Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
Written by Ernesto on October 28, 2008TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?
Similar to last weeks, Heroes is leading the chart with close to two million downloads. After a week absence, Prison Break has returned in second place.
The data presented here is collected by TorrentFreak from a representative sample of BitTorrent sites and is for informational and educational reference only.
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | (1) | Heroes | |
| 2 | (back) | Prison Break | |
| 3 | (3) | House | |
| 4 | (2) | Dexter | |
| 5 | (5) | Smallville | |
| 6 | (back) | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | |
| 7 | (7) | Grey’s Anatomy | |
| 8 | (4) | Desperate Housewives | |
| 9 | (8) | Entourage | |
| 10 | (9) | Californication | |
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36 Responses
This list can’t be right. Every time I download True Blood there is already 20000+ peers mere hours after it aired. It didn’t even make the list!
Wow Heroes still #1 Didnt expect that
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What? No ‘Mad Men’?
Damn… Baseball game and US Election are slowing the TV shows this falls…
No prison break and terminator monday…
So if you have a VSR, is it legal to record a chow on TV? If you have a video card with cable-in, is it legal to record it on your computer? If you watch it on TV, is it legal to watch it streaming online? If any of the above cases are legal, is it then legal to download it on your computer?
Where does the line get drawn? (And this isn’t as retorical as it sounds, I really am quite curiuous where the law draws the line, thx) =^D
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@6 Nooooooo! Totally NOT cool!
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Whaat, no Chuck?
true blood wth is that never heard of it.
Me again ive just read about it at imdb and i sounds pretty ok. so i will dl it and watch it. WWEEEE!!!
rly suprised How i met your Mother isnt in the list
You all wrong, even if you like theese series that you mentioned and even if they r popular the lis is almos 100% true as i know from other sources as well.
(should be the office there as well:))
Its becoming more and more evident that the lists are unreliable as in what is REALLY popular..
Most downloads doesn’t mean exactly what would think.
No offense Torrentfreak, great job, I only wish you could provide more usefull information about whats really going on instead of just Most downloads.
I have a theory that people just download whatever is on various lists or new releases these days, consuming media like garbage disposals..
Download now.. ask questions later.
lol
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I only download shows that I’m actually interested in, or that a friend wants. I download from the newsgroups, not BitTorrent though, so my downloads wouldn’t be counted anyway.
I’m just surpised Fringe isn’t on there. When a tracker displays 20000 seeds it is lieing, never tried to do it so not sure exactly what technology is involved, probably just a script.
HEROES OWNING :)
Fringe and Dexter are the only decent shows on at the moment. Prison Break is a joke now and Heroes just aint doing much for me.
Californication is starting to look up for season 2, great show.
Dexter rules.
Heroes sucks, bring back The 4400.
Entourage is good.
And yeah, it seems like Fringe should also be on here.
What? “FRINGE” didn’t make the list?
Whaddap with that d00d?
I think Prison break rockss it has to be no.1 show.
where can i find tv show torents to download
Same ole crap with no reflection of True Blood or Sons of Anarchy. It’s irritating because I see the numbers for those shows (meaning seeds/leeches), and they’re through the roof. I can’t imagine that these other shows are that much more popular. If so then we’re in trouble. Aside from Dexter (great show) the majority of the shows on there are just crap, and what isn’t crap shouldn’t be higher in the ranks that Sons of Anarchy, and True Blood. It’s possible that I am wrong, but something seems awful screwy here. It’s like these charts reflect exactly what the networks would want reflected. The same craptastic shows that so many people complain about, as being at the top.
Ugh! Rant over, sorry.
I was thinking the same thing.. but im starting to come to the conclusion that people really have no taste and download horrible shit and feed it to there brain..
at least there not buyin the shit.. lol.
Prison Break deserves to be at the top, last episode I was screaming at my VDU while watching it…
Family Guy, why has it dropped out again!?
@ 22 Oct 29, 2008 at 09:37 by xzqvyz
“True Blood or Sons of Anarchy is awesome”
No, it’s not, the word u used most describes the show best, it’s crap.
The only thing that really surprises me is that there r ppl watching “The Sarah Connor Chronicles”. Has it improved? Because when I watched one of the fist episodes it hurt my brain. Unbelievably illogical that made no sens at all…
Can’t wait for BSG to return.
I also can’t wait for BSG. It will make number 1 for sure.
I used to watch all those shows but now it’s only heroes(and some times Cali) as I find that to be the best.
Family Guy will hopefully jump back into the Top 10 when it returns.
no friday night lights?
@26 Oct 29, 2008 at 17:11 by u got no taste, get over it
It’s fine that you disagree with me. No biggie there, but please don’t misquote me. I didn’t say, “True Blood or Sons of Anarchy is awesome.”
I do believe that they are great shows, but quotes suggest that I actually said that verbatim. I’m no English professor, but there are so many issues facing that sentence that it’s ridiculous.
Thank you.
There’s a good reason these shows are downloaded: most of them conflict with each other for the same airtimes. Networks shouldn’t try to force viewers into choosing then complain when people are forced to download the shows they couldn’t catch.
@31 Oct 30, 2008 at 20:50 by writerpatrick
Amen to that!! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to cave for one show or another…no more! :)
Very suprising results there.
@xzqvyz
didn’t do it with bad intentions, i’ve thought of it as a referance and summarize it, o the comment wouldn’t get too long. thoughr it was a fair representation of ur comment… but u r right.
thx 4 takin no offense in my nickname :)
Time to get “Dead Set” on that list, come on people get to it!
Smallville should be first!!!
watch survivor season 16, and usenet > torrents
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