Comparison of BitTorrent sites

Comparison of BitTorrent sites

There are many different BitTorrent websites, each providing information about files distributed via the BitTorrent protocol. They typically contain multiple torrent files and an index of those files. In a typical scenario, a user would enter such a site and browse or search for the content they desire, based on the torrent descriptions posted at the site by other users. If a torrent with the sought content is found, the user could download that torrent.

Such websites each have different features to facilitate the user's search.

Contents

Features

BitTorrent Tracker

BitTorrent sites may operate a BitTorrent Tracker. A tracker provides the site with greater control over user interaction with the content offered by the site. Operating a tracker should not be confused with hosting content.

Directory

A directory allows users to browse the content available on site based on various categories. For example, a directory may let users browse through cookbooks in books section. A directory is also a site like filesharingz.com where users can find websites. In bittorrent's case, users can find trackers and bittorrent-related sites on these directories.

Comments

Some sites let users post comments about files. Comments allow user to gain additional information before deciding to download a file. This is especially useful when dealing with larger files which may take hours or even days to download.

Specialization

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 (see below).

Multi-tracker index

Some sites seek to index and provide a combined listing of torrents found on multiple other torrent index sites.

BitTorrent Search Engines

Some sites, such as P2Psearch, NowTorrents,Torrentz, and TorrentScoop search through multiple sites and show results from a few different sites.

Regular Indexer

These are sites like BTJunkie which index content from a few different sites.

Online Clients

There are a number of websites that act as online clients and help users access torrent data throughout their browser. Furk.net and BitLet are all different sites that can download BitTorrent using your browser.

Site comparison

The following table compares the features of various BitTorrent sites. It is by no means exhaustive. Alexa ranking is accurate as of 5 October 2010.

