treads_map.py

import urllib2
from multiprocessing.dummy import Pool as ThreadPool
from timeit import default_timer as timer

start = timer()
urls = [
    'http://www.python.org',
    'http://www.python.org/about/',
    'http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/04/17/metaclasses.html',
    'http://www.python.org/doc/',
    'http://www.python.org/download/',
    'http://www.python.org/getit/',
    'http://www.python.org/community/',
    'https://wiki.python.org/moin/',
    'http://planet.python.org/',
    'https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups',
    'http://www.python.org/psf/',
    'http://docs.python.org/devguide/',
    'http://www.python.org/community/awards/',
    'http://www.python.org',
    'http://www.python.org/about/',
    'http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/04/17/metaclasses.html',
    'http://www.python.org/doc/',
    'http://www.python.org/download/',
    'http://www.python.org/getit/',
    'http://www.python.org/community/',
    'https://wiki.python.org/moin/',
    'http://planet.python.org/',
    'https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups',
    'http://www.python.org/psf/',
    'http://docs.python.org/devguide/',
    'http://www.python.org/community/awards/',
    'http://www.python.org',
    'http://www.python.org/about/',
    'http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/04/17/metaclasses.html',
    'http://www.python.org/doc/',
    'http://www.python.org/download/',
    'http://www.python.org/getit/',
    'http://www.python.org/community/',
    'https://wiki.python.org/moin/',
    'http://planet.python.org/',
    'https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups',
    'http://www.python.org/psf/',
    'http://docs.python.org/devguide/',
    'http://www.python.org/community/awards/'
]

arr = []

def count(url):
    a = 1
    return arr.append(url)


# Make the Pool of workers
pool = ThreadPool(25)

# Open the urls in their own threads
# and return the results
results = pool.map(count(urls), urls)

#close the pool and wait for the work to finish
pool.close()
pool.join()

print arr
end = timer()

print("Time taken:", end-start)