Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
Written by Ernesto on April 28, 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 Prison Break and 24.
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 is not yet available at the time of publication.
Most Downloads (recent episodes)
| ranking | (prev) | show | est. downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | (2) | Heroes | 1,620,000 |
| 2 | (3) | Prison Break | 1,140,000 |
| 3 | (4) | 24 | 730,000 |
| 4 | (…) | Desperate Housewives | 710,000 |
| 5 | (8) | Family Guy | 590,000 |
| 6 | (…) | Smallville | 510,000 |
| 7 | (9) | South Park | 460,000 |
| 8 | (…) | Gossip Girl | 430,000 |
| 9 | (8) | Fringe | 420,000 |
| 10 | (…) | Supernatural | 390,000 |
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42 Responses
Family guy back up high on the list nice!
lost??
note the lack a decent sci fi
seems to be a hollywood trend as the buggers cant think or imagine no more
@2 Lost sucks, move on.
@4 you suck, sir.
Prison Break is overrated. The entire story is pretty much bullshit and they haven’t even been in a prison…
No sopranos??? That sux
Hooray for family guy…!
:0)
lost sucks
family guy sucks
prison break IS overrated but i enjoy it anyway
No Chuck?
Does heroes still suck?
I’ve missed like 5 episodes or something… I just caught the end of last night’s and my brother said it was good.
Season finale of Heroes was pretty damn good imo.
@6 iirc, in the first season or so they where in a prison…
No Simpsons?
Lost is not in this list, because it was only a clip show last week. Heroes and Prisonbreak are both god awful shows.
This list is quite repetitive from week to week…
House?
No House or Lost on this list because last weeks episodes were recaps or reruns. Expect them back next week.
I love (sarcasm) the firebombing on these forums “Lost sucks…” or “Heroes sucks…” like this is based on some kind of actual fact and not just viewer opinions. Go share your worthless opinion somewhere else, morons.
No doubt this has been said before but, downloading TV shows via torrent is pirating, but taping them with my VCR is not?!
Desperate Housewives???
Smallville???
Gossip Girl???
Fringe???
Supernatural???
Man….people watch some shitty shows dont they :/
Even Prison break sucks ass but i can understand the massive downloads as it’s just returned and are the final episodes.
This list sucks all except for family guy and south park
Heroes finale was great. Good work
they watch shitty cause the MORE shitty is below that, and like i said you can NOW see very good the lack of imagination in tv land….
no dollhouse????!?!?!?!
just kidding lol
@11: Last night was the season finale. I have yet to see it… Got to see it before a friend does >_<
“No doubt this has been said before but, downloading TV shows via torrent is pirating, but taping them with my VCR is not?!”
Taping on your vcr is just as good as watching for them, if you happened to be one of the few people who effected the ratings. You would also be “viewing” the commercials, even though odds are you fast-forward through them. This is how they make money, eh?
big bang theory! dammit
I’m surprised Lie To Me isnt up there, fuking amazing show
Why BitTorrent is the future of TV
Every innovation has opposition when it is first developed. Everyone that is a consumer of television has the same desire: “watch what you want, when you want”. The reality is that while the networks are acquiescing to this reality (you can watch some episodes on the ‘net) they are not really endorsing it. This is more like a pity-screw than anyone really devoting time and effort to developing a solid solution to a hungry public.
Along comes file-sharing. Utilities, games and music were the early fodder for this. The huge impact, music, and thus the ‘evil empire’ moves its gaze to the innovation. It was attempted to be squashed but, like all innovative and revolutionary ideas, was unable to fully be defeated. Now that the medium has moved to movies and television the effort of the evil giant is still to stomp out this revolutionary way of enjoying commercial entertainment.
Ah, there’s the word… commercial. Yes, that is why all the fuss. Money.
Why oppose the inevitable? Why make every computer owner in the world a criminal? Why mark yourself for hate, derision, and the target of public scorn… which will inevitably turn into political scorn as the abuses are made open and monetary damages forced to be paid? Why indeed; when the alternative is much more lucrative and satisfying.
Why fight them when you can integrate with them and drive how they work?
What are the key complaints regarding file sharing?
Lack of commercial revenue?
Lack of usage tracking?
Well, for the 2nd item that doesn’t really exist in TV now; not really.
So, I propose the following:
Instead of fighting file share spend the money to setup one’s own seeding service. Take all the shows that would normally be ripped and shared and put high quality, commercial laden, shows on the ‘net, fully seeded and supported. This way you get a one to one download tracking for both ratings review and advertiser charges. You also forego having to have giant file storage since you’re using peer-to-peer sharing.
Oh, but to make this happen you have to get the ISPs to stop blocking file-sharing…
But, here we go. It’s a win-win.
@18 yeh true,
but for the life of me I can’t understand how people like House. I tried really hard to watch it a few times for wife but I find it really unbearable after the first few minutes.
Whoever said no sci fi in the top 10, that is because ‘Caprica’ has not started yet or the new Stargate show.
BSG ended :(
For those who haven’t seen it, this really isn’t a spoiler.
The hacks in hollywood have just destroyed the whole battlestar galactica franchise by devolving the whole cylon uprising to a teenager’s rebellion. Are you mental? Which retard suggested this as a story line, let alone who approved it?
Glen A. Larson must be furious with this childish piece of work. I certainly am. Frackin joke.
Yay! Heroes is high up there still. Such a suspenseful interesting show. Also, which such popularity comes a large amount of seeds.
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to each his own. funny how everyone thinks what they watch is some how a benchmark for what a good show is. Here’s something, you dont have to watch it cuz its popular, watch it cuz you enjoy it, its not a popularity race. OOOOh my show is good so it must be baddass, everything else sucks…
Prison Break and Heroes are lame now. Sorry but it’s true. The only decent TV show is Lost.
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where the hell is dollhouse and chuck and the mentalist, those shows are better then this crap list combined. People are no clue what a good show really is about..
Heroes is total bullsh*t… Prison Break is overrated. 24 happens to be the best drama on that list, hands down!
not one of these shows is worth seeing.
WTF IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
south park began with JESUS as the main character. nuff said
prison break. Shawshank Redemption strikes again.
heroes. zomg it’s like yeah, i am in kindergarten
24? words cannot express the nausea
desperate housewives. yes whores, but all ugly inside
..
and so on.
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Get a life!
big tim commercial ladden shows would simply be downloaded and have the commercials cut out
the advertising must be as unintrusive as currently available
something like this http://bit.ly/info/YA7ag
with only 4 out the 26 commercial spot going to the actual show producers under a traditional tv deal, it would not be hard to generate pro rated equivalent compensation using this tecnique.
Especially when you take into account that there are 60 version of every episode available for download. And that number grows with each resolution/audio quality change.
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