Talk:BitTorrent

Is bundles.bittorrent.com is 'a download site which is prohibited and promotes copyright infringement'?
Am I misunderstanding the essence of BitTorrent_(company)? Please see this (attempt at a) discussion over whether we can/should link to Madonna's bundle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:IndianBio#Accusations_about_personal_behavior_that_lack_evidence_are_considered_personal_attacks...  It's hard to deal with someone who thinks users are uploadable to a website. And conflates protocols, domains and hostnames. And seems to be saying we need to delete this page section! --50.201.195.170 (talk) 06:28, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

bittorrent.com malware
If you install the Bittorrent Web, your PC will be riddled with bloat ware, malware, web browser extensions installed, search engine changed, etc. Beware. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:600:9500:3180:BC17:E90:56BC:5C8E (talk) 06:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Update last paragraph of summary
Are there any news stats for "As of 2013, BitTorrent has 15–27 million, concurrent users, at any time." seen on the last paragraph of the article summary? BitTorrent has expanded probably exponentially like the rest of the internet in those 7 years. DannyDouble (talk) 21:19, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Disputing claim that bittorrent generated Internet traffic, with 2.46% of down, and 27.58% of up traffic
In first section is mentioned that In 2019, BitTorrent was a dominant file sharing protocol and generated a substantial amount of Internet traffic, with 2.46% of downstream, and 27.58% of upstream traffic I would like to dispute this on those reasons:

As I don't see any obvious reason why up and down traffic should be not equivalent (remember each date that you send, you're sending it to somebody so what's on your side upstream is on receiving side downstream).

After checking referenced article "doi:10.1002/cpe.5723" I found that article itself is not about this subject but rather about energy consumption of BiTtorent network, They are mentioning original statement in introduction page, but not as part of their study. And they are referencing The Global Internet Phenomena Report, Sandvine; 2019. as source for that information.

For that last reference, I wasn't able to get hand on that so I wasn't able to verify if it's mentioned there and how they get that number.

Burlak23 (talk) 19:46, 3 February 2021 (UTC)


 * The obvious reason that an identical upload and download rate would result in significant differences in percentage share is that the vast, vast majority of Internet traffic is downloads; Web servers are not considered to be uploading their bytes every time. Most Web users never upload anything; their upstream consists solely of GET requests, unless they're sending email, or playing a game, or using chat software.
 * BitTorrent accounts for a significant amount of downloads, but it's competing against all other downstream traffic for its share. There are far fewer competing upload categories. The remainder is almost surely entirely other P2P or high-bandwith duplex activities like video calls.
 * Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 18:20, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sandvine is the source for all these claims, indeed. The problem is it now says it is just 4% upstream and not even on mobile networks. Also, they probably do not have high enough visability on this anyway. As for your confusion about upstream and downstream, it is a famous rule that when you download something on bittorrent you should stay on the upload as long as possible. So the difference is not at all surprising. Valery Zapolodov (talk) 10:17, 3 May 2024 (UTC)