The Top 35 Torrent Sites of 2007
1. Torrentscan.com (a "meta-search" engine, which is a search engine that searches other search engines)
2. LegalTorrents.com (As the name implies, this is a database of public-domain content. Thanks to Anand S. for this URL.)
3. Snarf It! (born from previous Suprnova influences)
4. Isohunt.com
July, 2007: Isohunt has over 450,000 torrents in their database. Also noteworthy: any Isohunt torrent listed as "ISOhunt release" means that it is a file verified by the administrators...a nice feature to help you locate authentic torrents and not fake files. On a sad note: Isohunt is being sued by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for copyright infringement. If you want to use this tremendous Canadian site, you better use it while you can.
January 22, 2007: Although Isohunt was suddenly shut down by its original ISP before the weekend, the administrators have relaunched the service on a new ISP with new hardware. There are still problems, but Isohunt does live for the time being. The MPAA lawsuit is slated for a March summary judgment, so make sure you use Isohunt now, while you still can.
5. Mininova.org has 190,000 torrents indexed as of April, 2007. Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.
6. Demonoid (a personal favorite of many About.com readers, Demonoid is also a major tracker database that supports thousands of swarms around the globe. Even better, the Demonoid community polices itself by monitoring how much each member actually shares files. ("Leeches" are not tolerated at Demonoid). Note: because new memberships at Demonoid are scarce, you will need to be patient and committed if you wish to join.)
7. Torrentreactor.to (Torrentreactor has made a comeback from a hijacking and an uncooperative hosting service. They have moved to a different server setup and a Tonga country domain outside the USA. Read the details on their home page.)
8. Torrentz.com (special thanks to reader, Jonathan R., for this link)
9. Torrents.to
10. Torrentspy.com offers over 420,000 torrents in its database, the largest torrent index that is readily available to the public. Enjoy it while you can.
13. BTjunkie
14. TorrentTyphoon.com (a unique bittorrent meta-search engine that searches several of the most popular sites. Unfortunately, it does not do a good job categorizing the torrent files themselves)
15. Torrentbox.com FYI: like Isohunt, Torrentbox is being sued by the MPAA as of February 28, 2006. The days for this fine search engine may be numbered.
16. The Pirate Bay (Pirate Bay, by readership size, is the most popular torrent search site today. Pirate Bay has an immense database of 600,000+ torrents, the largest database at this time.)
(May 31, 2006: The Pirate Bay has been shut down by Swedish authorities. Details are available on the Pirate Bay home page.)
(June 2006: The Pirate Bay has restarted operations, now that the police have duplicated the PB hard drives for forensic purposes. Enjoy this database while it is still around, folks!)
17. Scrapetorrent.com is another torrent meta-search engine that is gaining popularity.
19. Thinktorrent.com
20. FileList.org
21. Yotoshi.com
22. TopTorrents (has been down intermittently the last few weeks for unknown reasons.)
23. Meganova.org
24. FileMP3.org
25. FullDLS.com
26. TorrentBytes.net
28. Torrentlocomotive (special thanks to Juan C. for this submission)
29. BiteNova (formerly known as “Bi-Torrents”, BiteNova is a free Torrent site with a spartan look and fast searching format.)
30. bittorrent.com (the official Torrent website by Bram Cohen, the designer of the Python BitTorrent format.)
31. Fenopy (formerly Bitoogle.com) (the 'original' bittorrent search engine, which has now morphed into a metasearch engine. The results from your Bitoogle searches will point to various other torrent search sites. This site has been redirected recently.)
32. BTbot.com (this site has been intimidated into listing fewer and fewer current torrents. The administrator was likely spooked by the recent wave of lawsuits against Isohunt and Pirate Bay)
33. Special mention: Torrents.co.uk (This British site has been slow to load lately)
34. Special mention: LokiTorrent.com (In a precedent-setting MPAA civil law suit, Loki has been shut down by court order as of Feb 10, 2005. To add insult to injury, the MPAA has left a trashy saber-rattling message at the lokitorrent home page in an attempt to intimidate other P2P users. P2P users everywhere are mourning the loss of this excellent service, and the MPAA is estranging even more Internet users with its heavy-handed campaign.)
