Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent

Written by Ernesto on April 22, 2009 

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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24 Responses

1 Apr 22, 2009 at 19:03 by drone

Lost <3

2 Apr 22, 2009 at 19:09 by 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)

3 Apr 22, 2009 at 19:38 by -

The Game

4 Apr 22, 2009 at 19:45 by 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…)

5 Apr 22, 2009 at 19:49 by Mike

South Park FTW

6 Apr 22, 2009 at 19:50 by Rainydays

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

7 Apr 22, 2009 at 19:57 by Rhys

Damn, i lost the game.

8 Apr 22, 2009 at 20:18 by Slade.

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

I love 24, its still good in my opinion.

9 Apr 22, 2009 at 20:50 by 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

10 Apr 22, 2009 at 21:00 by 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).

11 Apr 22, 2009 at 21:33 by 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…

12 Apr 22, 2009 at 22:24 by Anonymous

Lost still sucks. ;)

13 Apr 22, 2009 at 22:34 by Pamela F.

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

????

14 Apr 22, 2009 at 22:56 by Phrantik

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

15 Apr 22, 2009 at 23:38 by 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.

16 Apr 23, 2009 at 03:48 by mehmaster

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

17 Apr 23, 2009 at 04:58 by forde

@13

hahaha good one, torrentfreak apparently can’t count.

18 Apr 23, 2009 at 05:15 by deathracer

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

19 Apr 23, 2009 at 12:40 by 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.

20 Apr 23, 2009 at 23:13 by me

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

21 Apr 23, 2009 at 23:32 by 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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23 Apr 24, 2009 at 22:30 by ha

how i met your mother rocks

24 Apr 25, 2009 at 17:07 by SP™®

heroes
lost
house
criminal minds
cold case

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

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