Thread: 24 Hour (BitTorrent) Party People

Source: 24 Hour (BitTorrent) Party People




What you’re looking at is a 24-hour period of BitTorrent usage worldwide. This short movie illustrates over 60 million BitTorrent client check-ins (we’ve since grown to 160 million – so we’ll be able to bring you and even brighter one soon), from across the planet, for a single day in January, 2011. Every frame of this movie represents 6 minutes of real-time. Each time a pixel lights up, it’s a client (either BitTorrent or µTorrent) in that square of the world checking in with our servers. Sit back, relax, and watch the dots create a world map before your very eyes.
This data was computed using GeoIP lookups from our access logs for the day. Look familiar? The brilliant data scientist here at BitTorrent, who put this together, was inspired by NASA/NOAA’s Earth At Night map.
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Does anyone know why the difference is so big between East coast and West Coast in the USA?

now i know there is more than 60 million ppl using torrent. and is there torrent user at Arctic too because i see some pixel there.

thanks for sharing this with us dude!

Originally Posted by cloud9

probably because this is reporting individual instances rather than percent of population or something similar.


most of the western united states (with the exception of California which is pretty well lit) is very sparsely populated, with areas between major cities larger than most european countries. seriously, its a fucking wasteland, a lot of it.

eta: not saying their aren't major cities out west, they're just much further between than say in new england.

Thank you for the info, I just was curious and you solved my doubt!