KaZaA most downloaded software on the internet

May 23, 2003

According to CNET.com is KaZaA currently the internet most downloaded
application. The file-sharing software has been downloaded over 230 million
times, beating the previous most downloaded application ICQ.

Sharman said by midday Friday it expected Kazaa to
top the record set by ICQ. As of Thursday, ICQ has been downloaded
229,363,307 times, according to Download.com.

A Sharman representative said Kazaa has been receiving an average of
366,000 downloads per day, whereas the ICQ application has been receiving
an average of 50,000 downloads per day, as measured by Download.com.

This also shows how enormous the user base of KaZaA has to be. Millions
of people are connected to the peer to peer network at any given time of the
day, and it seems that while both the downloads and connected users numbers are
raising, the RIAA is getting more angry by the day but can't stop the software
anymore.

Source: CNET.com