Many of you use P2P everyday. But aren't you a bit curious as to what is most used and what it is most used for on this great technology? The ipoque Internet Study 2007 gives a complete analyze of the Internet traffic that helps answer these questions.
One of the clear observations is that P2P would not be where it is today without eDonkey and BitTorrent. Indeed they take up most of P2P traffic and cover basically the same types of files such as movies, music, TV shows, softwares, books and games.
However, as BitTorrent grew, eDonkey was more used for smaller files and for the ones that could not be found on BitTorrent. But, in overall, both remain used for the same researches.
What is also interesting is ipoque's approach to "the Impact of P2P File Sharing, Voice over IP, Skype, Joost, Instant Messaging, One-Click Hosting and Media Streaming such as YouTube on the Internet", that is to say its comparison between regions of the world.
Besides, if you are Interested by the topic but don't have the time or the motivation to read the whole document, thanks to Slyck's, you will have a nicely-summarized article on the subject.
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