Site Specialization Is a tracker Directory Public RSS One-click download Sortable Comments Multi-tracker index Alexa Traffic Rank
1337x No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2,364[1]
AnimeSuki Anime & otaku subculture[2] No Yes[3] Yes Yes Yes Only new torrents No No 9,734[4]
Anirena Anime & otaku subculture Yes[5] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 88,927[6]
BakaBT Anime & otaku subculture Yes Yes Semi Yes No Yes Yes No 13,833[7]
Bangla Torrents Bengali language content Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No 50,292[8]
BiteNova No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 225,665[9]
BitLite Multimedia streaming Online Client Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 831,275[10]
BitSoup No Yes  ? Semi  ? Yes Yes Yes  ? 11,061[11]
BitTorrent No Yes No Yes No Yes No No No 7,236[12]
BitToxic[13][14] No Yes Yes[15] Semi Yes[16] Yes Yes Yes No 405,836[17]
BTDigg DHT search[18] No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 257,660[19]
BTJunkie No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 384[20]
BTMon No No Yes[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2,470[22]
BTScene Metasearch  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 39,700[23]
Bush Torrent No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 62,459[24]
CinemaTorrents Film[25] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 189,358[26]
ClearBits Legally redistributable media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 118,361[27]
Demonoid No Yes Yes Semi Yes Yes Yes Yes No 547[28]
eBookVortex eBooks Yes Yes semi Yes  ? Yes Yes  ? 501,929
Entertane Metasearch  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 289,488[29]
etree Live Concerts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 57,070[30]
Extratorrent No  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 669[31]
Fenopy No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1,811[32]
FlixFlux Film[33] No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes 134,755[34]
Fulldls No No Yes[35] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 4,957[36]
Gamestorrents Games  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 3,343[37]
Go-Torrent No  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes 568,482[38]
h33t No Yes  ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 3,516[39]
iBiblio No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No 11,322[40]
Immortalseed No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 118,570[41]
TorMovies - Internet Movie Torrent Database Film No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 27,770,070
IPTorrents No Yes  ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes  ? 4,567[42]
isoHunt No, (Legally redistributable media within U.S.)[43][44] No Yes Yes Yes[45] Yes Yes Yes Yes 226[46]
Jishaku Toshokan Anime & otaku subculture No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 218,455[47]
JPopsuki J-pop Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No 10,265[48]
KickassTorrents No No  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 406[49]
LegitTorrents Legally redistributable media Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 796,645[50]
LinuxTracker Linux/open software Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 203,620[51]
Megashara No  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 85,560[52]
Mininova Legally redistributable media No Yes Yes Yes[53] Yes Yes Yes No 2,418[54]
Monova No  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 1,477[55]
NewTorrents No, recent releases only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 8,299[56]
NowTorrents No  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 25,375[57]
NyaaTorrents Anime & otaku subculture Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2,588[58]
OpenBitTorrent No Yes No Yes No No No No No 132,132[59]
PickTorrent Metasearch No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 1,903[60]
PlentyofTorrents Metasearch  ?  ? Yes  ?  ? Yes  ?  ? 716,059[61]
PublicBitTorrent No Yes No Yes No No No No No 237,909[62]
Qtorrents Metasearch  ?  ? Yes  ?  ? Yes  ?  ? 328,239[63]
RapidTreggy No  ?  ? No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 684,361[64]
RARBG No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 2,087[65]
Rutracker.org No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 258[66]
ScaryWater Anime & otaku subculture Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No 218,183[67]
ScrapeTorrent No No No Yes No No Yes No No 22,847[68]
SeedPeer No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 4,576[69]
SmaragdTorrent No No Yes[70] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 123474[71]
SumoTorrent No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5,435[72]
ShareReactor No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 27,016[73]
The Pirate Bay No No[74] Yes[75] Yes Yes Yes Not the top 100 Yes No 91[76]
Tokyo Toshokan Anime & otaku subculture No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 3,482[77]
Toorgle No  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 160,997[78]
Torrent Crazy Metasearch No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 6,060[79]
Torrent-Finder Other sites No No Yes No No Yes No Yes 5,690[80]
Torrentech Electronic music Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No 225,234[81]
TorrentFunk No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 21,975[82]
TorrentPond Metasearch No No Yes No No Yes No No 29,004[83]
TorrentPortal No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 5,195[84]
TorrentReactor No Yes Yes[85] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 779[86]
TorrentReactor.to No Yes Yes[87] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 3427[88]
TorrentRoot Metasearch  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 242,796[89]
TorrentScan Metasearch  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 15,713[90]
TorrentTree Metasearch  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 157,788[91]
Torrentz Metasearch No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes 160[92]
TorrentZap No Yes Yes[93] semi Yes[94] Yes Yes Yes No 7,283[95]
uSniff No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes 23,959[96]
Vertor Extensive filtering  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 5,017[97]
WiTorrent No  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 336,015[98]
yourBittorrent No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 3,606[99]
Zoozle No  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 66,008[100]
Site Specialization Is a tracker Directory Public RSS One click download Sortable Comments Multi-tracker index Alexa Traffic Rank

