</td></tr><tr><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>4 December 2009;15 years ago (2009-12-04)</td><td>25.77%92,086,035</td><td>24.08%86,055,354</td><td>4.82%17,207,544</td><td>4.31%15,403,400</td><td>3.26%11,637,110</td><td>1.09%3,882,628</td><td>1%3,590,584</td><td>0.71%2,531,472</td><td>0.63%2,251,736</td><td>29.31%104,717,386</td><td>3.02%10,806,362</td><td>100%357,301,730</td></tr><tr><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td>18 October 2009;15 years ago (2009-10-18)</td><td>60.16%10,361</td><td>14.22%2,449</td><td>8.65%1,489</td><td>4.43%763</td><td>3.65%628</td><td>?</td><td>7.97%1,373</td><td>?</td><td>0.31%53</td><td>0.02%3</td><td>0.59%102</td><td>100%17,221</td></tr><tr><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>14 August 2009;15 years ago (2009-08-14)</td><td>56.81%</td><td>18.13%</td><td>11.79%</td><td>4.71%</td><td>2.95%</td><td>?</td><td>4.21%</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>1.40%</td><td>100%165,000+</td></tr><tr><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>24 June 2009;15 years ago (2009-06-24)</td><td>55.84%</td><td>16.85%</td><td>12.01%</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.60%</td><td>?</td><td>4.02%</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>3.17%</td><td>100%150,000+</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="2007">2007</h2> <h3>Digital Music News</h3> <p>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 <a href="/facts/Windows_Registry/cH9RlHTp">Windows Registry</a> to find which clients have been installed, more than a million <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> computers were surveyed. </p> Global install rate<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Application</th><th>Install % on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> desktops</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/LimeWire/pPDFu4mA">LimeWire</a></td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/%25CE%259CTorrent/NB05H7Ke">μTorrent</a></td><td>5.56%</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/BitTorrent_(software)/areLVdTL">BitTorrent (mainline)</a></td><td>2.28%</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Vuze/4ScuT05P">Vuze</a></td><td>2.11%</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/BitComet/UvybCa5U">BitComet</a></td><td>1.89%</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Bitlord/FcIrxnFt">Bitlord</a></td><td>1.27%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"uTorrent is the Most Used BitTorrent Client By Far". April 5, 2020. <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-is-the-most-used-bittorrent-client-by-far-200405/" target="_blank">https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-is-the-most-used-bittorrent-client-by-far-200405/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Henry, Alan (19 May 2015). "Most Popular BitTorrent Client: μTorrent". Lifehacker. Retrieved 3 May 2017. <a href="https://lifehacker.com/5813348/five-best-bittorrent-applications/1705622513" target="_blank">https://lifehacker.com/5813348/five-best-bittorrent-applications/1705622513</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Henry, Alan (19 May 2015). "Most Popular BitTorrent Client: μTorrent". Lifehacker. Retrieved 3 May 2017. <a href="https://lifehacker.com/5813348/five-best-bittorrent-applications/1705622513" target="_blank">https://lifehacker.com/5813348/five-best-bittorrent-applications/1705622513</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>TorrentFreak <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-keeps-bittorrent-lead-bitcomet-fades-away-110916/" target="_blank">https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-keeps-bittorrent-lead-bitcomet-fades-away-110916/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>TorrentFreak <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/thunder-blasts-utorrents-market-share-away-091204/" target="_blank">https://torrentfreak.com/thunder-blasts-utorrents-market-share-away-091204/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>EZTV <a href="https://ezrss.it/stats/all/index.html" target="_blank">https://ezrss.it/stats/all/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Tribler <a href="http://forum.tribler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=368" target="_blank">http://forum.tribler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=368</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>TorrentFreak <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-still-on-top-bitcomets-market-share-plummets-090814/" target="_blank">https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-still-on-top-bitcomets-market-share-plummets-090814/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>TorrentFreak <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-dominates-bittorrent-client-market-share-090624/" target="_blank">https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-dominates-bittorrent-client-market-share-090624/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Van der Sar, Ernesto (2007-12-16), "uTorrent Gains Popularity, Azureus Loses Ground", TorrentFreak, retrieved 2024-08-02 <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-gains-popularity-azureus-loses-ground-071216/" target="_blank">https://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-gains-popularity-azureus-loses-ground-071216/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>