Usage share of BitTorrent clients
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The usage share of BitTorrent clients is the percentage of users that use a particular BitTorrent client, regardless of version.
| Rank | Application | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | μTorrent | 68.6% |
| 2 | BitTorrent | 6.6% |
| 3 | Libtorrent (μTorrent's web interface reports this as its client ID) | 6.3% |
| 4 | Transmission | 5.1% |
| 5 | MediaGet | 3.7% |
| 6 | qBittorrent | 3.4% |
| 7 | Zona | 3.3% |
| 8 | Deluge | 0.9% |
| 9 | BitComet | 0.6% |
| 10 | BiglyBT (operated by former developers of Vuze) | 0.3% |
| 11 | Free Download Manager | 0.2% |
| 12 | BitSpirit | 0.2% |
| 13 | BitLord | 0.1% |
| 14 | Tribler | <0.1% |
| 14 | FrostWire | <0.1% |
| 14 | Tixati | <0.1% |
| 14 | tTorrent | <0.1% |
| 14 | aTorrent | <0.1% |
| 14 | PicoTorrent | <0.1% |
2015
Lifehacker, a software weblog, took a survey of 13,823 readers' preferred BitTorrent clients in May 2015. It showed that μTorrent still maintains a sizable lead over competitors, despite concerns over adware and bloatware. Runner-up Transmission was praised for being lightweight, while qBittorrent was praised for being cross-platform and open-source, Deluge for its plugin library, and Tixati for its simplicity.[2] Vuze, another notable client, failed to make an appearance in the top five for the first time.
| Rank | Application | Percentage of users' preferred clients | Number of votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μTorrent | 42.47% | 5,870 |
| 2 | Transmission | 21.23% | 2,935 |
| 3 | qBittorrent | 18.75% | 2,592 |
| 4 | Deluge | 10.7% | 1,479 |
| 5 | Tixati | 6.85% | 947 |
