Comparison of BitTorrent sites

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There are many different BitTorrent websites. These sites typically contain multiple torrent files and an index of those files.

Features

  • BitTorrent sites may operate a BitTorrent tracker. Operating a tracker should not be confused with hosting content.
  • A directory allows users to browse the content available on website based on various categories. A directory is also a site where users can find other websites.
  • Some sites let users post comments about files.
  • BitTorrent sites may either focus on certain content — for example, etree.org focuses on Live Concerts— or may have no particular focus, like Mininova. Some sites specialize as search engines of other torrent sites.
  • Some sites, like Torrentz, use a multi-tracker index to provide a combined listing of torrents found on multiple other torrent index sites.[citation needed]
  • Some sites search over a DHT network.[citation needed]

Site comparison

The following table compares the features of some of the most popular BitTorrent websites; it's not comprehensive as regards torrent trackers, especially private trackers.[1] The Alexa global ranking is accurate as of September 17, 2015.

Site Specialization Is a tracker Directory Public RSS One-click download Sortable Comments Multi-tracker index DHT search engine Ignores DMCA Tor friendly Alexa Traffic Rank
KickassTorrents None No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No[2] No 75[3]
Torrentz Search Engine No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No[4] 479[5]
ExtraTorrent None No Yes Yes Yes No VIP only Yes No Yes No[6] No 311[7]
Nyaa Torrents Anime Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No  ? 422[8]
The Pirate Bay None No[9] Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Partial has .onion but upload requires JS 695[10]
1337x None No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No[11] No 1,588[12]
IPTorrents None Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No 3,479[13]
isoHunt None Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No[6] No 3,733[14]
BitSnoop None No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes  ? No[6] No 4,008[15]
YourBittorrent None Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No[16] No 4,290[17]
Tamil Rockers Movies in Tamil  ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?  ? 4,315[18]
TorrentProject Search Engine No Yes[19] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No[20] 4,718 [21]
Rarbg None Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No 7,532[22]
Torlock Verified Torrents No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No[23] 9,221[24]
TorrentLeech.org Scene Releases Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No 9,526[25]
Demonoid None No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes  ? No[26] Partial has .onion 10,047[27]
SevenTorrents Movies No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No 12,360[28]
What.CD Music Albums Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No 12,783[29]
BTDigg DHT Search Engine No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes has .onion 13,420[30]
BTindex.org DHT search engine (can search by country, type of torrent and peer IP address) No Yes Yes No Yes No Maybe (Disqus) No Yes No 3,263,734[31]
broadcasthe.net Television Yes  ? No  ? Yes  ? Yes  ? No Yes No 13,395[32]
RevolutionTT None  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No Yes No 21,901[33]
Mininova Legally redistributable media No Yes Yes Yes[34] Yes Yes Yes No No No 23,485[35]
HDBits.org HD Movies  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No 23,573[36]
IsoHunt.to None Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes 55,216[37]
SceneAccess.eu Scene Releases  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No 27,786[38]
waffles.fm Music Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No 41,953[39]
myanonamouse.net Books, Audiobooks Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No 42,080[40]
Bitme.org E-learning  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No Yes No 52,574[41]
YourExotic Asian Porn Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No 57,129 [42]
bitmetv.org Television shows  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No 76,952[43]
blackcats-games.net Video Games Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No 82,147[44]
T411 None No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes  ? 89,551[45]
Movie Magnet Movies No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 262,431[46]
etree Live Concerts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 109,728[47]
Tormovies Movies No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 111,786[48]
Mamega.com None No[49] Yes[50] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 126,211[51]
Seedpeer None  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 138,238[52]
thegft.org None  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No 144,195[53]
TranceTraffic Music  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No 165,845[54]
0Rip None No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 125,385[55]
Torrent Reactor None Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No[56] 186,630[57]
Buhaypirata Networks Philippine Media Yes Yes Semi-public Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 342,190[58]
OpenBitTorrent None Yes No Yes No No No No No No 424,489[59]
AniRena Japanese/Asian media Yes Yes[60] Yes Yes[61] Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes 500,549[62]
TorrentUs None No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No 579,517[63]
Legit Torrents Legally free media[64] Yes Yes[65] Yes Yes[66] Yes Yes Yes No No No 524,558[67]
Site Specialization Is a tracker Directory Public RSS One click download Sortable Comments Multi-tracker index DHT search Ignores DMCA Tor friendly Alexa Traffic Rank

Google downranking

In October 2014, Google Search results were affected by anti-piracy algorithms, which includes downranking popular BitTorrent sites in search results. The algorithm works when Google users search for movie, music or software titles in combination with terms such as "download," "watch" and "torrent”, popular BitTorrent sites are demoted in the list; the traffic reduction depends on the site, but some sites experienced nearly a 50% reduction in visitors.[68]

Notes

  1. ↑ Compare https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/wiki/reading for more extensive information.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ KickassTorrents at Alexa
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Torrentz at Alexa
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ ExtraTorrent at Alexa
  8. ↑ Nyaa Torrents at Alexa
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ The Pirate Bay at Alexa
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ 1337x at Alexa
  13. ↑ IPTorrents at Alexa
  14. ↑ Isohunt at Alexa
  15. ↑ BitSnoop at Alexa
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ YourBittorrent at Alexa
  18. ↑ Tamil Rockers at Alexa
  19. ↑ Torrent Project at Torrentproject
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ TorrentProject at Alexa
  22. ↑ Rarbg at Alexa
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Torlock at Alexa
  25. ↑ TorrentLeech at Alexa
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ Demonoid at Alexa
  28. ↑ seventorrents at Alexa
  29. ↑ What.CD at Alexa
  30. ↑ BTDigg at Alexa
  31. ↑ BTindex at Alexa
  32. ↑ Broadcasthe.net at Alexa
  33. ↑ RevolutionTT at Alexa
  34. ↑ FAQ RSS at MiniNova
  35. ↑ MiniNova at Alexa
  36. ↑ HDBits at Alexa
  37. ↑ IsoHunt at Alexa
  38. ↑ SceneAccess at Alexa
  39. ↑ Waffles.fm at Alexa
  40. ↑ MyAnonamouse at Alexa
  41. ↑ Bitme at Alexa
  42. ↑ YourExotic at Alexa
  43. ↑ Bitmetv at Alexa
  44. ↑ blackcats-games at Alexa
  45. ↑ t411 at Alexa
  46. ↑ MovieMagnet at Alexa
  47. ↑ eTree at Alexa
  48. ↑ Tormovies.org at Alexa
  49. ↑ Mamega free download at Mamega
  50. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  51. ↑ Mamega.com at Alexa
  52. ↑ Seedpeer at Alexa
  53. ↑ TheGFT at Alexa
  54. ↑ TranceTraffic at Alexa
  55. ↑ 0Rip at Alexa
  56. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  57. ↑ Torrent Reactor at Alexa
  58. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  59. ↑ Open BitTorrent at Alexa
  60. ↑ Browser at AniRena
  61. ↑ RSS at AniRena
  62. ↑ AniRena at Alexa
  63. ↑ TorrentUs at Alexa
  64. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  65. ↑ Torrents at Legit Torrents
  66. ↑ RSS at Legit Torrents
  67. ↑ Legit Torrents at Alexa
  68. ↑ Google’s New Search Downranking Hits Torrent Sites Hard October 23, 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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