Via p2pnet.net
File swapping remains a powerful force online around the world.
Like you didn’t know ; )

This comes from British ISP network service CacheLogic which says file swappers around the world are leaning away from BitTorrent and towards eDonkey as their preferred means of sharing.

“That seems to be the trend most of the way around the globe, apart from Asia where there is a lot of BitTorrent,” CNET News has CacheLogic cto Andrew Parker saying, noting the application has also been translated into many languages, aiding its spread overseas.

“eDonkey’s rise comes after highly publicized Hollywood legal campaigns against BitTorrent hubs, which have resulted in the disappearance of many of the most popular sites using that technology,” says the story, reiterating earlier reports. “The Motion Picture Association of America is also targeting eDonkey users, but that network has gained less publicity.”

Overall Mix of peer-to-peer traffic by volume, across the four major p2p networks:

Audio: 11.34%
Video: 61.44%
Other: 27.22%

Microsoft video formats represent 46% of aggregate worldwide p2p traffic, says CacheLogic, adding that 65% of all audio files by volume of traffic are still traded in the mp3 format, “but a surprising 12.3% are in the open-source OGG file format (almost all exclusively traded on the BitTorrent network, particularly in Asia)”.

Meanwhile, as tothbenedek posts below, “Why is eDonkey more popular now? Not because of legal wars or anything… It’s only because of the differences between them.

“Bittorrent is mainly for downloading new, popular items, while eDonkey is mostly used for downloading older, rare files.

“It was summer when much less new, popular thing comes out, so people download older stuff and at this eMule is better than Bittorrent. I think a month or two and the situation will change…”