Top Ten Downloads of 2002

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Saw this over @ ntfs.org. So which downloads kept you busy in 2002, aside from the MB's worth of updates we pull in regulary for our Windows based PC's C|Net has compiled a list of Top 10 Best / Downloads for 2002, Enjoy!

We try out a lot of software in the Download.com offices. Particularly interesting titles spread like wildfire from computer to computer, as each staff member installs them. But we're pretty jaded, so it takes impressive features or novelty for an application to stay installed for more than a day. For the best of 2002, 10 staff members stepped forward to offer up their favorite software titles.

Rank / Title / Downloads

ICQ (now ICQ Pro) 221,456,779
KaZaA Media Desktop 158,672,582
Morpheus 106,610,596
WinZip 91,636,490
Webshots Desktop 47,181,424
iMesh 39,402,454
Yahoo Messenger 39,031,433
Download Accelerator Plus 36,081,386
ZoneAlarm 34,694,831
Audiogalaxy Satellite 31,584,092

View: c|net Best of 2002

View: Top 10 Downloads of 2002

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#1 Prasanth on 31 Dec 2002 - 18:01

lol I only downloaded ICQ from this list in the whole year

#2 nonick on 31 Dec 2002 - 18:06

3 p2p sharing programs in top 10 woohaaa... that is the future i want

#3 Xahid on 31 Dec 2002 - 18:18

huh ICQ ??? most popular download??? well, the buggiest software in market !!!

#4 Pupik2k on 31 Dec 2002 - 18:18

Isn't the Audiogalaxy Satellite closed year ago ?

(1 reply) #5 DigitalResource on 31 Dec 2002 - 18:19

pretty impressive. If Audiogalaxy would still excist it would be number 1 I guess!

#5.1 Apollo on 31 Dec 2002 - 19:00

Damn right!

#6 me101 on 31 Dec 2002 - 18:41

ICQ, haven't used that chat program for years, buggy and bloated... Windows Messenger does what I need. KaZaA, the future of file sharing, IF people would now put up better quality songs, just think how many have downloaded the "lite" version to take away the 128kb restriction! Or better still, KaZaA (from Sharmen) gets released with the block taken away! Are people still using Morpheus? I would have thought that KaZaA would have wiped them off the face of the earth! WinZip, I can understand, although WinRar is not bad as well. And that horroble webshots... Gawd, what an awful piece of software! iMesh, should Apple not sue them for using the dreaded "i" in their title

Yahoo Messenger, never used it... Don't intend to ever use it! Download Accelerator Plus, this I must try and see for myself what it's like compared to FlashGet. Good old trusty Zonealarm, simply the best. Audiogalaxy Satellite, eh? this is a complete surprise to me. Missing ommissions... Quicktime Trillian Mozilla Opera It's just a pity that now CNet now are charging for authors to list their programs on download.com...

Quick question... These download figures, are they for individual downloads or do they include the multiple times an application has been downloaded with the multiple updates that each ones has, look at ICQ and KaZaA, every time you breath there is a new version with numerous bug fixes! I know it would be a hard thing to figure out to get some really truthful download figures rather than upgrade downloads, but maybe not with the help of cookies and some management software on their download end.

(1 reply) #7 King Mustard on 31 Dec 2002 - 18:57

Never heard of iMesh :/ Also, if Audiogalaxy wasn't working, why is it the 10th biggest download of 2002?

#7.1 Neobond on 31 Dec 2002 - 19:32

because it was downloaded 31,584,092 times from January to the time it went down.

#8 DrunkenMaster on 31 Dec 2002 - 19:47

"Particularly interesting titles spread like wildfire from computer to computer, as each staff member installs them." That is the #1 corniest sentence I've read all year. I'm willing to bet the others will come from Zdnet. Who can take them seriously when they write "interesting titiles spread like wildfire" when they try to take themselves as serious tech journalists. I think 80% of the freeware apps I've downloaded this year are great and I've used them. They didn't make the list. I think most everyone who goes on this site already hear of these apps, King Mustard being at least one exception

. If you want better apps, go to the Software sections in the Forum and look up the sticky on great software.

