This is a comparison of web sites that provide information about files distributed with the BitTorrent peer to peer protocol. This includes BitTorrent trackers, indexes, and search engines.
The "alexa rank" column shows a site's popularity, as reported by the web service Alexa. The lower a site's alexa rank, the greater its popularity. The information in the "alexa rank" column was last updated on 2007-01-09, and the information in the "Torrents indexed" column was last updated on 2007-01-02.
Search Engines[]
A BitTorrent search engine returns results from its database of torrent files hosted on other sites.
| Name and/or address | Mandatory Registration for Download | Mandatory Registration for Upload | Torrents indexed | Alexa Ranking | Extra Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bittorrent search | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) (link, not upload) | 1,558 [1] | Developed by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen. | |
| btjunkie | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 997,685 [2] | 2,284 [3] | World's largest BitTorrent search engine. |
| Fenopy | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 360,606 [4] | 7,775 [5] | |
| Fulldls.com | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 343,422 [6] | 8,489 [7] | |
| IsoHunt | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 460,785 [8] | 337 [9] | |
| Meganova | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 344,608 [10] | 3,303 [11] | |
| Mininova | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 191,359 [12] | 216 [13] | Prohibits adult content. |
| myBittorrent | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 4,350 [14] | Uses MultiTorrents. | |
| Snarf-It | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 337,235 [15] | 4,237 [16] | |
| Torrent Portal | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 610,940 [17] | 1,806 [18] | Prohibits adult content. |
| TorrentWizard.com | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 812,340 [19] | N/A [20] | |
| Adult Torrent Portal | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 1008 [21] | 62,781 [22] | Allow adult content. |
| Torrent Locomotive | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 200,713 [23] | 216,981 [24] | |
| Torrentreactor | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 648,852 [25] | 1,351 [26] | |
| TorrentSpy | Template:No (green) | Template:No (green) | 544,265 [27] | 202 [28] | |
| Torrentz.ws | Template:No (green) | N/A | 201,456 [29] | 26,690 [30] | Bittorrent and media rss/xml search engine. |
| Zoozle | Template:No (green) | N/A | 273,031 [31] | English and German torrents. | |
| Name and/or address | Mandatory Registration for Download | Mandatory Registration for Upload | Torrents indexed | Alexa Ranking | Extra Information |
Meta-Search Engines[]
These search engines get their results by forwarding the query to other search engines or tracker sites.
| Name and/or address | Mandatory Registration for Download | Sites searched | Alexa Ranking | Searches sites "all at once" | Extra Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrent Scan | Template:No (green) | 18 [32] | 15,849 [33] | Template:No | |
| Torrentastic | Template:No (green) | 7 [34] | n/a [35] | Template:Yes | |
| Torrent Finder | Template:No (green) | 159 [36] | 11,936 [37] | Template:No | |
| TorrentPond.com | Template:No (green) | 15 [38] | 53,382 [39] | Template:No | Blocks all searches for adult material. |
| torrents.to | Template:No (green) | 15 [40] | 9,282 [41] | Template:No | |
| Torrentz | Template:No (green) | 584 [42] | Template:Yes | ||
| Name and/or address | Mandatory Registration for Download | Sites Searched | Alexa Ranking | Searches sites "all at once" | Extra Information |
Public Trackers[]
A Public Tracker is a BitTorrent Tracker that allows anyone to download torrents from them without mandatory registration.
| Name and/or address | Mandatory Registration for Download | Mandatory Registration for Upload | Torrents in database | Alexa Ranking | Extra Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BushTorrent | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 10,597 [43] | ||
| #eztv @ EFNET | Template:No (green) | 15,627 [44] | TVrip distributor. | ||
| Sladinki007 | N/A | N/A | 128,415 [45] | ||
| ThePirateBay | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 405,477 [46] | 338 [47] | The world's largest tracker. |
| TopTorrents | N/A | Template:No (green) | 122,184 [48] | Open public tracker, and searchable index of torrent uploads from other sites. | |
| TLMP | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 321,290 [49] | The Linux Mirror Project is an online tracker which is used to host, serve & seed Linux distributions. | |
| Torrentbox | Template:No (green) | Template:Yes (red) | 333,9 [50] | ||
| Name and/or address | Mandatory Registration for Download | Mandatory Registration for Upload | Torrents in database | Alexa Ranking | Extra Information |
Private Trackers[]
A Private tracker is a BitTorrent Tracker that requires mandatory registration to allow downloading torrents.
These sites send specially tailored torrent files to each user, allowing them to monitor the users' upload behavior and punish leeches.
| Name and/or address | Torrents in database | Alexa Ranking | Focus | Invitation Only | Extra Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitmeTV | 11,011 [51] | Television series and programs | Template:Yes (red) | ||
| Boxtorrents | 2,765 [52] | 11,645 [53] | Anime, Manga, Live Action, and OSTs. | Template:No (green) | Registration currently closed |
| Cheggit | 21,366 [54] | 3,607 [55] | Pornography | Template:No (green) | Requires uploaders to post screenshots. |
| PowerTracker (rus) | 71,606 [56] | General | Template:No (green) | Torrent tracker for russian-speaking people. Free registration. | |
| Empornium | 32,111 [57] | 1,456 [58] | Pornography | Template:No (green) | Registration is currently open and doesn't require payment . |
| File List | 4,549 [59] | Template:No (green) | |||
| File MP3 | 8,644 [60] | MP3 files | Template:No (green) | ||
| I Love Torrents | 39,520 [61] | General | Template:No (green) | ||
| iPodNova | 39,347 [62] | iPod optimized videos | Template:No (green) | Registration currently open. | |
| Pure TnA | 21,427 [63] | 1,111 [64] | Pornography | Template:No (green) | Requires uploaders to post screenshots |
| Swebits | 14,469 [65] | Swedish "scene releases" | Template:No (green) | Very strict ratio rules. | |
| Torrent Damage | 15,341 [66] | Template:No (green) | |||
| TvTorrents | 11,578 [67] | Television shows | Template:Partial | If you don't have an invitation code you must first seed someting before you can download. | |
| SceneLeech | 53642,483 [68] | All new 0-Sec Torrents | Template:No | Open Signups for Few weeks ONLY | |
| Name and/or address | Torrents in database | Alexa Ranking | Focus | Invitation Only | Extra Information |
Feature Comparison[]
| legal only | is a tracker | directory | sortable | one click download | comments | tracker amalgamation | public | private | RSS | specialization | |
| AnimeSuki | Template:Partial | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Partial | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
| BigTorrent | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
| BiteNova | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| Bitmetv | ? | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ? | Template:No | Template:Yes | ? | Template:Yes |
| BitTorrent | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No |
| BTMon | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| BTJunkie | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| BushTorrents | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| DC Hubs | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No |
| Demonoid | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| Dinastar-elec | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
| Fenopy | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| FlixFlux | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
| fulldls | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| isoHunt | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Partial | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| MegaNova | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| Mininova | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| MyBittorrent | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Partial | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No |
| NewTorrents | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| NorBits | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ? | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
| ScrapeTorrent | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No |
| Snarf-it | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| The Pirate Bay] | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Partial | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| TorrentBox | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No |
| Torrent-Finder | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes |
| TorrentLeech | ? | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | ? | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ? |
| TorrentPortal | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| TorrentReactor | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| TorrentSpy | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| TorrentValley | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No |
| Torrentz | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:No | Template:No |
External links[]
- Ten Most Used BitTorrent Sites Compared
- Orb's Torrent Site Status
- Big list of trackers including their irc and rss
- Nordic BitTorrent Info
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