Andre Yoskowitz
26 Jun 2009 0:17
According to a new TorrentFreak report, using data collected by Tribler the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent is the clear market leader for client use, followed only remotely close by Vuze.
The report, which was based on 150,000 unique users from 400 separate public swarms, shows that uTorrent had 55.84 percent market share, followed by Vuze at 16.85, official BitTorrent client at 12 percent, BitComet at 6.50 percent and Transmission at 1.60 percent. 19 other clients, put under "other," accounted for 3 percent, and other unknown clients filled the rest of the pie.
TF also says there are over 50 million BitTorrent users on the Internet at any given time.
It is also important to note that BitTorrent Inc. owns both uTorrent and the official BT client, so together the company controls about 68 percent of the client market.