(1 reply) #9 i like chips on 31 Dec 2002 - 20:31

can u say Miranda (simple ICQ clone)? why do ppl use that bloated buggy piece of shit of a proggie called ICQ? I tell you why, 'cause ppl are generally stupid.

#9.1 iczman on 01 Jan 2003 - 05:53

u calling me stupid?

(3 replies) #10 SAS_Knight on 31 Dec 2002 - 21:07

Kazaa = Virus spreader

#10.1 Pupik2k on 31 Dec 2002 - 21:11

Kazaa Lite

#10.2 nonick on 01 Jan 2003 - 22:26

K++

#10.3 Mystical112 on 07 Jan 2003 - 03:29

Kazaa Lite & K++

(1 reply) #11 JustaPinoy on 31 Dec 2002 - 21:16

BTW you guys, AudioGalaxy is still alive and kicking.. Userbase dropped 95% though.. But it's still alive.

#11.1 Pupik2k on 31 Dec 2002 - 23:44

Ohh yeah ? So why i can't download ?

(1 reply) #12 Y2K2 on 31 Dec 2002 - 21:39

i would think unreal tournament 2003 demo would be in this too..??

i heard the internet nearly came to a stand still since there were sooo many people downloading the UT2K3 demo..

#12.1 iczman on 01 Jan 2003 - 04:06

UT2k3 was released too late in the year, plus not everyone's a gamer

#13 Leonardo_3 on 31 Dec 2002 - 23:47

From this list I admit to have downloaded Audiogalaxy satelite and zonealarm. Would expect "windows 2000 SP2 or SP3" and bsplayer (!) to be in the list though.

#14 pocket cd-r on 01 Jan 2003 - 00:09

i agree with quicktime because everytime i uninstalled it i would have to re-download it the next day. poor download.com. i used more of there bandwidth downloading that program then i did surfingthe internet

(1 reply) #15 iczman on 01 Jan 2003 - 01:11

hey how come Windows XP Pro's not on the list?

#15.1 McFly on 01 Jan 2003 - 01:57

LOL

#16 Ji@nBing on 01 Jan 2003 - 03:25

lol, yeah xp has got to be the real #1

#17 Juan4Ever on 01 Jan 2003 - 07:08

what about eMule? or Trillian?

#18 carlito on 01 Jan 2003 - 10:01

does this list only have programs hosted by download.com?

#19 xmintox on 01 Jan 2003 - 11:01

believe it does.

#20 djze on 01 Jan 2003 - 12:17

audiogalaxy stop worked on july of 2002, it's no surprise it did to the top ten

(2 replies) #21 Krook on 01 Jan 2003 - 16:43

God! - I miss AudioGalaxy

It was without a doubt the best p2p ever.

#21.1 Daybreak on 01 Jan 2003 - 17:18

The best p2p for music without a doubt... There's nothing which has managed to replace it so far, sadly.

#21.2 CatnipOligarthy on 01 Jan 2003 - 17:35

audiogalaxy was the greatest...impressive that it still made the list since it was gone half the year...

#22 mcloum on 01 Jan 2003 - 20:32

i would have thought Internet explorer or Netscape would have been the top 2

(2 replies) #23 mcloum on 01 Jan 2003 - 20:36

Audio galaxy sucked balls! Long live WINMX

#23.1 phobic on 01 Jan 2003 - 22:29

Heh well if anything sucks, I'd have to say WinMX. Talk about crap.

#23.2 Mystical112 on 07 Jan 2003 - 03:32

ag was wayyy betterr... till it got killed.....

#24 Solarix on 02 Jan 2003 - 01:47

sorry but i would never have put down ICQ for the first thing... thats just plain wrong

#25 twist on 02 Jan 2003 - 08:28

hmm i didn't get any of thoose. everything there has a much better alternative.

#26 SMG on 02 Jan 2003 - 09:34

this list is rubbish, more like a top 10 bloated/spyware/unuseful (or any of that combination) list

#27 Mystical112 on 07 Jan 2003 - 03:33

i thought msn would be somewhere there also.... oh well....

#28 sharkk on 07 Jan 2003 - 07:29

lol. from there i had icq, winzip, webshots, imesh, DAP and Audiogalaxy.....all very nice programs. too bad audiogalaxy got shut down......it was the greatest p2p for audio. imesh is ok.....but i preferred AG.

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