Spring has just arrived in the Northern hemisphere; what better way to welcome it with a “Spring Cleanup” list of the Hottest 300 BitTorrent websites of 2008.

Hi-lighted listings denote websites with private trackers (require login/signup).

Sources - Torrentking.org, torrent-finder.com, and manual searches including P2P forums, meta-search websites & Google ‘operator’ queries.

The websites listed below only serve up .torrent files - related BitTorrent ’software’ sites are not included. Data source: Alexa.com - 2008.

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We’ve compiled a list of the Top 100 BitTorrent websites of 2007, according to Alexa’s traffic ranking. Note that some Alexa-ranked sites are not included in the list for being temporarily or permanently offline (i.e. Demonoid.com, Oink.cd) even though they are still recognized by Alexa, Google, and major search engines. Some porn sites and ‘non-english’ torrent sites were also left off this list.

NOTE: We’ve done a major overhaul of this list, and turned it into a Top 300 of 2008 list. Check it out for much more recent tracker / site information.

Hi-lighted listings denote websites with private trackers (require login/signup). 47 of the Top 100 are private sites.

The websites listed below only serve up .torrent files - related BitTorrent ’software’ sites are not included. Data source: Alexa and Google: Dec. 2007.

We’ll do an update in six months with another column on the right that’ll reflect the NEW numbers to show how much bitTorrent is growing. TIP: Click the “Alexa Rank” link next to each one to view the current ranked statistics.

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How to find Private Torrent websites that are accepting new signups.

Private BitTorrent websites are already elusive, but what’s even more fleeting are the times when they’re actually accepting new registrations. Zeropaid.com has a great running list of torrent sites (public and private), so just by clicking on the ones marked PRIVATE will launch you to their site where you’ll be able to see if they’re open for new signups:

http://www.zeropaid.com/links/bittorrent/

And another list of public & private torrent sites can be found here:

http://www.orbdesign.net/bt/

And here’s a great search tip for finding private BitTorrent trackers that are accepting new signups. In the Google search window, type in this:

torrents inurl:signup.php

Google will now search torrent sites that are currently displaying a signup page (and thus accepting new members). At last check, it came back with 674 results. (No longer must you fumble around with ‘Tracker Checker 2′.)

Tracker Checker 2

Another excellent tool to find private trackers is through software, like “Tracker Checker 2″ available here. Tracker 2 goes through a list of known private torrent sites and notifies you when they become open to new registrations.

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Torrent Websites (with private trackers)

What’s a ‘private tracker’?

A private tracker is a tracker that requires users to register with it before they can use it. This is done at the tracker website. Private trackers usually register how much the user uploads and downloads and may enforce a minimum upload-to-download ratio. As a result, their torrents usually offer better availability and speed compared to public trackers where leeching is more common. Some private trackers are accepting new members from time to time; others are full and won’t accept new people unless they’re invited by a member. Fortunately, there are always new private trackers opening up all the time, and they gladly accept new members.

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Popular ‘Public’ torrent websites (accessible to all - in most cases)

With great popularity in the BitTorrent community, comes great competition. There are new torrent sites popping up all the time. Everyone has differing opinions to which are the best sites - we like certain sites for certain things, so we use multiple sites, as do most. So there is no best site, just sites with different virtues. Here’s a comparison and review of some of the top public torrent websites.

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A BitTorrent website is simply a torrent search engine (where .torrent files are hosted) in which you can browse through and download the ones you want to add to your BitTorrent client program.

Torrent websites are broken down into two categories - public and private. Public torrent websites allow anyone (in most cases) to browse and download torrents. Private sites require registration and signing in before any access is granted.

There’s a huge number of torrent hosting websites, each with different qualities. Check out the alexa.com ‘Top 100 BitTorrent Websites‘ to see which ones are the most popular by ranking. But first we’ll explain how to open .torrent files:

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