{"id":38476,"date":"2012-05-25T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T10:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=38476"},"modified":"2012-05-25T12:36:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T10:36:31","slug":"most-popular-torrents-in-south-africa-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/38476-most-popular-torrents-in-south-africa-april-2012","title":{"rendered":"Most popular torrents in South Africa – April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

TorLock<\/a> and TorrentFunk<\/a> have revealed the most popular torrent downloads among South Africans using their websites during April 2012.<\/p>\n

Both sites offer a searchable database of \u201ctorrent\u201d files which are required by BitTorrent<\/a> client applications to download content using the peer-to-peer network.<\/p>\n

Such a site is known as a BitTorrent index.<\/p>\n

Many indices publish global rankings of their top downloads, but precious little data is available about the torrenting habits of South Africans.<\/p>\n

TorLock said that 43,035 of the unique visitors to their site were South Africans, according to Google<\/a> Analytics, while TorrentFunk reported 52,487 visitors from SA.<\/p>\n

Torrent files are uploaded by the users of the sites, with TorrentFunk boasting over 500,000 torrents and an automated verification system based on download frequency, file size, and \u201cother relevant factors.\u201d<\/p>\n

TorLock claims to list only verified torrents, offering a $1 reward for every \u201cfake\u201d spotted. On 23 May 2012, the TorLock front page stated that it hosts 619,460 verified torrents.<\/p>\n

The table below shows the 15 most popular torrents among South Africans as per the two sites:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/td>\nTorLock<\/td>\nTorrentfunk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nThe Hunger Games 2012 TS XviD HOPE<\/td>\nCHRIS DE BURGH – Spanish Train And Other Stories<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nThis Means War 2012 TS XviD-SiC<\/td>\nVA – Best World Hits (2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nContraband 2012 DVDRip XViD-NYDIC<\/td>\nHot Bikini Girl ****** On The Beach Mp4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nGame Of Thrones S02E04 HDTV XviD-AFG<\/td>\nBravestarr Complete<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nAmerican Pie Reunion 2012 720P TS XviD 26K<\/td>\nJohnny English Reborn DVDRIP Jaybo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJack And Jill 2011 720p BluRay X264-Counterfeit<\/td>\nJax Panik – Cigarettes & Cinnamon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nGotye Feat Kimbra- Somebody That I Used To Know- Official Film Clip (HD)<\/td>\nTop Gear S15E03 HDTV XviD-BiA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nThe Voice S02E11 HDTV XviD-AFG<\/td>\nStraatligkinders – Bloeisels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nDie Hard 1, 2, 3 & 4 DVD Box Set DVDRip<\/td>\nPoena Is Koning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nFarm Frenzy Gone Fishing<\/td>\nB13 Nissan Sentra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nPrime Circle Jekyll & Hyde By CobraTorrent<\/td>\nBBC – Planet Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nNo Strings Attached (2011) PPVRIP IFLIX<\/td>\nThe Twilight Saga Eclipse DVDRip XviD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nCountry Strong 2010 DVDRip XviD-ViP3R<\/td>\nPlayboy TV Foursome S01E32 HDTV XviD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nThe Body Language Rules A Savvy Guide To Understanding Who’s Flirting, Who’s Faking, And Who’s Really Interested<\/td>\nThe Vampire Diaries S03E20 HDTV X264<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nPrince Of Persia The Two Thrones @ Only By THE RAIN<\/td>\nPaul Oakenfold – Starry Eyed Surprise-TZilla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Article courtesy of MyBroadband – Most popular torrents in SA: April 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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TorLock and Torrentfunk reveal which of the torrents they index were most downloaded by South Africans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":38477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2439,21,967,969],"class_list":["post-38476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-bittorrent","tag-headline","tag-torlock","tag-torrentfunk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38478,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38476\/revisions\/38478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}