WinMX, BearShare and Grokster Applica tion Usage Source: comScore Media Metrix
Data from comScore Media Metrix, based on the company’s continuously measured consumer panel, show significant declines in the number of people with peer-to-peer file sharing applications running on their computers. In fact, comScore found that usage of each of the four applications sampled – KaZaa, WinMX, BearShare and Grokster – dropped in November versus one year ago. The declines in the user base of each of these applications from November 2002 to November 2003 were: 15% for KaZaa, 25% for WinMX, 9% for BearShare, and 59% for Grokster.
WinMX, BearShare and Grokster Applica tion Usage  | Source: comScore Media Metrix  | 8. DOO  | 7,000  | 6,000  | I i I  | 5,000  | WinMX.Application  | BearShare App lication  | 4,000  | Groks ter Application  | 3,000  | 2,000  | DOO  | Nov-02 Dec-02 Jan-03 Feb-03 Mar-03 Apr-03 May-03 Jun-D3 Jul-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Oct-03 Nov-03 