Thirteen years after the Swedish website was launched, The Pirate Bay continues its reign over all the remaining torrent sites after its biggest rivals have been shut down.

Torrent Freak revealed that after KickassTorrents and Torrentz were closed recently, people began to visit The Pirate Bay once again to get their usual torrent downloads. This helps the website survive even if it already faced a series of raids in the pass.

According to the report, the people who run The Pirate Bay understand that the torrent community is counting on them.

"TPB is as important today as it was yesterday, and its role in being the galaxy's most resilient torrent site will continue for the foreseeable future," The Pirate Bay staff named Spud17 said. "Sure, TPB has its flaws and glitches but it's still the go-to site for all our media needs, and I can see TPB still being around in 20 or 30 years time, even if the technology changes."

Another senior staff of The Pirate Bay, named Xe, admitted that their torrent site is far from being perfect but claimed that the website's resilience is very important to keep it afloat.

"TPB ain't perfect. There are plenty of things wrong with it, but it is simple, steadfast and true," Xe said in the same report. "So it's no real surprise that it is once more the destination of choice or that it has survived for so long in spite of the inevitable turnover of crew."

At the moment, there are five remaining torrent sites that still function. Aside from The Pirate Bay, torrent downloaders can also use ExtraTorrent, RARBG, YTS: AG, and 1337X to download files from the Internet. Still, most Internet users are relying on the 13-year-old website for all their torrent needs.