Wow. 2 billion torrents. That’s one for every third person in the world, or 7 per person in the US. Impressive figures by any metric, but when you consider that this second billion came only five months after the announcement of the first billion.Those in the entertainment industry that were hoping P2P File sharing would die a quiet death will be sorely disappointed. If new torrents continue to be introduced into the Mininova system at this rate, the Big Four Cartel fighting the growth will surely be swamped.

In the understatement of the year, Mininova’s blog notes that the growth is : this is very good news. You bet.

Mininova’s blog continues: It means our site is growing exponentially: the amount of total downloads roughly doubles every half year. And more downloads means more exposure, so more content available on our website. Of course this is not the end, if the growth keeps continuing we might be able to reach the 4 billion mark by the end of this year!.

Also included in the Mininova blog is a breakdown of the numbers of downloads per content category: TV shows take the number one spot with over 40% of all downloads, while music makes up just over half this with 21.1% of all downloads.

  • TV Shows - 40.11%
  • Music - 21.21%
  • Movies - 17.89%
  • Games - 6.59%
  • Software - 5.61%
  • Anime - 3.61%
  • Books - 3.04%
  • Pictures-0.53%