P2P Usage Figures Climb Higher

[GhostShip]

This is always good news for us here 

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1220

The latest media canon from the RIAA’s CEO Mitch Bainwol provides the latest example. The USAToday published an article Monday quoting Mr. Bainwol as stating that online piracy has been “contained.”

The latest statistics from P2P tracking firm Big Champagne further diminishes the RIAA’s contention. According to Big Champagne’s latest figures, the P2P population has continued its overall climb. At 9,735,661 in May 2006, the P2P population is at its second highest, down slightly from its peak of 9,992,298 in March. There was an increase of 138,253 from the month of April however.

The May 2006 statistic represents a population increase of 12.4% over May 2005, or an increase of 1,070,342 individuals.

As each year the numbers continue to increase I feel confident that the efforts of the entire winmx community is being shown here even if our own ranks are still depleted from last year, we are once again flowing with fresh users, well done to us all 

[SamSeeSam]

10 million users..... What percentage is winmx of that? 10% or something?

Still, good to know we are a part of the growth

[KM]

depends on the figures used, for example how do you count "users"? currently on? on in the last 24 hours? have ever used it?

[SamSeeSam]

Gererally, how do they estimate the number of users? Users in the context that they have it on their Pc's and they regularly. Is it on a statistical basis? I mean I see 10000 pc's and do the calculations for the remaining pc's in the world or something like that?

How do they get it (the number of users) to the unit's place ?

[KM]

they can only have estimates, there's no way they can have an exact figure for every p2p network unless they actually went to every single ISP in the country (they have not) and monitored every single customer connection to tell if it is connected to a p2p network or not (they have not, and most ISPs could not)