StatShot: Top BitTorrented Movies and the Cool 100

People love lists and rankings. A top 10 list helps us get a quick sense of what’s popular at that moment. To help you keep your finger on the pulse of the ever-changing digital media landscape, we’re kicking off a new weekly feature that rounds up some interesting data you’ll want to know.

We’re starting things off with two new lists: One, from TorrentFreak, will give us rundown of the most popular BitTorrented movie downloads, while the other, courtesy of Video Breakouts, will highlight who the biggest online video authors are each week (after the jump).

The inaugural lists from both places aren’t packed with too many surprises. After dominating the box office, super hero movies are dominating BitTorrent, and record labels make up most of the Cool 100 list.

In the coming weeks, we’ll add more stats from more providers, so be sure to check back in.

Video Breakouts Cool 100 September 8, 2008
Now	Last		Weeks	Name	Views	Lifetime
1	…		8	JonasBrothersMusic	44,314,764	190,313,038
2	5	3	10	expertvillage	6,568,549	198,411,669
3	3		10	sonybmg	6,339,838	363,571,734
4	7	3	10	hollywoodrecords	5,911,054	182,190,352
5	…		2	Google	5,908,089	114,924,601
6	4	2	10	machinima	5,398,529	147,890,534
7	8	1	9	Fred	4,942,357	88,981,758
8	23	15	10	AtlanticVideos	4,914,889	67,603,608
9	10	1	10	roadrunnerrecords	4,849,665	120,322,785
10	9	1	9	ChrisBrownTV	4,698,749	230,496,349
Key:	Gain   Loss   No Change   New

NOTE:
TorrentFreak data is based on http downloads of .torrent files from various BitTorrent sites. The data is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Currently both DVDrips, DVD Screeners and R5 rips are counted. The “back designation means that the title was in the list before and has reappeared, possibly in a new format.

The Video Breakouts Cool 100 offers a weekly snapshot of the most viewed Internet video authors and producers. Click any author in the list to see their Author Summary Report. All Video Breakouts lists and statistics are gathered through selective discovery and tracking. Where available, Video Breakouts uses video site APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to retrieve statistics. For sites that do not publish APIs the company analyze their HTML web pages to discover assets and track statistics.

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