<s>
The	O
usage	B-Protocol
share	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
BitTorrent	I-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
percentage	O
of	O
users	O
that	O
use	O
a	O
particular	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifehacker	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
weblog	O
,	O
took	O
a	O
survey	O
of	O
13,823	O
readers	O
 '	O
preferred	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
clients	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
showed	O
that	O
μTorrent	B-Application
still	O
maintains	O
a	O
sizable	O
lead	O
over	O
competitors	O
,	O
despite	O
concerns	O
over	O
adware	O
and	O
bloatware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Runner-up	O
Transmission	B-Language
was	O
praised	O
for	O
being	O
lightweight	O
,	O
while	O
qBittorrent	B-Application
was	O
praised	O
for	O
being	O
cross-platform	O
and	O
open-source	O
,	O
Deluge	B-Language
for	O
its	O
plugin	O
library	O
,	O
and	O
Tixati	B-Protocol
for	O
its	O
simplicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vuze	B-Application
,	O
another	O
notable	O
client	O
,	O
failed	O
to	O
make	O
an	O
appearance	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
five	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
study	O
by	O
the	O
Tribler	B-Language
P2P	O
research	O
team	O
at	O
the	O
Delft	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
generate	O
this	O
data	O
,	O
samples	O
were	O
taken	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
swarms	O
of	O
users	O
which	O
were	O
then	O
used	O
to	O
identify	O
which	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	O
each	O
user	O
was	O
using	O
,	O
this	O
data	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
TorrentFreak	O
in	O
the	O
table	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
scans	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
to	O
find	O
which	O
clients	O
have	O
been	O
installed	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
million	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
computers	O
were	O
surveyed	O
.	O
</s>
