ExtraTorrent, which is commonly abbreviated as “ET” used to be an online repository for digital files such as the media files (i.e music, videos ), and softwares from which visitors share and download torrent files and magnet links, which tend to increase the efficiency of peer-to-peer file sharing between the BitTorrent users.

As at November by the year 2016, records shows that ExtraTorrent was the second largest torrent site worldwide, Pirate Bay being the first.

Extratorrent’s official website “ExtraTorrent.cc” got shut down on the 17th of May 2017 by the people behind it due to legal controversies regarding to DMCA and copyright breaches.