35. Special mention: Commonbits.com (This new beta search site is dedicated to media on progressive political content: audio, video, photos, reports, transcripts and other files. This is a place for activists to share their message, and for people to learn about other political choices.)
The Good Bit Torrent Search Engines
- The Pirate Bay, by readership size, is the most popular torrent search site today. Pirate Bay also has an immense database of 600,000+ torrents, the single largest database available on the web.
- Isohunt.com
(July 2007: Isohunt has over 450,000 torrents in their database. Isohunt is also being sued by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). If you want to use this tremendous Canadian site, you better use it while you can. Note: any torrent listed as "ISOhunt release" means that it is a file verified by the administrators...a nice feature to help you get authentic torrents, not fake files.)- Demonoid.com (Demonoid is a true reader favorite. Alas, Demonoid is membership based, and open memberships only occur one day each month. Be patient and check Demonoid every day if you wish to join. Otherwise, you will need a referring member to invite you.)
- Torrentscan.com (a meta-search engine: Torrenscan is a search engine that searches other torrent search engines)
- Torrentspy.com offers over 420,000 torrents in its database, one of the largest torrent indices that is readily available to the public. Enjoy it while you can.
by readership size, is the most popular torrent search site today. Pirate Bay also has an immense database of 600,000+ torrents, the single largest database available on the web. - Isohunt.com
- Isohunt.com
(July 2007: Isohunt has over 450,000 torrents in their database. Isohunt is also being sued by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). If you want to use this tremendous Canadian site, you better use it while you can. Note: any torrent listed as "ISOhunt release" means that it is a file verified by the administrators...a nice feature to help you get authentic torrents, not fake files.)- Demonoid.com (Demonoid is a true reader favorite. Alas, Demonoid is membership based, and open memberships only occur one day each month. Be patient and check Demonoid every day if you wish to join. Otherwise, you will need a referring member to invite you.)
- Torrentscan.com (a meta-search engine: Torrenscan is a search engine that searches other torrent search engines)
- Torrentspy.com offers over 420,000 torrents in its database, one of the largest torrent indices that is readily available to the public. Enjoy it while you can.
- Demonoid.com (Demonoid is a true reader favorite. Alas, Demonoid is membership based, and open memberships only occur one day each month. Be patient and check Demonoid every day if you wish to join. Otherwise, you will need a referring member to invite you.)
- Demonoid.com (Demonoid is a true reader favorite. Alas, Demonoid is membership based, and open memberships only occur one day each month. Be patient and check Demonoid every day if you wish to join. Otherwise, you will need a referring member to invite you.)
- Torrentscan.com (a meta-search engine: Torrenscan is a search engine that searches other torrent search engines)
- Torrentspy.com offers over 420,000 torrents in its database, one of the largest torrent indices that is readily available to the public. Enjoy it while you can.
(Demonoid is a true reader favorite. Alas, Demonoid is membership based, and open memberships only occur one day each month. Be patient and check Demonoid every day if you wish to join. Otherwise, you will need a referring member to invite you.) - Torrentscan.com (a meta-search engine: Torrenscan is a search engine that searches other torrent search engines)
- Torrentscan.com (a meta-search engine: Torrenscan is a search engine that searches other torrent search engines)
- Torrentspy.com offers over 420,000 torrents in its database, one of the largest torrent indices that is readily available to the public. Enjoy it while you can.
(a meta-search engine: Torrenscan is a search engine that searches other torrent search engines) - Torrentspy.com offers over 420,000 torrents in its database, one of the largest torrent indices that is readily available to the public. Enjoy it while you can.
