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Over 1/3 of Pirate Bay users come from China

11 February 2009 16:09 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 7 comments

The infamous public torrent tracker The Pirate Bay has released some statistics this week that gives more insight into the location of its users.

One of the most surprising stats (full chart available after the story) is that over one-third of the Pirate Bay's traffic comes from China, where the government has banned the site. Japan and Spain generated the next highest traffic followed by the US.

Making China's numbers even more shocking is that China only accounts for one-sixth of the world's internet users. Japan, on the other hand, makes up 6.7 percent of Pirate Bay traffic while accounting for 6.2 percent of total Internet users.

In November, the site announced that they had smashed a new milestone, 25 million unique peers. It has been estimated that the site tracks over 50 percent of all BitTorrent users that are on at any point.

Full chart here:

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shummyr (Member) 11 February 2009 21:07
this is awesome [ + quote]
windsong (Junior Member) 11 February 2009 21:24
Tell people not to do something, and they will do it all the faster. Just ask Adam and Eve :) [ + quote]
shummyr (Member) 11 February 2009 21:25
*Originally posted by windsong:* Tell people not to do something, and they will do it all the faster. Just ask Adam and Eve :) Got That Right [ + quote]
bangor09 (Newbie) 12 February 2009 3:16
*Originally posted by windsong:* Tell people not to do something, and they will do it all the faster. Just ask Adam and Eve :) Amen! LOL! [ + quote]
borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 12 February 2009 20:26
Some very interesting stats stated here. [ + quote]
leady (Newbie) 16 February 2009 2:37
we go to cinemas, but cds and do downloads! [ + quote]
Mez (Senior Member) 17 February 2009 9:05
I guess that is why there is so much Chinese anti-p2p activity. Only M$ has a bigger presence. I did not know PB was banned in China. [ + quote]