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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?

24Every week we take a look at the most downloaded TV-Shows on BitTorrent. 24 is leading the chart again this week, followed by Desperate Housewives and Family Guy.

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)

May 18 – May 24
ranking (prev) show est. downloads
torrentfreak.com
1 (3) 24 870,000
2 (4) Desperate Housewives 610,000
3 (8) Family Guy 470,000
4 (…) Gossip Girl 420,000
5 (…) How I Met Your Mother 390,000
6 (…) One Tree Hill 340,000
7 (…) Legend of the Seeker 310,000
8 (…) Breaking Bad 290,000
9 (…) Primeval 280,000
10 (…) The Simpsons 260,000

Most Downloads (all episodes)

May 18 – May 24
Ranking (last week) TV-show
showinsider.com
1 (1) Heroes
2 (2) Lost
3 (5) 24
4 (4) Prison Break
5 (3) House M.D.
6 (7) Grey’s Anatomy
7 (10) Desperate Housewives
8 (6) How I Met Your Mother
9 (9) Gossip Girl
10 (16) Battlestar Galactica

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  • www

    breaking bad yeah!!!!!

  • Gargamel

    1st :D

    House MD is the only show i enjoy on tv nowadays.

  • Gargamel

    www made me 2nd.

    Good enough :)

  • bard

    Still no “Two and a Half Men”? Incomprehensible.

  • Anon

    Breaking Bad > *

  • Anon

    Also, I bet the Final Break, prison break finale would rank quite high too.

  • moggy cattermole

    Two and a Half Men
    house
    Rescue Me
    all the Law and orders
    History & discovery channel documentary’s

  • Anonymous

    I’ve been going for penn & teller bullshit recently since you can’t get it in the UK. Great Show. Torrents FTW!

  • Moe

    Finally Breaking Bad in on the list!

  • heh

    wow family guy movin on up, and simpsons breaking the chart..

    nice

  • rawrerow?

    oh and you know what kinda sux.. is that we need more TV rippers right now, they are in high demand. Im thinking of startin it up myself, because there is ALOT of decent shows coming out right now that are not being ripped.

    Like alot of the discovery HD and history HD and the forensic HD shows are all on TV but no torrents..

    anyone have any good getting started guides?

  • moggy cattermole

    check Tv.TORRENTs.ro for discovery HD and history HD content

  • Sid the kid

    We really see there that most shows have already ended….

  • tokotoko

    Breaking Bad and Family Guy are only ones I DL from this list.

  • moggy cattermole

    I gave my TV to charity
    I download my shows or watch the live video feed thanks justin.tv

  • Anonymous

    This year is looking grim on the side of content, who wants to see lesbian werewolfs?

  • Anonymous

    All of these suck besides Simpsons and Family Guy. Well… 24 is ok.

  • Bryan

    This season of 24 was unbelievable, yet I am still huge fan of House. (Fuck Lost, shiiz weak!!)

  • shut ur mouth

    #17 how i met your mother is like the new friends. that show is amazzzzzing.

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  • and another one
  • Izkata

    So, speaking of TV torrents, anyone know what happened to TVRSS.net ?

  • Black pirate

    prison break and heroes are awsome as hell

  • sally

    never even heard of how i met your mother but want to watch it now :)

  • Quizical

    Yeah, I was trying to update some RSS feeds and tvrss is gone!

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  • The Queef

    Finally breaking bad made the chart,it took a bit of effort, but there it is, number eight. Let’s see if we can make it all the way up to number one.
    Since most popular programs are in their season break it shouldn’t be that hard.

    cheers,

    -the Queef-

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  • Me want TVrss.net!

    Withour TVrss.net I expect these numbers to drop a little because people will not realize that is down.
    Oh and by the way, I noticed Prison Break is not on the list. Probably because people were caught of guard by the surprise they released this week. I really thought the had finished last week, but voila! TVrss saves the day! God save TVrss! Long live TVrss!

  • mondo

    is this the first time breaking bad has made the list? its funny, because last week was one where the rippers dropped the ball and it was just a dsr rip for a while. it took almost a week for the hdtv rip to get released.

  • hitoto

    finally breaking bad is on the list… two more weeks it will be be on the number one list… yeah!!!!!

  • fung

    and how many downloads by rapidshare or netload? there are no statistics on that.

    torrents are good for new files but if i want to catch up on previous seasons or older episodes of all those shows i visit sites like http://tvload.us

    for newest torrents i use http://eztv.it

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  • Anonymous

    simpsons, house and family guy. my top 3.

    the pervert is awesome:

    http://rockimg.com/share-71EE_4A244F7E.html

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