Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
Written by Ernesto on December 31, 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?
Prison Break is leading this week’s chart. Since most shows are on a break it’s a bit of an unusual week with nine newcomers.
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. A list of the most pirated TV-shows of 2008 was published last week.
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 | (2) | Prison Break | |
| 2 | (…) | Stargate Atlantis | |
| 3 | (…) | Doctor Who | |
| 4 | (…) | Heroes Unmasked | |
| 5 | (…) | The Unit | |
| 6 | (…) | The IT Crowd | |
| 7 | (…) | Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy | |
| 8 | (…) | Leverage | |
| 9 | (…) | Robot Chicken | |
| 10 | (…) | A Matter of Loaf and Death | |
Top Downloads (All Episodes)
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| showinsider.com | |||
| 1 | (1) | Heroes | |
| 2 | (3) | Prison Break | |
| 3 | (8) | Stargate Atlantis | |
| 4 | (2) | Dexter | |
| 5 | (6) | House M.D. | |
| 6 | (4) | Californication | |
| 7 | (7) | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | |
| 8 | (20) | The IT Crowd | |
| 9 | (12) | Desperate Housewives | |
| 10 | (13) | Gossip Girl | |
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Waiting for new stuff from Dexter… Damn! I love that show…!
Can anyone suggest some good shows? (I dont watch regular tv, just what i download for various reasons like no crappy ads, no fixed timings and can see a whole season when i want to.. only downside is i dont know which shows are good as i dont see the previews/trailers for other shows)
This is the kind of stuff i like:
Prison break (season 1 was really good)
Heroes (again season 1, season two was ok, season 3 sucks)
Dexter (fantastic)
Stargate sg1 etc
any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
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Waiting for new stuff from Dexter… Damn! I love that show…!
Can anyone suggest some good shows? (I dont watch regular tv, just what i download for various reasons like no crappy ads, no fixed timings and can see a whole season when i want to.. only downside is i dont know which shows are good as i dont see the previews/trailers for other shows)
This is the kind of stuff i like:
Prison break (season 1 was really good)
Heroes (again season 1, season two was ok, season 3 sucks)
Dexter (fantastic)
Stargate sg1 etc
(thought "Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy" was utter crap and wanted a refund for the bytes that i downloaded..)
based on the above any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
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I only really watch shows like Prison Break, Heroes and the Unit because they are simply something to watch. They aren’t particularly good. Very predictable and strewn out to get as much viewers/money as possible. Which they’ve done well seeing from the above results.
ernesto did u even check the pb thumnail that u posted?
the pb thumb looks funny
Thanks for information ;)
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Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy… What?? Must go get!
My roommate got me watching Battlestar Galactica last semester, and I'm not sure he even knows about these webisodes…
Jericho is one of the best series I ever watched.
Prison Break number 1? Ugh…..Good to see IT crowd and Robot Chicken in there! More comedies need to make the top 10!
the it crowd made it in the top 10… GREAT :)
Thanks!
If you like comedy do watch 30 rock
Anyone else think SciFi’s making a mistake with ending SGA? I think the torrents support this opinion.
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