{"id":78081,"date":"2014-12-30T06:05:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T06:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=78081"},"modified":"2014-12-29T22:08:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T22:08:33","slug":"pirated-tv-shows-movies-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=78081","title":{"rendered":"The most pirated TV shows and movies of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another December, another year of pirating Game of Thrones<\/em> coming to end.<\/p>\n

The beloved and controversial HBO fantasy epic holds the royal station of the most pirated TV show for the third consecutive year, according to TorrentFreak<\/em>. Viewers pirated the show 8.1 million times on BitTorrent in 2014.<\/p>\n

The show is behind HBO’s subscription wall, so it makes sense that it would be pirated frequently. It also set an all-time piracy record, with more than 254,114 peers sharing the same torrent file at the same time.<\/p>\n

Game of Thrones<\/em> was trailed by The Walking Dead<\/em> on TorrentFreak<\/em>‘s list, which was downloaded 4.8 million times on BitTorrent, and The Big Bang Theory<\/em>, which accrued 3.9 million downloads.<\/p>\n

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“The Walking Dead”<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With HBO’s standalone service on the way \u2014 perhaps even in time for the Game of Thrones<\/em>premiere in 2015 \u2014 the numbers could be smaller next year.<\/p>\n

In terms of pirating movies, viewers expressed a taste for the more contentious offerings. The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em>, which debuted in theaters in December 2013, was downloaded 30.035 million times, according to Excipio, an online piracy tracker.<\/p>\n

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“The Wolf of Wall Street”<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Excipio’s numbers differ from TorrentFreak<\/em>‘s, since the former’s accounts for all downloads and the latter’s only includes downloads from public BitTorrent trackers.<\/p>\n

The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em> is followed by the more family-friendly Frozen<\/em>, pirated 29.919 million times. In third place is RoboCop<\/em>, though the data accounts for both the original 1987 film and the 2014 remake. Excipio charts those downloads at 29.879 million.<\/p>\n

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“Frozen”<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The most pirated TV shows of 2014, per TorrentFreak:<\/h3>\n

1. Game of Thrones<\/em>: 8.1 million downloads
\n2. The Walking Dead<\/em>: 4.8 million downloads
\n3. The Big Bang Theory<\/em>: 3.9 million downloads
\n4. How I Met Your Mother<\/em>: 3.5 million downloads
\n5. Gotham<\/em>: 3.2 million downloads
\n6. Arrow<\/em>: 2.9 million downloads
\n7. Grey’s Anatomy<\/em>: 2.8 million downloads
\n8. Vikings<\/em>: 2.7 million downloads
\n9. Suits<\/em>: 2.5 million downloads
\n10. South Park<\/em>: 2.4 million downloads<\/p>\n

(Note: TV shows only include downloads recorded by BitTorrent trackers.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The most pirated movies of 2014, per Excipio:<\/h3>\n

1. The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em>: 30.035 million downloads
\n2. Frozen<\/em>: 29.919 million downloads
\n3. RoboCop<\/em> (both 1987 and 2014 versions): 29.879 million downloads
\n4. Gravity<\/em>: 29.357 million downloads
\n5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/em>: 27.627 million downloads
\n6. Thor: The Dark World<\/em>: 25.749 million downloads
\n7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/em>: 25.628 million downloads
\n8. The Legend of Hercules<\/em>: 25.137 million downloads
\n9. X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/em>: 24.380 million downloads
\n10. 12 Years a Slave<\/em>: 23.653 million downloads
\n11. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire<\/em>: 23.543 million downloads
\n12. American Hustle<\/em>: 23.143 million downloads
\n13. 300: Rise of an Empire<\/em>: 23.096 million downloads
\n14. Transformers: Age of Extinction<\/em>: 21.65 million downloads
\n15. Godzilla<\/em>: 20.956 million downloads
\n16. Noah<\/em>: 20.334 million downloads
\n17. Divergent<\/em>: 20.312 million downloads
\n18. Edge of Tomorrow<\/em>: 20.299 million downloads
\n19. Captain Phillips<\/em>: 19.817 million downloads
\n20. Lone Survivor<\/em>: 19.130 million downloads<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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