


In 2019, BitTorrent was a dominant file sharing protocol and generated a substantial amount of Internet traffic, with 2.46% of downstream, and 27.58% of upstream traffic. In February 2013, BitTorrent was responsible for 3.35% of all worldwide bandwidth-more than half of the 6% of total bandwidth dedicated to file sharing. P2P networks have been estimated to, collectively, account for approximately 43% to 70% of all Internet traffic (depending on location), as of February 2009. How to download & install BitTorrent in Windows 10īitTorrent (abbreviated to BT) is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a decentralized manner.īitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files such as, digital video files containing TV shows and video clips, or digital audio files containing songs.
