[GH-ISSUE #21] What makes a tracker "good"? #20

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opened 2026-02-26 05:32:10 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-26 05:32:10 +03:00

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Originally created by @MikeLund on GitHub (Sep 12, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist/issues/21

Hi, interesting list, nice work!

Just wondering a bit behind your calculation algorithms though. How do you determine if a tracker is "good"/"best" or whatnot?

You say they are sorted on popularity and latency, but most trackers have hidden stats. And latency doesn't make a difference on a tracker, as long as it's under a couple seconds.. so I don't really understand the theory behind your "best" list. Or is there some other data source you're using?

(Would love to have your scanning script public so I could just answer these for myself :p)
Thanks for any explanation! :)

Originally created by @MikeLund on GitHub (Sep 12, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist/issues/21 Hi, interesting list, nice work! Just wondering a bit behind your calculation algorithms though. How do you determine if a tracker is "good"/"best" or whatnot? You say they are sorted on popularity and latency, but most trackers have hidden stats. And latency doesn't make a difference on a tracker, as long as it's under a couple seconds.. so I don't really understand the theory behind your "best" list. Or is there some other data source you're using? (Would love to have your scanning script public so I could just answer these for myself :p) Thanks for any explanation! :)

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2026-02-26 05:32:11 +03:00

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@ngosang commented on GitHub (Sep 13, 2016):

My bot ask to all trackers for several popular torrents. Trackers are sorted by uptime, number of peers+seeds and latency (in that oorder).

@ngosang commented on GitHub (Sep 13, 2016): My bot ask to all trackers for several popular torrents. Trackers are sorted by uptime, number of peers+seeds and latency (in that oorder).

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@MikeLund commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2016):

So if some tracker is very widely used in China for example, having tens of million of peers, it might not be classified as a "best" tracker if popular English-Internet users don't use it much.
Makes sense, thanks!

@MikeLund commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2016): So if some tracker is very widely used in China for example, having tens of million of peers, it might not be classified as a "best" tracker if popular English-Internet users don't use it much. Makes sense, thanks!