The traffic of file sharing software, which used to account for one-third of Internet traffic, is on the decline, and what will be the top traffic in 2024?

Sandvine , a broadband company that investigates internet user usage trends, has released its latest internet report as of March 2024. The report shows the top traffic software, sites, and apps for each device, and since around 2004, the file sharing software BitTorrent, which was said to 'account for one-third of Internet traffic,' has ceased to be the mainstay, and smartphones and tablets have It has been reported that it is no longer even in the top 10 in terms of traffic.

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The file-sharing service BitTorrent is also used to distribute free and open source software, and is used by researchers to share large datasets, but it often It is also used to illegally share music, video content, etc. BitTorrent has many users and is mainly used for exchanging data with large file sizes, so it was once said that BitTorrent accounted for the majority of Internet traffic.

In 2004, the British research company CacheLogic stated that ``BitTorrent accounts for 35% of Internet traffic,'' and in 2006, the North American research period stated that ``55% of North American upstream traffic is BitTorrent.'' A high usage rate was confirmed.

In addition, in a report on Internet bandwidth reported by Sandvine in 2015, while the top downloads (downstream ) were dominated by streaming sites such as Netflix and YouTube, BitTorrent still ranked first in the uploads by far. has been reported. The 2018 report similarly showed that the use of file sharing in upstream traffic was No. 1 in Europe and Asia Pacific, and No. 2 in the Americas.

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In March 2024, Sandvine will publish a global internet phenomenon report as of the start of 2024. In addition to the sites with the most traffic, the report also aggregates information on popular apps and user behavior by device.

The following is the ranking of traffic rate in 'fixed line' upstream shown by Sandvine. Apple's cloud service, iCloud, has the highest rate, accounting for 9% of upstream traffic. Apple's video calling app FaceTime follows at 5%, followed by Google Cloud Storage, Google, YouTube, and BitTorrent at about 4%. 'Sub. Volume' on the right side of the table is the average number of traffic per user.

The following is a traffic ranking of 'mobile line' upstream, with Tik Tok, the American instant messaging service Facebook Messenger, and the photo sharing app Snapchat etc. at the top, and BitTorrent is not even in the top 10.

Regarding this, Sandvine says, ``File sharing remains the top choice for upstream, but as more content is available to people in the cloud or through streaming services, BitTorrent usage continues to dominate.'' may continue to decline,' they said in the report. In fact, in a report released by MUSO, which tracks piracy, data on pirated copies in 2023 states, ``Streaming sites account for 96.3% of pirated copies of TV programs, and torrent sites and download portals have almost disappeared. It was shown that

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TorrentFreak, a media outlet that covers topics related to copyright and piracy, said in response to Sandvine's report, ``Please note that not all BitTorrent traffic can be accurately measured.'' While legitimate users are tracked as usual, those who upload pirated content or illegal data often use VPNs . Access using a VPN affects traffic statistics, so traffic rates may not be calculated accurately. However, TorrentFreak points out that this is a modest change in numbers and not enough to change Sandvine's overall conclusion that BitTorrent is no longer dominant.