100 Million Monthly Users Fire Up BitTorrent
100 Million Monthly Users Fire Up BitTorrent
Posted 01/04/2011 at 5:16am
| by Paul Lilly
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Straight and to the point, BitTorrent Inc. announced that the BitTorrent Mainline and uTorrent client software combine to serve 100 million users every month, TorrentFreak reports.
On any given day, 20 million users from over 220 countries load up one of the clients, while also distributing 400,000 new clients every day. That adds up to a lot of users, and a lot of game demos and Linux distros (and perhaps one or two illicit downloads...).
"This is an exciting day for our team. Our vision is to build a complete technology ecosystem comprised of software, content, and devices designed to connect modern creators with a massive digital audience," BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker said. "This milestone highlights the size of our user base and the power of our software."
Both clients are free, though it's estimated BitTorrent Inc. rakes in millions of dollars each year through the optional installation of an accompanying toolbar.
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ulrichmk
January 04, 2011 at 6:03am
I would use my utorrent more if my ineternet speed wasnt a piece of CRAP..<THANKS AT&T UVERSE<....i get 200 kbs down only if i download one file at a time. 2 hours for a 700 mb movie thanks again
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