Video sites are by far the biggest consumers of bandwidth on the Web: Netflix, YouTube, Twitch ? MindGeek. Or maybe that last one doesn?t ring a bell? Founded in 2007 by Canadians Stephane Manos and hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha, MindGeek (formerly known as Manwin and Mansef) has over 100 million daily visitors and is one of the top 10 consumers of bandwidth; some reports have them in the top three. They operate nearly a hundred websites that in total consume more bandwidth than Twitter, Amazon, or Facebook. Of all top content providers, though, Mindgeek has by far the most shadowy presence. Its website says they are ?pioneering the future of online traffic??but doesn?t say much about what they actually do with all that bandwidth.
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