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Well in my example I was comparing 36K public torrent downloads to a very generous estimate of 20K direct downloads over 12 sites, but that is beside the point.
For the sake of argument, I took a quick look at a two massive warez sites with anime sections (one had 2 million and the other 3 million members).
Shows like Fractale? An average of 500 (2mil site) & 600 (3mil site) downloads per episode, over 6 episodes.
Bleach Episode 310? Around 1000 (2mil site) & 5000 (3mil site) downloads. That episode looks to have had an excess of 130,000 public torrent downloads. You realize how many DDL sites it would take to match the public torrent numbers, don't you? Most would be nowhere near that large either.
(numbers calculated based on the assumption that 80% of people that view a thread, actually download the episode)
ckmox, I think you are really overestimating the popularity of anime to western audiences.
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