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Global top pirated TV shows 2015, by number of downloads
Leading pirated TV shows worldwide as of April 2015, by number of illegal BitTorrent downloads (in millions)
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Apr 9, 2015
The graph shows the world's leading pirated shows as of April 2015, ranked by number of illegal downloads on BitTorrent. The source reports that before the season five premiere, "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated TV show worldwide, with 7 million downloads between February and April 2015.
Leading pirated TV shows worldwide as of April 2015, by number of illegal BitTorrent downloads (in millions)
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Apr 9, 2015
The graph shows the world's leading pirated shows as of April 2015, ranked by number of illegal downloads on BitTorrent. The source reports that before the season five premiere, "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated TV show worldwide, with 7 million downloads between February and April 2015.
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- April 2015
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- February 5 to April 6, 2015
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- data was procured through Irdeto's automated crawlers that use proprietary tracking software to identify users and files on the BitTorrent network
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- A download represents a unique IP address pirating a unique file on the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network.
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- February 5 to April 6, 2015
- Special properties
- data was procured through Irdeto's automated crawlers that use proprietary tracking software to identify users and files on the BitTorrent network
- Supplementary notes
- A download represents a unique IP address pirating a unique file on the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network.
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