BitTorrent Responsible For 40% Of Internet Traffic

[dgridley]

A recent analysis of the latest P2P trends wordwide shows that BitTorrent is still the most popular filesharing protocol. BitTorrent traffic is still on the rise and responsible for 50-75% of all P2P traffic and roughly 40% of all Internet traffic.

http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-dominates-internet-traffic-070901/

I actually wonder how much sites like YouTube, MetaCafe, et al contribute because I'd say that more people are aware of those sites than P2P (at least amongst average internet users).

 

[deleted984054565403]

Yikes! That really doesn't sound accurate. :imho:

 

[Sameh]

40% of all Internet traffic

May be it's about bandwidth not Unique visitors.

 

[The Equivocate]

May be it's about bandwidth not Unique visitors.

Makes sense... I know when I download a torrent it's usually anywhere from 1-10gb (movies, albums, etc). I'm probably not the average but everyone I know that uses torrents has used them to get dvd's which are sometimes a couple gigs. Whereas the normal internet user probably won't come close to that just surfing the web, checking email, or even downloading some mp3's off of Limewire.