Top ten torrent site
1. THE PIRATE BAY
The Pirate Bay
is the “king of torrents” once again and also the oldest site in this list. The
past year has been relatively quiet for the notorious torrent site, which is
currently operating from its original .org domain name.
2. RARBG
RARBG,
which started out as a Bulgarian tracker, has captured the hearts and minds of
many video pirates. The site was founded in 2008 and specializes in high
quality video releases.
3. 1337X
1337x
continues where it left off last year. The site gained a lot of traffic and,
unlike some other sites in the list, has a dedicated group of up loaders that
provide fresh content.
4. TORRENTZ2
Torrentz2
launched as a stand-in for the original Torrentz.eu site, which voluntarily
closed its doors in 2016. At the time of writing, the site only lists torrent
hashes and no longer any links to external torrent sites. While browser add-ons
and plugins still make the site functional, its future is uncertain.
5. YTS.AG
YTS.ag
is the unofficial successors of the defunct YTS or YIFY group. Not all other
torrent sites were happy that the site hijacked the popuar brand and several
are actively banning its releases.
6. EZTV.AG
The
original TV-torrent distribution group EZTV shut down after a hostile takeover
in 2015, with new owners claiming ownership of the brand. The new group
currently operates from EZTV.ag and releases its own torrents. These releases
are banned on some other torrent sites due to this controversial history.
7. LIMETORRENTS
Limetorrents
has been an established torrent site for more than half a decade. The site’s
operator also runs the torrent cache iTorrents, which is used by several other
torrent search engines.
8. NYAA.SI
NYAA.si
is a popular resurrection of the anime torrent site NYAA, which shut down last
year. Previously we left anime-oriented sites out of the list, but since we
also include dedicated TV and movie sites, we decided that a mention is more
than warranted.
9. TORRENTS.ME
Torrents.me
is one of the torrent sites that enjoyed a meteoric rise in traffic this year.
It’s a meta-search engine that links to torrent files and magnet links from other
torrent sites.
10. ZOOQLE
Zooqle,
which boasts nearly three million verified torrents, has stayed under the radar
for years but has still kept growing. The site made it into the top 10 for the
first time this year.