Game of Thrones still and always the most pirated series of the year (and history)
The TorrentFreak hacking specialists made the numbers speak scrutinizing the various “trackers” torrent files and to establish its annual ranking of the most pirated series in torrents, streaming media and other methods are not quantifiable frankly, lack of reliable data.
Note also that it is not cumulative downloads for all the episodes of the season, but only for the most downloaded episode in the year. Earn downloads would create a bias in the number of episodes per season, especially since some series are broadcast across two calendar years.
Again, for the third consecutive year, this is the series adapted from the work of George RR Martin’s Game Of Thrones, which tops the standings with 8.1 million downloads for the last episode of the season, a new record for a series. It’s almost a million more than the number of US viewers but remember qu’HBO, which broadcasts the series, is a paid channels.
“Better than an Emmy”
These figures, however, not seem especially alarming chain, Jeff Bewkes, chairman of Time Warner, owner of HBO, has himself stated in the past that having the title of most pirated series was “better than Emmy “. This allows particularly popular success selling easier creation abroad … and derivatives.
The médiévalo-fantasy series comes well in the lead since the second place was held by the survivors of the Apocalypse Zombie The Walking Dead, with “only” 4.8 million downloads. The Big Bang Theory, telling sitcom romantic tribulations of four geek, comes in third place with 3.9 million downloads. In the latter two cases, piracy is well below the American audiences.
