RapidShare Versus Rapidgator and Alexa stats for RapidShare: Stakes and Opportunities during 2013.

For those who unfamiliar, RapidShare and Rapidgator are among the planet’s largest file-hosters.

First according to the Alexa stats for RapidShare, we can note the large increase in traffic which might correspond with the influx of users following the shutdown of Megaupload in January 2012.

In addition we also note the decrease in traffic following the bandwidth throttling. Without forgot what happened at the end of November when RapidShare had eliminated large-scale third-party sharing.

TorrentFreak teaches us also that, following his discussion with RapidShare regarding its business strategy and its impact that,  it told them that :‘’It is in the nature of things that a traffic limit leads to a reduction of traffic. We can also confirm a reduction of copyright infringements since we launched the new business model,”
“Therefore the development is indeed very beneficial for RapidShare and is proof that we have chosen the right approach. For 2013, we’ll further concentrate on product innovations and are looking forward to announcing RapidDrive for Mac OS X soon which will make our cloud storage service even more attractive.”

However Rapidgator hosted in Russia with its slogan ‘’Easy as ever’’ progressively records a good growth and incredible leap in popularity in just 12 months.