JetDL - Search and Download millions of files from Rapidshare,Me. TorrIndex. The Most Popular Torrent Sites Of The Last Five Years. In a few months TorrentFreak turns five, and leading up to that milestone we will occasionally look back at how the BitTorrent landscape has changed over the years. Although there is no doubt that BitTorrent has more than quintupled its user base since 2005, there have been only a handful of sites serving a large slice of the masses.
Despite many legal battles and pressure from anti-piracy outfits, the lists of the most visited torrent sites through the years show very little change. In fact, in half a decade only five torrent sites have taken a spot in the top three, and all of these sites were founded before TorrentFreak launched back in 2005. This suggests that the ecosystem is more stable and conservative than most think it is. TorrentSpy was closed by its owner in 2008 after it lost a court case where it was ordered to hand over details of US-based users to the MPAA. Below we’ve listed the top three BitTorrent sites of each year since we started following them. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.