Softonic reaches the milestone of 4 million downloads per day

Nov. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- London, 30 November 2011 – Softonic has passed the milestone of more than 4 million downloads per day, the highest daily total registered by the portal to date. The company continues to consolidate its leadership position as the top site for software downloads in Europe and Latin America and one of the references for the sector worldwide.

The number of downloads made from Softonic's portals has steadily risen over the last few years. At the end of 2007, the company registered 1 million downloads a day, and in 2009 that figure doubled, rising to 2 million. The company is proud to announce that it now registers more than 4 million downloads a day.

The programs most frequently downloaded by English-speaking users utilising a Windows platform include VLC Media Player, Format Factory and Skype. Mac users in this market show a marked preference for VLC Media Player, Internet Explorer and Paintbrush while mobile phone users most frequently download the Opera Mini web browser application, Adobe Flash Lite and Facebook social utility software.

100 million people now download software from the world's most secure download site.

This milestone was preceded by another record-breaking surge in the number of Softonic users. According to data compiled by Nielsen/OJD, last August the company registered more than 100 million unique users. This situates Softonic in the elite club of websites with the highest volumes of traffic in Europe.

Softonic's users can choose from a catalogue of more than 160,000 applications backed by the company's own seal of security. This seal, launched in 2010, guarantees that all software offered through the Softonic portal is analyzed for viruses prior to download. This service makes Softonic the world's most secure software download site: every application the company offers is thoroughly analysed by more than 30 different antivirus programs before it reaches the user.


About Softonic

Softonic is Europe and Latin America's number one software download site and a market leader worldwide. Founded in Barcelona (Spain) in 1997, the company now employs more than 250 people and has offices in Barcelona, Madrid, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Softonic offers one of the largest collections of software for Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, web apps, and Smartphone apps, all of which are analysed, evaluated and validated by a team of expert content editors.

The company currently offers over 160,000 programs available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Dutch, and Japanese.

More information is available at: http://en.softonic.com/
Twitter: @softonic_en



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