[header] How to speed up torrents [title] Select torrents with enough seeds. [step] Torrents with fewer " seeds " (uploaders) than " leeches " (downloaders) will take significantly longer to download than in the inverse. [substeps] If a torrent has few to no seeds, you won't be able to download the whole torrent. 
[title] Close background services and programs when downloading. [step] Running any programs-especially those which take up large amounts of bandwidth, such as streaming services-while attempting to download torrents will invariably slow down your download rates.