Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent

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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 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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[nuthut]

How can TV shows be "pirated" when almost everyone has a DVR and possibly a DVD burner built into it? Unless the are refering to future unpublished episodes? Also, since almost everything is on HULU why "pirate" TV shows?

Nut

[Alex0700]

Many people don't live in the USA !

[Marik]

Supernatural not in top 10?

They should burn!