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Last week, the federal governmenthref = “https://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-shut-down-120119/”> site popular to accuse its founder and six laundering extra money and author of several related crimes. Users of the ancient site, meanwhile, are out of their files and must find a new place to share.

The big question is, where millions of people go now?

that people use to share music with the copyright MegaUpload turn to iTunes, but this is not the case for everyone. A look at the movement of some of the alternatives shows that millions MegaUpload have simply migrated to sites hosting other files.

The following graph shows a sharp increase in traffic of four “replacement” MegaUpload popular for the past week. Based on site data traffic measurement, Depositfiles , downloaded. to , Hotfile and Rapidshare welcome hundreds of thousands of additional visitors.

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The above example is just the tip of the iceberg, as there are many other sites that have experienced an increase in traffic as Filepost , href = href “http://hulkshare.com”> Hulkshare , Netload.in , Top , zShare.net and many others. If the newcomers on board remains to be seen, but it is clear that millions of former users of RapidShare migrate to other sites.

CyberLock 4shared.com now is by far the largest site on the Internet. With approximately 2.5 billion page views, 4shared is more than double the size of MegaUpload, before it was closed.

Needless to say, 4shared is deeply concerned by recent events, but the company also told TorrentFreak that they have nothing to fear from themselves.

“This case has a significant negative impact on the services file storage and the Internet in general,” said a spokesman, adding that “4shared has some of the strictest rules of the house among all services, file storage and no need to change. “

many sites still” shock , which could take several weeks to see what the precise effects of the Judgement is MegaUpload. One thing is certain, however, many older users MegaUpload , left to download and share this moment.

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TorrentFreak