The usage share of BitTorrent clients is the percentage of users that use a particular BitTorrent client, regardless of version.

2020

A study conducted on 2020 April 5 by TorrentFreak[1]
Rank Application Market Share
1μTorrent68.6%
2BitTorrent6.6%
3Libtorrent (μTorrent's web interface reports this as its client ID)6.3%
4Transmission5.1%
5MediaGet3.7%
6qBittorrent3.4%
7Zona3.3%
8Deluge0.9%
9BitComet0.6%
10BiglyBT (operated by former developers of Vuze)0.3%
11Free Download Manager0.2%
12BitSpirit0.2%
13BitLord0.1%
14Tribler<0.1%
14FrostWire<0.1%
14Tixati<0.1%
14tTorrent<0.1%
14aTorrent<0.1%
14PicoTorrent<0.1%

2015

Lifehacker, a software weblog, took a survey of 13,823 readers' preferred BitTorrent clients in May 2015. It showed that μTorrent still maintains a sizable lead over competitors, despite concerns over adware and bloatware. Runner-up Transmission was praised for being lightweight, while qBittorrent was praised for being cross-platform and open-source, Deluge for its plugin library, and Tixati for its simplicity.[2] Vuze, another notable client, failed to make an appearance in the top five for the first time.

Poll data from: Lifehacker[2]
Rank Application Percentage of users' preferred clients Number of votes
1μTorrent42.47%5,870
2Transmission21.23%2,935
3qBittorrent18.75%2,592
4Deluge10.7%1,479
5Tixati6.85%947

2009

Delft University of Technology

A study by the Tribler P2P research team at the Delft University of Technology. To generate this data, samples were taken from a number of swarms of users which were then used to identify which BitTorrent client each user was using, this data was used by TorrentFreak in the table below:

Samples of Global BitTorrent Client Usage Share (Percent & Peers)
SourceDate & AgeμTorrent
Vuze
BitTorrent
(mainline)		BitComet
Transmission
FlashGet
Unknown
Tuotu
libtorrentXunlei
Other
Sample
Size
[3]16 September 201147.97%
267,466		22.49%
125,417		13.01%
72,536		1.01%
5,638		7%
39,011		?6.22%
34,703		?1.02%
5,703		?1.27%
7,062		100%
557,536
[4]
[5]		4 December 200925.77%
92,086,035		24.08%
86,055,354		4.82%
17,207,544		4.31%
15,403,400		3.26%
11,637,110		1.09%
3,882,628		1%
3,590,584		0.71%
2,531,472		0.63%
2,251,736 		29.31%
104,717,386		3.02%
10,806,362		100%
357,301,730
[6]18 October 200960.16%
10,361		14.22%
2,449		8.65%
1,489		4.43%
763		3.65%
628		?7.97%
1,373		?0.31%
53		0.02%
3		0.59%
102		100%
17,221
[7]14 August 200956.81%18.13%11.79%4.71%2.95%?4.21%???1.40%100%
165,000+
[8]24 June 200955.84%16.85%12.01%6.50%1.60%?4.02%???3.17%100%
150,000+

2007

Digital Music News

Digital Music News collected the data from PC Pitstop, a company that gathers data from computers using their free online virus and malware scanners. The program scans Windows Registry to find which clients have been installed, more than a million Microsoft Windows computers were surveyed.

Global install rate data from: Digital Music News
Rank Application Install % on Windows desktops
1LimeWire18%
2μTorrent5.56%
3BitTorrent (mainline)2.28%
4Vuze2.11%
5BitComet1.89%
6Bitlord1.27%

References

  1. ↑ "uTorrent is the Most Used BitTorrent Client By Far". April 5, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Henry, Alan (19 May 2015). "Most Popular BitTorrent Client: μTorrent". Lifehacker. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. ↑ TorrentFreak
  4. ↑ TorrentFreak
  5. ↑ EZTV
  6. ↑ Tribler
  7. ↑ TorrentFreak
  8. ↑ TorrentFreak
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