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BitTorrent is No Longer the 'King' of Upstream Internet Traffic, cloud storage, YouTube, and other apps have taken over

BitTorrent is no longer the 'King' of upstream traffic, marking the end of a period of declining dominance that started two decades ago.

With the growth of video streaming, including services such as YouTube, Netflix, and TikTok, file-sharing traffic is nothing more than a drop in today’s data pool. This week, Canadian broadband management company Sandvine released its latest Global Internet Phenomena Report which makes it clear that BitTorrent no longer leads any charts. While this may impact the statistics, the VPN category doesn’t appear in the top upload lists so its usage won’t change the overall conclusion that BitTorrent no longer dominates.

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