Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
Written by Ernesto on November 18, 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?
Heroes is leading the chart again, with over two million downloads for the latest episode only.
The data for the most recent TV episodes are collected by TorrentFreak from a representative sample of BitTorrent sites and is for informational and educational reference only.
Thanks to ShowInsider we now also include a list based on the total number of downloads (not only recent episodes) of all shows in the past week.
Top Downloads (Recent Episodes)
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | (…) | Heroes | |
| 2 | (1) | Prison Break | |
| 3 | (2) | Dexter | |
| 4 | (…) | House | |
| 5 | (6) | Desperate Housewives | |
| 6 | (4) | Smallville | |
| 7 | (…) | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | |
| 8 | (3) | Grey’s Anatomy | |
| 9 | (7) | Entourage | |
| 10 | (…) | Californication | |
Top Downloads (All Episodes)
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| showinsider.com | |||
| 1 | (1) | Heroes | |
| 2 | (2) | Prison Break | |
| 3 | (3) | Dexter | |
| 4 | (4) | House | |
| 5 | (5) | Desperate Housewives | |
| 6 | (6) | Smallville | |
| 7 | (7) | Grey’s Anatomy | |
| 8 | (8) | Entourage | |
| 9 | (9) | Gossip Girl | |
| 10 | (11) | South Park | |
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Let me try to download at least one among them and watch :)
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Just had a thought:
Vuze, Morpheus, Limewire, Shareaza and even sourceforge supply the software **but** without the knowledge of what to download those softwares are pretty much useless… watch out TF, the morons at the Société civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF) are going to come for you next!
Be scared, be very scared!
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Hmmm, I love the Internet: it’s so much better than cable TV… on-demand, ad-free & I get choices from all over the world.
With membership at BitMeTV & TVTorrents.ro & unlimited Usenet access I have what no cable TV station in the world can offer.
I’m surprised that Heroes is on top: season 3 has really gone downhill IMHO.
Heroes may have went slightly down hill but from the top 10 it’s still the best thing on the list by quite a bit.
Also they shouldn’t have made a 2nd season of Cali…just seems pointless.
Oh and Prison Break is still going? wow…Don’t know how it’s surviving…
Thanks for the list TF,
Ive never watched heros but ive heard that the first two seasons were good, but that this last season is ok. I think i will start watching heros now
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heey would you look at that.. south park.
Wow, I am shocked. I thought Prison Break would kick Heros to the curb!
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DExter is a great show, very addictive
I call BS, we all know that “The Big Bang Theory” is the real number one show. Any list that doesn’y have it on top is suspect.
I think heroes is back on track now…
I took a dumper on your mom’s face.
I think this downloading law making it illegal is bullshit. For me I watch it then if I really like the movie or TV series I’ll go and by the actual DVD. This problem has been going on since the cassette days but what is making it illegal going to do. I have over 300 DVDs and my friend can make a copy of them off the ones that I have and the same in reverse. So making it illegal will not solve the downloading problem it will make people find different ways of getting free movies.
Plus I love Heros, Smallville,Sarah Connor Cronicles and the new Knight Rider TV shows.
I like Smallville, bot that interested in the others though
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My favorites at this moment in time are House and Big Bang Theory.
Dexter, Californication, and Entourage are my favorites on this list. I say it every week and I’ll say it again: Heroes has gotten really lame. Besides, they’ve stolen most of their material from The 4400 anyway.
Sons of Anarchy & True Blood!!
Just had to post my weekly disapproval with the rankings. :)
Where’s family guy!?!?!
lolz heroes is on top,
nyway i hope pb will be back with a bang
wer is himym in da list :O
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All of those shows is aired in USA. We live in a global world, and some of us can`t wait till the show make it to a local TV-station where we live. It`s cool that “Dexter” hit the 3 spot.
I dont understand why it is illegal to download television shows we all had a vcr for years and I never heard it was illegal to tape a show to watch later so what is the difference ? I do understand that the movie industry would object but I like a previous response said I too have hundreds of movie and tv on dvd titles i also download to make sure I like the show before i go spend hundreds of dollars to purchase box sets or single movies it should be a crime to sell bad movies boy do i have a few of those
My favorites:
heroes
desperate housewives
lost
new shows:
True blood!!
sons of anarchy!!
breaking bad!!!
how is sharing a file with a friend(s) illegal frre to air is FREE 2 air. and sharing with friends ie downloading torr files is free and will always be.
Dont let them trick you. STAY FREE
Wheres Chuck? Its the best!
Generation Kill, True Blood, Sons of Anarchy and the Shield are the only reasons to sit in front of a TV.
According to http://www.spotep.com/spotted the list is topped by dexter, true blood and Into the Unknown with Josh B… (Discovery)
its the best
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