- Torrentspy.com offers over 420,000 torrents in its database, one of the largest torrent indices that is readily available to the public. Enjoy it while you can.
(July 2007: Isohunt has over 450,000 torrents in their database. Isohunt is also being sued by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). If you want to use this tremendous Canadian site, you better use it while you can. Note: any torrent listed as "ISOhunt release" means that it is a file verified by the administrators...a nice feature to help you get authentic torrents, not fake files.)
- **Special Mention: TV Links UK **Special Mention: (Fabulous! This site streams the latest TV episodes. That means, once you install the special DivX Web Player, you can see the latest popular television series without having to fully download them. Wait time to start watching a TV show is about 20 seconds on cable modem.)
- **Special Mention: ShareTV.org (ShareTV is dedicated to sharing television episodes and entire TV series. Find "24", "Heroes", and "Lost" episodes here. Special thanks to Chris R. for telling us about his web site.)
- **Special Mention: Movie and Subtitles dot Net (http://www.moviesandsubtitles.net/ is another metasearch engine that scours other torrent sites for you. Special thanks to reader Boris for this web site submission.)
- **Special Mention: Torrent-finder.com (Several readers from the central USA submitted this site recently. This site is gaining a bigger readership every day.)
- **Special mention: Mininova.org has 170,000 torrents indexed as of May, 2007. Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.
(Fabulous! This site streams the latest TV episodes. That means, once you install the special DivX Web Player, you can see the latest popular television series without having to fully download them. Wait time to start watching a TV show is about 20 seconds on cable modem.) - **Special Mention: ShareTV.org (ShareTV is dedicated to sharing television episodes and entire TV series. Find "24", "Heroes", and "Lost" episodes here. Special thanks to Chris R. for telling us about his web site.)
- **Special Mention: ShareTV.org (ShareTV is dedicated to sharing television episodes and entire TV series. Find "24", "Heroes", and "Lost" episodes here. Special thanks to Chris R. for telling us about his web site.)
- **Special Mention: Movie and Subtitles dot Net (http://www.moviesandsubtitles.net/ is another metasearch engine that scours other torrent sites for you. Special thanks to reader Boris for this web site submission.)
- **Special Mention: Torrent-finder.com (Several readers from the central USA submitted this site recently. This site is gaining a bigger readership every day.)
- **Special mention: Mininova.org has 170,000 torrents indexed as of May, 2007. Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.
(ShareTV is dedicated to sharing television episodes and entire TV series. Find "24", "Heroes", and "Lost" episodes here. Special thanks to Chris R. for telling us about his web site.) - **Special Mention: Movie and Subtitles dot Net (http://www.moviesandsubtitles.net/ is another metasearch engine that scours other torrent sites for you. Special thanks to reader Boris for this web site submission.)
- **Special Mention: Movie and Subtitles dot Net (http://www.moviesandsubtitles.net/ is another metasearch engine that scours other torrent sites for you. Special thanks to reader Boris for this web site submission.)
- **Special Mention: Torrent-finder.com (Several readers from the central USA submitted this site recently. This site is gaining a bigger readership every day.)
- **Special mention: Mininova.org has 170,000 torrents indexed as of May, 2007. Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.
(http://www.moviesandsubtitles.net/ is another metasearch engine that scours other torrent sites for you. Special thanks to reader Boris for this web site submission.) - **Special Mention: Torrent-finder.com (Several readers from the central USA submitted this site recently. This site is gaining a bigger readership every day.)
- **Special Mention: Torrent-finder.com (Several readers from the central USA submitted this site recently. This site is gaining a bigger readership every day.)
- **Special mention: Mininova.org has 170,000 torrents indexed as of May, 2007. Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.
(Several readers from the central USA submitted this site recently. This site is gaining a bigger readership every day.) - **Special mention: Mininova.org has 170,000 torrents indexed as of May, 2007. Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.
- **Special mention: Mininova.org has 170,000 torrents indexed as of May, 2007. Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.
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