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Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent

TV-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?

heroesEvery week we take a look at the most downloaded TV-Shows on BitTorrent. Heroes is leading the chart again this week, followed by Lost and Prison Break. All three 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 is 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)

April 13 – April 19
ranking (prev) show est. downloads
torrentfreak.com
1 (2) Lost 1,790,000
2 (1) Heroes 1,660,000
3 (…) Prison Break 1,120,000
4 (4) 24 720,000
5 (3) House M.D. 720,000
6 (6) How I Met Your mother 635,000
7 (5) The Big Bang 570,000
8 (…) Fringe 530,000
9 (7) South Park 440,000
8 (5) Family Guy 380,000
10 (…) Chuck 350,000

Most Downloads (all episodes)

April 13 – April 19
Ranking (last week) TV-show
showinsider.com
1 (1) Heroes
2 (2) Lost
3 (3) 24
4 (4) House M.D.
5 (5) South Park
6 (6) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
7 (7) Desperate Housewives
8 (16) Gossip Girl
9 (13) Grey’s Anatomy
10 (12) How I Met Your Mother

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  • drone

    Lost <3

  • FatGiant

    And I have all the seasons of all those shows, plus a few hundred more… :)

    When they start to consider downloads part of the show audience, it will be rare to have a good show cancelled for lack of viewers.

    Even if for that, we would have to endure ads in the shows. (lol)

  • -

    The Game

  • hardy harhar

    @2 FatGiant

    yeah, and based on the downloads, terminator: the sarah connor chronicles deserves a new season!

    (yes, based on the downloads… i know, i know…)

  • Mike

    South Park FTW

  • Rainydays

    LOL, Wrong data, Gotta be. Who watches LOST or 24, no one!!!!!!!!

  • Rhys

    Damn, i lost the game.

  • Slade.

    @ #6, Just because you doesnt watch them doesnt mean other people dont.

    I love 24, its still good in my opinion.

  • RIAA/MPAA_biach

    Again, TPB people show their horrible taste. Lost, Heroes AND Prison Break top 3. I can’t tell which one sucks more, probably Lost. But who cares, morons buy that crap and we make money on them. LOL

  • redcam

    @6

    Statistics once again prove that individual opinions do not matter when trying to make generalizations. Just because you and maybe your inner-circle doesn’t watch these shows anymore doesn’t mean that the rest of the larger society doesn’t. You and your (as well as mine) inner-circle is too insignificant to represent the entire population as a sample.

    To make a generalization about a large group of people based on personal opinion and experience of a selected few is only going to distort (smokescreen) your social reality. You will find yourself in constant conflict as evidence which contradicts your beliefs gets constantly presented (such as this article).

  • Back

    Redcam, you’re absolutely right. I couldn’t agree more – I, for example, am still very fond of 24, despite the fact it has come to its 7th season now…

  • Anonymous

    Lost still sucks. ;)

  • Pamela F.

    - 8 (…) Fringe 530,000
    - 9 (7) South Park 440,000
    - 8 (5) Family Guy 380,000

    ????

  • Phrantik

    LOST! Wooooooooooooo we owns teh shihit up in da fizzl.

  • empa7h

    It’s all a matter of taste. I like Lost, even though people like Phrantik do too, don’t assume your better then others.

  • mehmaster

    “Big Bang” heh. someont forgot a “Theory”

  • forde

    @13

    hahaha good one, torrentfreak apparently can’t count.

  • deathracer

    prison break just came out of nowhere and took third place.
    about time it came back.

  • 1

    How can south park and family guy be “pirated”? They are offered for view online at no cost by their creators themselves…

    Change the title to Most Downloaded, would be better.

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  • me

    #19
    South Park blocks the video streams on their site because I live en the wrong country.

  • 1

    Sorry then, pira…khm…SHARED it is. ;)

    My intention wasn’t trolling, honestly, didn’t know about the blocks. They deserve to be shared then.

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  • ha

    how i met your mother rocks

  • SP™®

    heroes
    lost
    house
    criminal minds
    cold case

    All rocks for me!!!!!!!!!!!

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