[via torrentfreak]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?
24 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)
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | (…) | 24 | |
| 2 | (1) | Desperate Housewives | |
| 3 | (…) | Smallville | |
| 4 | (…) | Battlestar Galactica | |
| 5 | (…) | The Big Bang Theory | |
| 6 | (…) | How I Met Your Mother | |
| 7 | (2) | Gossip Girl | |
| 8 | (5) | Grey’s Anatomy | |
| 9 | (4) | One Tree Hill | |
| 10 | (3) | Scrubs | |
Top Downloads (All Episodes)
| Ranking | (last week) | TV-show | |
|---|---|---|---|
| showinsider.com | |||
| 1 | (2) | Prison Break | |
| 2 | (50) | 24 | |
| 4 | (1) | Heroes | |
| 3 | (3) | Dexter | |
| 5 | (5) | Gossip Girl | |
| 6 | (8) | Desperate Housewives | |
| 7 | (4) | Californication | |
| 8 | (9) | Grey’s Anatomy | |
| 9 | (6) | House M.D. | |
| 10 | (11) | Stargate Atlantis | |
