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Introduction:
In this blog post, you will discover the 8 best Yify alternatives. For those who don’t know what Yify is? let me tell you it is a torrent website. Also, the name of Yify has been changed to YTS. So now the question arises what is a torrent? In simple terms, a torrent is nothing but a computer file that contains metadata.
Usually, a torrent file has the extension of “.torrent”. With the help of torrent files, one can download various multimedia files such as audio files, videos and so on. Also, a point to note about the torrent files is that they actually do not contain the digital files in themselves.
Furthermore, there is also a need for a special software program for reading torrent files commonly known as Torrent client. Some popular examples of torrent clients include u torrent, qbittorrent, etc.
Not only those torrent clients but also download manager software program named Free Download Manager can also download torrents. Let’s have a brief overview of how a torrent works and after that, we will see the alternatives to Yify or we can say YTS.
How does a torrent work?
To first understand how a torrent works we have to first know about the traditional file sharing setup. Suppose there is one server and four computers let’s say A, B, C and D are requesting a big file to download from that server at the same time. What will happen now, that the server will be able to provide files to those four computers for downloading. But the efficiency of the server will be reduced.
Now let’s assume that 50 more computers are requesting the same big file for download from the same server. So the server might not be able to provide the same big file to every computer as the load on the server will be too much. Also, the bandwidth of the server will be exhausted soon. For those people who don’t know what the bandwidth means, then in simple terms, it is the capacity of the server to transfer data between servers and computers.
So when we talk about torrents then this is not the case. In the torrent system, When a computer let’s say “A” downloads a file from the server the first time then after the download completes. Then along with the server or main computer from which Computer A has downloaded the files. Now the Computer A also becomes a server here.
Moreover, let’s say Computer B also wants to download the same files. Then what will happen now both the computer that means the initial server and computer A both will help computer B to download the files. And when computer B downloads the files completely, then the initial server, computer A and computer B, all will now act as a server. So in this way, it differs from the traditional file sharing setup.
What are Seeders and leechers?
Few terms you must know like Seeders and Leechers. So what do these two terms mean? First, let’s talk about seeders, in short seeders are those computers that have completely downloaded the files which are present in the torrent file. On the other hand, leechers are those computers who are still downloading the same torrent files on their computers.
To find out seeders and leechers on a torrent website they are usually mentioned by S and L. S means Seeders and L mean leechers. Another thing to see about torrents is their health. Take this example if there are 200 Seeders and 50 Leechers of a torrent file. Then the torrent is considered to be healthy.
Furthermore, healthy torrents can give you higher download speeds. But download speed also depends on your ISP( short for Internet Service Provider). Conversely, if a torrent has a much higher number of leechers and few amounts of seeders then the torrent will no longer be considered to be a healthy torrent.
Note: Torrent Lists mentioned ahead is for informational purpose only. We do not support the downloading of copyright-protected content.
Best Yify alternatives to use this year:
Final thoughts:
I hope that this post has given you in-depth knowledge of torrents. Along with that, I have listed 8 alternative torrent websites for Yify. And that’s all for this post. And thanks for reading the post. Also, don’t forget to comment your thoughts below and I will see you in the next post.