The list is based on various traffic reports and we display the Alexa rank for each. This means that RuTracker, TorrentWal, Rutor, Dytt8, and Etoland aren’t included even though they would qualify in terms of traffic.īelow is the full list of the ten most-visited torrent sites at the start of the new year. We traditionally limit our overview to torrent sites that are targeted primarily at an English or international audience. These two replace TorrentDownloads and Zooqle, which both saw a significant traffic dip and dropped outside the top 10.

The game-oriented ‘Fitgirl Repacks’ enters in ninth place and the Indian site Tamil Rockers closes the list in tenth place. This year’s overview includes two newcomers.

A few sites have switched places but none of the major torrenting sites disappeared, which by itself is already quite an achievement. Looking more broadly we see that the entire list has remained relatively intact this year. We published an updated list of the most popular torrent sites.Īfter a turbulent time, the site has been relatively stable over the past twelve months, although it still doesn’t allow new users to sign up. Japanese publishers have been fighting against online piracy for years, starting in 2010 when they announced a very public war against scanlation circles.As we enter a new year we see that The Pirate Bay is the best-visited torrent site once again, moving up from the third spot last year. Even if the scans originate from overseas servers, the publisher can still file a lawsuit on foreign soil and/or demand prosecution by overseas authorities. The more stringent copyright laws the publishers are after call for a jail term of up to 10 years for anyone caught scanning and distributing manga illegally online. According to The Japan News, “sales of Japanese comic books in North America dropped by ¥150 billion to ¥300 billion over five years from 2007 to 2011 due to these illegal releases, according to estimates by the Japan Book Publishers Association”. This push comes after a drastic decline in sales for manga both at home and abroad. Via The Japan News: Japanese publishers are pushing for a new law that will give them the right to go after scanlation and torrent sites that distribute manga illegally, on behalf of the manga artists and series creators under contract with them.

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