How Big is BitTorrent? Big Real Freakin' Big

Pete Prestipino
by Pete Prestipino 04 Jan, 2011
How Big is BitTorrent? Big Real Freakin' Big

BitTorrent Inc. announced that its BitTorrent Mainline and uTorrent client software combine to serve 100 million users every month according to a report from TorrentFreak.

20 million users from over 220 countries load up one of the clients on an average day, 400,000 new clients are distributed every day. That adds up to a whole lot of users, and a whole lot of downloads (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."

Pete Prestipino
Pete Prestipino
Digital marketing executive with proven experience in all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO), performance-based advertising, consumer-generated/social media, email marketing, lead generation, Web design, usability, and analytics. - 20-year Internet marketing veteran, currently serving as the Digital Marketing Campaign Manager at Antenna Group (formerly Chicago Digital). - Former Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, and a regular speaker on Web technology digital marketing strategy - Author of several books on digital marketing Including Web 360: The Fundamentals of Web Success; Affiliate 360: The Fundamentals of Performance Marketing; Domains 360: The Fundamentals of Buying & Selling Domain Names, and SEO 360: The Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.