Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
Written by Ernesto on April 07, 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 sharing?
Every week we take a look at the most downloaded TV-Shows on BitTorrent. Heroes is leading the chart again this week, followed by Lost. Both episodes were downloaded well over a million times.
The data for the most recent TV episodes listed below are collected by TorrentFreak from 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.
Most Downloads (recent episodes)
| ranking | (last week) | show | est. downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | (1) | Heroes | 1,760,000 |
| 2 | (2) | Lost | 1,700,000 |
| 3 | (…) | House M.D. | 750,000 |
| 4 | (3) | 24 | 720,000 |
| 5 | (…) | The Big Bang | 520,000 |
| 6 | (6) | How I Met Your mother | 495,000 |
| 7 | (…) | South Park | 480,000 |
| 8 | (5) | Family Guy | 430,000 |
| 9 | (7) | Gossip Girl | 420,000 |
| 10 | (9) | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 400,000 |
Most Downloads (all episodes)
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| showinsider.com | |||
| 1 | (1) | Heroes | |
| 2 | (2) | Lost | |
| 3 | (5) | House M.D. | |
| 4 | (4) | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | |
| 5 | (8) | Smallville | |
| 6 | (10) | Gossip Girl | |
| 7 | (3) | 24 | |
| 8 | (6) | How I Met Your Mother | |
| 9 | (13) | South Park | |
| 10 | (7) | Desperate Housewives | |
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36 Responses
In before “OMG HEROES SUCK WHY WOULD ANYONE WATCH IT”
Breaking bad should be on there! class show.
SOUTH PARK!!! The new episode was extremly shit though =[.
why are the numbers so low, some studies show that tv shows are downloaded as much as viewed live.
should there be an extra zero there
The shows name is “The Big Bang _THEORY_”, and the Wikipedia link is obviously all wrong..
TV-shows such as “Lost” and “Heroes” can get up to 10 million downloads per episode, in only a week
from one of the other articles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory_(TV_series) Torrent Freak, fix the link for “The ig Bang Theory” , yours i for the astronomical event.
i live in sweden and pay for cable in with my rent but have no V so my question is…
if i download the show that would normally be on my cable, am i breaking copyright or am i doing anything wrong???
@ liquidmonkey, yes you are breaking the law and yes , you are goin to burn in a lake of fire for all eternity for the sin.
even though you get the end product 2 weeks ahead of schedule, its got no ads, its ripped in your preffered codec, at your preffered resolution, and its good to go after a 45 second download.
waiting for YOU to watch it, at your own preffered time.
yeah thats a sin.
luckily im not a religious idiot.
+ iv no bible to take ‘morals’ from :)
but isn’t what i’m doing the same thing as a TIVO (usa) or PVR (canada)???
i hope that burning lake is near some mountains :)
but did you pay for the pvr? :p
I want someone to upload Apprentice S6 and S7, Amazing Race S11 to TPB!
don’t own a PVR mate.
the link has been fixed, thanks
woot south park and family guy back on the charts baby!
lol wut?
At the very end of lost there is a copyright warning I only noticed last week when my DVR stopped on the final frame.
@liquidmonkey
Then Answer your going to get from the MPAA is “yes” but your Right, a Tivo does the same thing, lets you skip the ads and records it for later. its no Different then the VCR
As Long as your not showing Auditoriums full of people “heros” or “lost” then you will never have any issue with the MPAA
Personally i think the Advertisers should try and Incorprate their products in the show. Such as pepsi or sticking laundry soap on the washer in the background.
or something close to what Verizon wireless did with Gossip Girl where Everyone is using VZ phones and adds in the background ect…..
Product placement in TV shows is already very common. Problem with world-wide “distribution” is that many products are only available in some countries or they may be marketed under different labels and brands.
Pretty much the only program on the list that I follow is The Big Bang Theory, which has a rather novel approach on geeks and is actually very funny too. :) (oh, and House of course but I actually don’t pirate it)
I’m surprised that Breaking Bad isn’t on here. That’s a great show.
Yea, I stopped watching Heroes after season 3 episode 3(Yea, I endured season 2). I don’t have time to waste on that unintelligent crappy show. 80% of them have seen the damn future somehow. crap show.
Terminator: TSCC has the most engaging story on TV these days.
The industry should take a look at how well South Park has done over the years…
Regenesis is still high up on my list..
Heroes dl numbers would be significantly less if NBC’s player would actually work, it stops all the time and the ads seem to make it stop even more.
I wish these stats were correct. They always seem to forget about Chuck.
One thing that might skew the numbers … CTV (Canada) advertised a new episode of Fringe, whee! Broadcast Wed @ 9pm. This was listed on all TV schedules and (still) prominently on their own web site. Then they broadcast “Canadian Idol”! So you’ll see the Fringe download count increase for this week.
How come lost always loses to that gay ass show heroes??
Heroes was good, then it turned REALLY REALLY bad. I guess people downloaded it just because they’ve already half way watching it.
Kings, a new show, is really good. recommended.
nder such an bad financial and economic environment. many people is careful to spend money.
they need cheap, high quality product. as you know, during the past 30 years,Made-in-China spead in the world,China main land became the world manufactoy.
almost all famous brand Footwear,Apparel, Fashions if producted in China. the product export from China is
cheap, high quality.
B2C is very popluar in current world. buy product from B2C web site will save many money.
and post company,like UPS,FedEx,DHL,EMS,they can shippment product world wide very quickly and in an acceptable price
nder such an bad financial and economic environment. many people is careful to spend money.
they need cheap, high quality product. as you know, during the past 30 years,Made-in-China spead in the world,China main land became the world manufactoy.
almost all famous brand Footwear,Apparel, Fashions if producted in China. the product export from China is
cheap, high quality.
B2C is very popluar in current world. buy product from B2C web site will save many money.
and post company,like UPS,FedEx,DHL,EMS,they can shippment product world wide very quickly and in an acceptable price
It’s not pirated if broadcast for free!
Well, 31, unfortunately it is considered piracy. The ToS that we automatically agree to by watching their channel forbids us from redistributing the broadcast without their express permission. You’re only allowed to record it for your own personal/educational use in your home.
Yes, it is idiotic.
missing quite a few zeros…lol
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Thank you.
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