Notes

  1. ^ [1] at Alexa
  2. ^ Anime Suki
  3. ^ Anime Suki
  4. ^ Anime Suki at Alexa
  5. ^ Anirena
  6. ^ Anirena at Alexa
  7. ^ Baka BT at Alexa
  8. ^ Bangla Torrents at Alexa
  9. ^ Bite Nova at Alexa
  10. ^ Bit Lite at Alexa
  11. ^ Bit Soup at Alexa
  12. ^ Bit Torrent at Alexa
  13. ^ Wiki BitToxic
  14. ^ Bit Toxic IRC Information
  15. ^ Bit Toxic
  16. ^ Bit Toxic RSS
  17. ^ Bit Toxic at Alexa
  18. ^ http://btdigg.org/about.html
  19. ^ BTDigg at Alexa
  20. ^ BT Junkie at Alexa
  21. ^ BT Mon
  22. ^ BT Mon at Alexa
  23. ^ BT Scene at Alexa
  24. ^ Bush Torrent at Alexa
  25. ^ Cinema Torrents
  26. ^ Cinema Torrents at Alexa
  27. ^ Clear Bits at Alexa
  28. ^ Demonid at Alexa
  29. ^ Entertane at Alexa
  30. ^ eTree at Alexa
  31. ^ Extra Torrent at Alexa
  32. ^ Fenopy at Alexa
  33. ^ Flix Flux FAQ
  34. ^ Flix Flux at Alexa
  35. ^ Full DLs
  36. ^ Full DLs at Alexa
  37. ^ Games Torrents at Alexa
  38. ^ Go Torrent at Alexa
  39. ^ h33t at Alexa
  40. ^ iBiblio at Alexa
  41. ^ Imomortal Seed at Alexa
  42. ^ IP Torrents at Alexa
  43. ^ Kravitz, David (Mar 2010). [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/isohunt/ "Isohunt Ordered to Remove Infringing Content"]. Wired. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/isohunt/. 
  44. ^ Yam, Marcus (Apr 2010). [http://www.tomshardware.com/news/isohunt-bittorrent- torrent-pirate-bay-mpaa,10053.html "Isohunt Ordered to Take Down Illegal Torrents"]. Toms Hardware. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/isohunt-bittorrent- torrent-pirate-bay-mpaa,10053.html. 
  45. ^ RSS Search Feeds at ISO Hunt
  46. ^ ISO Hunt at Alexa
  47. ^ Jishaku Toshokan at Alexa
  48. ^ JPopsuki at Alexa
  49. ^ KickassTorrents at Alexa
  50. ^ Legit Torrents at Alexa
  51. ^ Linux Tracker at Alexa
  52. ^ MegaShara at Alexa
  53. ^ FAQ RSS at MiniNova
  54. ^ MiniNova at Alexa
  55. ^ Mo Nova at Alexa
  56. ^ New Torrents at Alexa
  57. ^ Now Torrents at Alexa
  58. ^ Nyaa Torrents at Alexa
  59. ^ Open Bit Torrent at Alexa
  60. ^ PickTorrent at Alexa
  61. ^ Plenty of Torrents at Alexa
  62. ^ Public BT at Alexa
  63. ^ qTorrents at Alexa
  64. ^ Rapid Treggy at Alexa
  65. ^ Rarbq at Alexa
  66. ^ RU Tracker at Alexa
  67. ^ Scary Water at Alexa
  68. ^ Scrape Torrent at Alexa
  69. ^ Seed Peer at Alexa
  70. ^ Smaragd Torrent
  71. ^ Smaragd Torrent at Alexa
  72. ^ SumoTorrent at Alexa
  73. ^ Share Reactor at Alexa
  74. ^ Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good at Torrent Freak
  75. ^ Pirate Bay
  76. ^ Pirate Bay at Alexa
  77. ^ Tokyo Toshokan at Alexa
  78. ^ Toorgle at Alexa
  79. ^ Torrent Crazy at Alexa
  80. ^ Torrent Finder at Alexa
  81. ^ Torrentech at Alexa
  82. ^ Torrent Funk at Alexa
  83. ^ Torrent Pond at Alexa
  84. ^ Torrent Portal at Alexa
  85. ^ Torrent Reactor
  86. ^ Torrent Reactor at Alexa
  87. ^ Torrent Reactor.to
  88. ^ Torrent Reactor at Alexa
  89. ^ Torrent Root at Alexa
  90. ^ Torrent Scan at Alexa
  91. ^ Torrent Tree at Alexa
  92. ^ Torrentz at Alexa
  93. ^ Yesterday at Torrent Zap
  94. ^ RSS at Bit Toxic
  95. ^ Torrent Zap at Alexa
  96. ^ U Sniff at Alexa
  97. ^ Vertor at Alexa
  98. ^ Wi Torrent at Alexa
  99. ^ Your Bit Torrent at Alexa
  100. ^ Zoozle at Alexa

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