The criteria used to evaluate RapidShare include:

RapidShare was more than just a file-hosting site; it was a digital library that housed the zeitgeist of the 2000s. It offered a glimpse into a world where were available to anyone with a fast connection and a link. While the site is gone, the era of instant, global media access it helped create is now the world we live in every day.

Despite these efforts, Rapidshare's popularity declined significantly in the following years. The platform was eventually shut down in 2017, and its assets were sold to a new company called .