Total net traffic, file sharing and pornography decrease, games and Flash increase

Germany'sDeep Packet InspectionAccording to the 2008 traffic analysis report released by ipoque, which is a company that sells hardware for file sharing, file sharing software typified by P2P etc. and pornographic association are decreasing in total net data transfer volume , It seems that games and Flash are increasing.

As the use of the net permeates, it seems that it is changing steadily little by little. However, it is also true that each country's circumstances or regional characteristics can also be seen.

So, the traffic graph for each region of the world is as follows.
Internet traffic report: P2P, porn down; games and Flash up - Ars Technica

In the first place, this deep packet inspection hardware is a so-called "Network equipment dedicated to traffic control for controlling communication of P2P file sharing softwareTherefore, ipoque belongs to a very advantageous position in these traffic analyzes, and the authenticity of the data itself is kept at a considerably high level. These traffic control devices are installed in each ISP and various organizations, and seem to be using company data agreed to provide (Australian data is lacking).

The usage amount of P2P software by each region is as follows.


It is like this if it is by protocol.


According to further detailed data, in regions other than the Middle East and North Africa, P2P accounts for more than half of the data transfer volume, BitTorrent is the number one for file sharing software and eDonkey as the second place I will. It is a good news for content providers that the web traffic increases and the transfer amount of file sharing software is decreasing, that is, whether everyone started buying things right away with the use of P2P It seems that there is a high possibility that the proportion of using services like RapidShare and Megaupload is increasing. The most common content being shared is "movie". Especially in Southern Europe, 60% of BitTorrent was a movie. In Germany, there is only 30% sharing of movies, which is because there are a lot of software being shared, and the software has reached 40%. The content of software is about half in game and application. And it seems that the sharing ratio of porn is decreasing as much as the proportion of game sharing increases.

Also, as streaming video services represented by YouTube and so on increased, not to mention Flash being increasing. It is growing to occupy 10% of all traffic in some regions.

Also, while Skype is taking advantage of VoIP, the reason for the increase in transfer volume is mainly due to messenger (IM). Especially it seems to be caused by Messenger's voice and video communication function.

There seems to be a need to watch the trend of the future as to what kind of feeling this year will be.