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What Was the Most Pirated TV Show of 2014?

Dec 29, 2014  •  Post A Comment

The list of the 10 most pirated shows of 2014 is out, and the most pirated show this year is the one that also topped the list in 2012 and 2013, reports Deadline.com.

For the third consecutive year, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was the most downloaded TV show on illegal file-sharing torrent sites around the globe, the story says, citing estimates from TorrentFreak.com.

More people downloaded “Game of Thrones” than actually watched it on HBO, the story adds. About 8 million people downloaded the show, compared with the 7.16 million people who watched it on HBO.

“The Walking Dead” was second in the top 10. It was downloaded 4.8 million times, compared with 17.29 million TV viewers, according to TorrentFreak.

Here is TorrentFreak’s list of the year’s most pirated shows:

Most downloaded TV-shows on BitTorrent, 2014

1. Game of Thrones — 8,100,000 downloads (7,160,000 viewers)

2. The Walking Dead — 4,800,000 downloads (17,290,000 viewers)

3. The Big Bang Theory — 3,900,000 downloads (18,240,000 viewers)

4. How I Met Your Mother — 3,500,000 downloads (13,130,000 viewers)

5. Gotham — 3,200,000 downloads (11,810,000 viewers)

6. Arrow — 2,900,000 downloads (3,920,000 viewers)

7. Grey’s Anatomy — 2,800,000 downloads (9,810,000 viewers)

8. Vikings — 2,700,000 downloads (3,560,000 viewers)

9. Suits — 2,500,000 downloads (2,800,000 viewers)

10. South Park — 2,400,000 downloads (2,400,000 viewers)

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