Torrent site Kat.ph has opened its databases to the download specialists at TorrentFreak, sharing with them the 50 most commonly searched terms for torrent downloads in 2011.
While it’s not perfect, and doesn’t include other major Torrent indexes like Pirate Bay, it’s as good as we’re going to get, and with Kat.ph one of the five biggest sites in the world for such things, it’s still worth a look.
The top 50 is dominated by generic terms for language options and video quality (ie “720p”), as well as Hollywood movies and important pieces of software like Windows 7.
As for video games? Not there. There’s not a single individual game on the list. Not even Modern Warfare 3. Indeed the only remotely video game-related search term was “PSP” at number eleven. No DS, no PS3, no 360.
Food for thought.
BitTorrent Zeitgeist: What People Searched For in 2011 [TorrentFreak]
Ian
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 6:58 PMSurely this is evidence that oppressive DRM is the way forward in gaming.
Pioneer
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 9:18 PMI feel this is relevant somehow.
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picky
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 7:14 PMeveryone knows its happening yet nothing changes….strange
Snacuum
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 7:43 PMWhat a surprise!
The most torrented material is media put into a desirable format that is not readily available in that format where it is most desired! That an also the most successful most high-profile releases known!
Arctick
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 8:17 PMits because pirating psp games is much easier you see ;) and everyone ddl’s ds roms
Christian
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 8:37 PMI just started the psp roms, the console is dead so why not haha
TechaNinja
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 9:37 PM:S Why do they search ‘porn’?!
monkeyd_93
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 10:06 PMseems legit…over 10% of the list is to do with porn :P
Carter
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 11:29 PMWell most games are downloaded from a private hosting site. due to making sure the games aren’t traced. and they dont carry viruses.