Torrent upload not starting/uploading, despite leechers

[ytutambien]

It's been more than 2 hours since I uploaded my torrent and there are 2 leechers, but the torrent is still not "uploading" yet. No speed yet on the "Upload" column. There doesn't seem to be errors on the torrent upload. Does anyone know what's maybe going on?

[A Former User]

just pause and resume the torrent quickly and it should start seeding, it happens with all my own torrets as well. sometimes they sit there with a lot of people waiting because i forget to do it.

[ytutambien]

@ianfontinell-0 I clicked Stop and then resumed and let's see what happens. I'll wait for a few minutes to "refresh".

[ytutambien]

The torrent already "refreshed" but upload column is still zero/blank. There are 2 leechers. I already paused and resumed but it's still the same. I wonder what the issue is.

[frostycab]

@ytutambien You did download the torrent from the site rather than just use the local copy that you uploaded, right?

[ytutambien]

@frostycab Yes I did that. It wouldn't have shown to be "seeding" with leechers if I didn't. But anyway, it's okay now apparently I was just being impatient. lol. I just let it sit for some minutes before it actually started "Uploading".

Thanks to anyone who responded. This issue is resolved.

[lololulu19]

I don't know why.. but Qbittorrent often does not start downloading until you manually start them. They often are in a "Stalled" state to begin with.

Also, it seems that Qbittorrent doesn't UPLOAD as much as Utorrent does.

[MrMazda]

This is usually a sign of improper port forwarding. You need to make sure that the port that your torrent client uses is forwarded through your home network or VPN to your computer. This is a critical step to being able to get proper upload traffic.