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Visual Guide: the Top 35 Torrent Sites of 2009
as collected from reader submissions

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As of November 23, 2009, the About.com Reader Favorite torrent sites are listed below. This list is taken from The Top 35 Torrent Sites list, which is assembled from hundreds of reader email suggestions.

Phishing Warning: please be careful and install a reliable antivirus like Avira before visiting any download sites.

Submit a Site: you are welcome to suggest a torrent site for inclusion in this list. This list is updated weekly to reflect new reader suggestions.

Related: How to Speed Up Torrent Downloads

Related: The Best Torrent Software

1. Torrent Root

Torrent Root is another metasearch engine, Torrent Root will pore through other search engines on your behalf, and display the results in a slick tabbed interface for your easy browsing.

2. Entertane

Entertane is a "metasearch" engine. This means: it searches other search engine results, but present the results in a single screen for easy browsing. And Entertane does a slick job of providing eight other result sets in a convenient tabbed browsing format.

3. Demonoid

Demonoid is the benchmark private torrent site. All other private P2P communities compare themselves to Demonoid, and even with the massive competition, Demonoid still remains a top site in the eyes of downloaders everywhere. If you successfully get a registered membership at Demonoid, do not abuse it. Thousands of people are happy to take your spot if you do not share files and maintain your requisite ratio.

4. Isohunt

In a shocking turn of the tables this September, the Isohunt webmaster is counter-suing the Canadian music industry. He is claiming that previous copyright violation suits against him were unfounded, and that he is entitled to have his legal expenses recovered. Read the entire story at www.isohunt.com.

5. The Pirate Bay

News Flash, April 18, 2009: the Stockholm district court has sentenced the four Pirate Bay founders to a year in prison, and over $USD 3.5 million in fines. This is as punishment for violating their country's copyright laws. More on this shocking court ruling here...

6. Torrentscan

Another metasearch torrent service, Torrentscan was very popular in 2007 and 2008. While other metasearch engines have surpassed it for speed and appearance, Torrentscan remains a solid choice.

7. Bitsoup

Bitsoup is another private torrent site, like Demonoid. The adminsitrators here seem to be truly committed to providing quality service, and filtering out the fakes and leeches. Definitely try Bitsoup if you are a serious downloader.

8. Fulldls.com

Fulldls offers some good power user features. You can customize the home page to display new torrents, you can message other members, you can set default sort order, and even tag favorites. A good site for serious downloaders.

9. GreekShare.net

For downloaders in the Mediterranean: GreekShare.net is a worthy private community. It has all the popular torrents available, plus many obscure European-content torrents.

10. Torrentshack (aka "TorrentHunt")

Torrentshack, also known as Torrenthunt, is a rather plain looking search site. But plain is good, because it often means faster searching for people on slower connections. Torrentshack has been recommended by several About.com readers lately.
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