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# File Sharing Lives: 300 Million Monthly Users, U.S. Ranked #1 [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/file-sharing-lives-300-million-monthly-users-us-ranked-1/
- Published: 2014-06-04T10:31:26.000Z
- Updated: 2014-06-04T10:31:26.000Z
- Description: Streaming music, movies and other media may provide an alternative to unauthorized file-sharing, but a new study shows that it certainly has not stopped it. 300 million users still download. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/06/file-sharing-lives-300-million-monthly-users-us-ran
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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Streaming music, movies and other media may provide an alternative to unauthorized file-sharing, but a new study shows that it certainly has not stopped it. 300 million users still download media and software via P2P every month, according to net tracker[ Tru Optik](http://truoptik.com/?ref=hypebot.com). In fact, film and tv download via P2P surpasses downloads from iTunes, GooglePlay and Amazon combined. The U.S. is the worst offender, downloading 13.6% of all music and 18% of all film obtained via BitTorrent globally.

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