I mean you did bring up a valid answer, word of mouth, aka here lol

It says I need an invitation link. Also what is the “proof” they need in their application?

Most of the torrents would be better seeded than public trackers. Download speeds will be great too and some public trackers have a vast amount of content too.

Better content by a mile if you’re in some of the good ones. Speeds are always good on private trackers but public trackers can have good speeds on popular things too.

Some stats (I edited the name into each one so it would be easier to differentiate):

• RED (1st largest music)
• OPS (2nd largest music)
• BTN (Television)
• PTP (Movies)
• HDB (All HD content)
• GGn (Video games)

Better privacy is objectively true but it’s only security by obscurity, so it’s ~99.9% bulletproof. You can generally torrent without a VPN on private trackers, though some of the larger “semi-private” mega trackers like IPT/TL/etc may still have a tiny chance of getting ISP letters. For a copyright holder to serve your ISP a letter they need to be in your swarm with you. Private trackers are difficult to get access to and have much smaller swarms than public trackers, so copyright holders usually don’t bother. The easier a community is to get access to, and the more users that are hanging around in swarms, the more appetizing it might be for them.

Edit: Retention is also really good on private trackers. Most people seed everything forever on private trackers, so you don’t have to worry about content being “fresh” for it to be available and seeded.

I could probably drum up a lot of reasons, but if i had to pick one, I would say retention. I can decide I want to download an obscure movie that was uploaded 15 years ago and not only is it still on there, but I can usually even download it at full speed.