For those who came here to find the answer about the maximum number of simultaneous downloads in SDWebImage, I would like to add to the previous answer.
I would not recommend changing the init SDWebImageDownloader, since you can update SDWebImage or, like me, configure the number of simultaneous downloads in different areas of your application.
SDWebImageManager.sharedManager.imageDownloader.maxConcurrentDownloads = 10;
[yourImageView setImageWithURL:thumbURL];
SDWebImageManager *sharedManager = [SDWebImageManager sharedManager];
[sharedManager.imageDownloader setMaxConcurrentDownloads:1];
[sharedManager cancelAll];
[yourImageView setImageWithURL:URL];