Over 3 million people in China share files daily using P2P networks, according to a report analyzing P2P activity from January to June 2017. The most popular client is Xunlei, used by 68% of sharers, while the most downloaded content types are movies, TV shows, and games, with top titles including Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, The Walking Dead, and Waves. Guangzhou has the most P2P users, and the most used ISP is China Telecom Guangdong.

1. 10 FACTS ABOUT
FILE SHARERS IN CHINA
Jan-Jun 2017
HOW DO MORE THAN
3 MILLION P2P USERS
PER DAY USE
FILE SHARING NETWORKS?

2. WHAT WE DO
MONITORING P2P FILE SHARING
ACTIVITY WORLDWIDE
1.
IDENTIFYING CONTENT OF
TORRENTS
2.

3. WHAT WE ANALYZE
What content
is being shared?
(Since) when is
content shared?
Where is content
popular? First seen
t
How often and by how
many is content
shared?
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4. 10 FACTS ABOUT P2P FILE SHARING
NETWORK USAGE IN CHINA
WHAT WE FOUND

5. 3,036,589 P2P USERS PER
DAY
In the first six months of the year, to a daily average of 3,036,589 P2P users in China downloaded
and shared at least one file in P2P networks.
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
#1
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6. Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
10.77% of the world’s file sharers
are based in China. According to
this percentage, the second-
highest number of P2P users
worldwide come from the Asian
country.
CHINA DOMICILES THE SECOND-HIGHEST
NUMBER OF P2P USERS IN THE WORLD#2

7. Xunlei;
68,23%
uTorrent;
12,17%
BN; 3,50%
Transmission; 2,83%
Xfplay; 2,23%
BitComet; 1,85%
Others;
9,19%
The most-used client in
other top file sharing
countries such as Russia,
Brazil, India and the
United States is uTorrent,
which reached only the
second spot in China with
a 12.17% share. The most
popular client among P2P
users in China was Xunlei
(68.23%).
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
XUNLEI IS THE MOST-USED CLIENT TO
SPREAD FILES IN P2P FILE SHARING
NETWORKS#3

8. Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
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9. More than 3 million file sharers in China cast files in P2P file sharing networks every day. But, what exactly
do they download and share when they’re going online? To see what file sharers in China reach for the
most, we’ve broken figures down to content types.
987,291
623,981
423,317
472844
104,662
Identified
movies
Identified
TV series
Identified
game titles
Identified
music artists
E-books
(not mapped)
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
987,291 P2P users in China
downloaded and shared at least
one movie file every day!
WHAT TYPE OF CONTENT DOMINATES
P2P FILE SHARING NETWORKS IN CHINA?#4

10. What came out clear is: users of P2P file
sharing networks in China don’t reach for
Chinese movies as much as they do for
Hollywood stuff!
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
Most popular movie:
1,574,164 P2P users downloaded
“Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”
The Top 5 Chinese movies released in 2017 by
number of total file sharers in China:
1 “Extraordinarz Mission” 3,095,211
2 “Cook Up A Storm” 2,697,084
3 “Mission Milano” 2,544,905
4 “Trivisa” 2,284,736
5 “Heartfall Arises” 1,998,231
P2P USERS IN CHINA PREFER
HOLLYWOOD MOVIES OVER LOCAL
PRODUCTIONS#5

11. With 15.5% of P2P users
sharing game titles, China
is below the worldwide
average of 19.4%.
Nevertheless, the numbers
for P2P file sharing
networks in China suggest
clear favorites among
users.
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
The top 5 games by number total of file sharers in China:
1. “Waves” 2,560,141
2. “Minecraft” 1,977,848
3. “The Sims 4” – 1,496,960
4. “Euro Truck Simulator 1,486,477
5. “Grand Theft Auto V” 1,381,846
‘WAVES’ CREATE A STIR AMONG
CHINESE USERS OF P2P FILE SHARING
NETWORKS#6

12. The first thing you will notice
about music preferences in China:
there aren’t any Chinese music
artists among the ranks. Besides
that, the most file sharers spread
files of electronic music DJ Armin
van Buuren, followed by metal
and rock music artists on the
following ranks.
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
The top 5 music artists by number of total
file sharers in China:
1. Armin van Buuren 572,235
2. The Beatles 297,555
3. Pink Floyd 288,280
4. Metallica 268,073
5. Led Zeppelin 266,540
‘ARMIN VAN BUUREN’
THRILLS MUSIC FANS#7

13. Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
“THE WALKING DEAD” MOST
DOWNLOADED SERIES DURING RELEASE
WINDOWS… AS IN MOST COUNTRIES#8
623,881 P2P users per day
.downloaded and shared at least one file containing a TV series
2,633,105 total P2P users Jan-Jun 2017
.downloaded and shared at least one file of ‘The Walking Dead’

14. GUANGZHOU EARNS THE TOP SPOT OF
CITIES WITH THE MOST FILE SHARERS
Of the top 5 rankings for movies, TV series, music artists and games distributed by users of P2P file
sharing networks in China, the highest numbers of file sharers were found in major cities such as
Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai.
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
#9

15. THE MOST-USED ISP FOR CONNECTING TO
P2P FILE SHARING NETWORKS: CHINA
TELECOM GUANGDONG
There are several Internet service providers that file sharers in China use to download and share movies,
TV series, music, games and e-books. According to the top 5 rankings listed above, the most commonly
used ISPs to connect with P2P file sharing networks are China Telecom Guangdong and China Mobile.
China
Mobile
China Telecom
Guangdong
Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
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16. Source: TECXIPIO PIC, Jan – June 2017
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