Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
Written by Ernesto on February 20, 2009TV-shows are some of the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?
Every week we take a look at the most downloaded TV-Shows on BitTorrent. Lost, which had the honor of being the most pirated show of 2008 and was leading the TV-download chart three weeks in a row.
This week, however, Heroes took over the lead. Both Heroes and Lost were downloaded well over a million times, beating the rest of the shows by a landslide.
The data for the most recent TV episodes listed below are collected by TorrentFreak. We use a representative sample of BitTorrent sites and is for informational and educational reference only. The data for the second list based on the total number of downloads (not only recent episodes) of all shows in the past week is provided by ShowInsider.
Top Downloads (Recent Episodes)
| ranking | (last week) | show | est. downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | (2) | Heroes | 1,595,000 |
| 2 | (1) | Lost | 1,570,000 |
| 3 | (4) | 24 | 720,000 |
| 4 | (…) | Desperate Housewives | 555,000 |
| 5 | (6) | Battlestar Galactica | 515,000 |
| 6 | (9) | The Big Bang Theory | 500,000 |
| 7 | (7) | Fringe | 490,000 |
| 8 | (…) | Grey’s Anatomy | 455,000 |
| 9 | (…) | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 410,000 |
| 10 | (…) | Dollhouse | 375,000 |
Top Downloads (All Episodes)
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| showinsider.com | |||
| 1 | (1) | Lost | |
| 2 | (2) | Heroes | |
| 3 | (3) | 24 | |
| 4 | (15) | Desperate Housewives | |
| 5 | (14) | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | |
| 6 | (18) | Scrubs | |
| 7 | (4) | House M.D. | |
| 8 | (23) | Battlestar Galactica | |
| 9 | (11) | 90210 | |
| 10 | (13) | Grey’s Anatomy | |
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24 Responses
Where is Family guy?
grey’s anatomy should be at the top.
Fringe is great, I can’t wait for moar
Ya I just wonder why they have to delay the show all the way until April 7th. Marketing?
Good to see Dollhouse on that list.
Finally another chance for Joss Whedon to show his stuff.
Battlestar Galactica is a great show.. I recommend all ppl to download it.
Commander Adama RULES and Number Six is super hot ;D
what about House? :((
it’s really sad to see it’s only #7
fringe is being bumped to April because of American Idol.
90210? Really? At #9? I guess I can believe when I hear that a high percentage of people are feeble minded.
why is lost on there at all, when you can just stream it in hd from abc anyway?
@11: because the world is a lot bigger than just the US, don’t ya know :p
I can’t believe the horrible crap people are watching nowadays. What happend to quality shows like: Trailer Park Boys or My name is Earl? In other words: what comment number ten sez.. Bunch of feeble minded mofo’s!
where the hell is Prison Break OMG
Only 1.5 millions? :<
Dunno why US media-gays so aggressive.
And yes, no Prison Break. :S
LOST forever ;)
heroes? who still watches that garbage? lol
where the fuck is southpark???
The Simpsons? The only show I download.
The fact that “unpopular” shows like Terminator and Dollhouse are doing so well shows
a) the good taste of downloaders
b) the stupidity of programme schedulers
I don’t understand how the sarah connor chronicles can be so high on the list and there might not even be a 3rd season.
Where is nip/tuck ?
Heroes “check”, Battlestar “check”, Fringe “check”, 90210 “che…what?”. Is that crap still running, and where is True Blood?
HEROES!!! yay! :) :)
one word-awesome!
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