File-sharing usage still rising

Posted on Friday, April 29 2005 @ 0:13 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Since 2000 Slyck.com has been gathering data to track usage of some of the largest P2P networks. The report shows that since Jan 2003 the total amount of members on these filesharing networks has almost doubled.

In March of 2005, Slyck compiled our collected data. Starting with January of 2003, the respective statistics for eDonkey2000, DirectConnect, FastTrack, Gnutella and Overnet were averaged per month. Unfortunately there is no accurate way to gauge BitTorrent’s population (other than bandwidth consumption), therefore it is excluded. We then released our "Stats Expanded" section, which graphically depicted the growth or decline of these five networks.

Read the full report at Slyck

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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