The Most Pirated TV Present of 2024 Was…

The dynasty of not paying for journeys to Westeros continued in 2024. After a six-year run from 2012-2017 when Game of Thrones was the most pirated present on the web, its successor Home of the Dragon took the doubtful title again in 2022 and now, once again, it tops the checklist in 2024.

The information comes from TorrentFreak, which notes that the rankings are based mostly on visitors from BitTorrent. It’s a strong indicator however solely a small portion of the particular variety of issues being pirated from different websites that—clearly—don’t report viewership. Plus, this checklist doesn’t embrace most anime exhibits, which doubtless skews the rankings considerably. However, right here’s the checklist.

1. Home of the Dragon (HBO)
2. The Boys (Prime Video)
3. Shogun (Hulu)
4. Arcane (Netflix)
5. The Penguin (HBO)
6. Fallout (Prime Video)
7. Reacher (Prime Video)
8. Silo (Apple TV+)
9. Dune: Prophecy (HBO)
10. Halo (Paramount+)

A couple of issues right here. To begin with, pay on your exhibits. We don’t condone piracy and assume if persons are going to place their effort and time into making cool issues for you, you need to thank them by acquiring them legally. That stated, we notice piracy is a truth of life today and one thing many individuals do regularly. We additionally discover a number of issues about this checklist fascinating. For instance, that it’s so genre-specific not simply this yr, however most years. It clearly speaks to a sure sort of fan who pirates TV exhibits. Somebody who loves sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, video video games, and many others.

It’s additionally fascinating to consider the place the exhibits come from. TorrentFreak notes that in 2023, Netflix didn’t have any exhibits on the checklist, however this yr it has Arcane. As a result of Netflix has such an enormous market share of streamers, the thought was possibly it was much less inclined to piracy, however clearly, that’s not the case. Perhaps it was simply that final yr didn’t have a present web pirates cared about. We’d enterprise to guess, with Squid Recreation now again, Stranger Issues returning, and extra, 2025 will see Netflix on there extra persistently.

The checklist additionally, in a method, speaks to which companies persons are not paying for. Prime Video wildly leads the pack with three exhibits. You’d count on that to be one most individuals have, just because it comes with different advantages such because the Prime delivery on Amazon. HBO has two exhibits and whereas pirates definitely don’t pay for cable, possibly they’d pay for its barely cheaper streaming service, Max. Then, in fact, there are Apple TV+ and Paramount+ which each make extra sense as they’re definitely on the smaller facet compared. It’s quite a bit to digest.

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