Comparison of BitTorrent sites

This is a comparison of BitTorrent sites that includes most of the most popular sites. These sites typically contain multiple torrent files and an index of those files.

Features

• BitTorrent sites may operate a BitTorrent tracker. Operating a tracker should not be confused with hosting content.
• A directory allows users to browse the content available on a website based on various categories. A directory is also a site where users can find other websites.
• BitTorrent sites may either focus on certain content — such as etree that focuses on live concerts— or may have no particular focus, like The Pirate Bay. Some sites specialize as search engines of other BitTorrent sites.

Google downranking

In October 2014, Google Search results were affected by anti-piracy algorithms, which includes downranking popular BitTorrent sites in search results. The algorithm works when Google users search for movie, music or software titles in combination with terms such as "download," "watch" and "torrent". Popular BitTorrent sites are demoted in the list; the traffic reduction depends on the site, but some sites experienced nearly a 50% reduction in visitors.

Site comparison

The following table compares the features of some of the most popular BitTorrent websites; it is not comprehensive with regard to listing all of the popular BitTorrent trackers, especially private trackers. The Alexa global ranking is accurate as of December 4, 2017.

Site	Specialization	Is a tracker	Directory	Public	RSS	One-click download	Sortable	Comments	Multi-tracker index	Ignores DMCA	Tor friendly	Alexa Traffic Rank
YTS	Movies	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	253
The Pirate Bay	None	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	305
1337x	None	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	304
Rutracker	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	549
Rarbg	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	588
Limetorrents	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	1,266
Torrents.me	Search	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	2,264
Zooqle	Search	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	4,977
Torrent downloads	None	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	6,258
IPTorrents	None	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	2,874
Demonoid	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	3,970
YourBittorrent	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	4,131
Torlock	None	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	4,945
torrentleech.org	None	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	7,803
redacted.ch	Music	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	21,129
HDBits	Movies	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	25,941
Worldwidetorrents.me	None	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	26,688
ETTV	None	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	31,902
RevolutionTT	None	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	32,860
apollo.rip	Music	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	46,738
etree	Live concerts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	97,818
Torrentseeker	Search	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	99,767
NyaaV2	CJK content, especially otaku and anime	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	785
EZTV	TV Series	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	1,500
Kickass Torrent	None	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	3,738
MkvCage	Movies	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	89,973
Site	Specialization	Is a tracker	Directory	Public	RSS	One-click download	Sortable	Comments	Multi-tracker index	Ignores DMCA	Tor friendly	Alexa Traffic Rank