Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent

[bhachuj]

TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?

2424 is back after a year of absence, and the show is leading this week’s chart followed by Desperate Housewives and Smallville. .

The data for the most recent TV episodes are collected by TorrentFreak from a representative sample of BitTorrent sites and is for informational and educational reference only. A list of the most pirated TV-shows of 2008 was published in December.

Thanks to ShowInsider we now also include a list based on the total number of downloads (not only recent episodes) of all shows in the past week.
Top Downloads (Recent Episodes)
January 12 - January 18 Ranking
1 24
2 Desperate Housewives
3 Smallville
4 Battlestar Galactica
5 The Big Bang Theory
6 How I Met Your Mother
7 Gossip Girl
8 Grey’s Anatomy
9 One Tree Hill
10 Scrubs

Top Downloads (All Episodes)
January 12 - January 18 Ranking
1 Prison Break
2 24
4 Heroes
3 Dexter
5 Gossip Girl
6 Desperate Housewives
7 Californication
8 Grey’s Anatomy
9 House M.D.
10 Stargate Atlantis

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[FireintheBedroom]

No surprise 24 is at the top with its new series. Sweet stuff.

[Despite]

Ya its turning out to be a great season for 24 in my opinion

[djkneegrow]

it is neat to see that show doing so well. I have seen the first 2 seasons and have the first 5 on DVD and have liked what I have seen. It has pretty much all you would wan tin a show. Drama, action, suspense. It will be fun to see what next weeks numbers will look like since Lost and Fringe came back on this week. I think Battlestar Galactica is on its last season so that will change things quite a bit next year. I also wonder if shows get some sort of ratings for watched episodes on their websites or streamed shows off their websites. or if the ratings only go off TV.

[FALC0NR15]

Dexter rocks and its no surprise it's on the list. Can't wait for season 4.

[trunx23]

nice to see prison break at the top of the list for all episodes download....the series will be back by april, i think....for me, this is the best series since baywatch...lmao

[Tsmiler]

nice to see prison break at the top of the list for all episodes download....

thanks

[Savvi]

this should be a compliment to all the producers of the tv series, as we can all watch it on tv, it's a lot easier to grab a full season, and not have to play the waiting game, maybe something these tv broadcasters can learn from, air a full season continually.

anyway thanx for the list mate

[acidraign]

wtf gossip girl is top 5?

[ghoti]

my vote for 3 of the best tv series / shows is House, Sons of Anarchy and The colony

all awesome shows!!!

[noi80]

I am surprised that House M.D. was not as high I as expected it to be. I guess, people are more drawn to action.

[Silence]

People seem to have horrible taste in T.V. Well I don't really watch much any way besides Mad Men and The Wire so maybe I am biased.

[RevTT]

Smallville is the best

[dw33b]

Stargate Atlantis beat out SG-1? :ohmy:

[ninjastryk]

Can't believe Stargate Atlantis beat the original series....speaking of which....Stargate Universe looks like it may be better than Atlantis, but not the original.

[SvaaP]

nice to see both how i met your mother and scrubs is on the list love those shows

[GoodMaN]

nice to see prison break at the top of the list for all episodes download....

thanks

[paulopascal]

For me 24 is the great serie :)