Are you watching TV series legally? A recent analysis revealed the top 10 hacked TV shows for 2021. Surprisingly, the Disney Plus TV series "WandaVision" topped the list.
Most pirated TV shows in 2021
For years, online piracy has been on the rise around the world, consuming more than a quarter of all Internet bandwidth worldwide. Online piracy, often viewed as a victimless crime by "hackers," generates billions of dollars in lost revenue, for Go-Globe.
This affects the entire media business, not just artists, creators, publishers, and distributors. Due to online piracy, Go-Globe stated that between 230,000 and 560,000 jobs are lost in the United States each year.
Piracy has invaded all types of digital media, from television and movies to music, software, video games and even books, despite attempts to combat it.
Surprisingly, in 2020, pirate websites received more than 130 billion visits.
The United States, Russia, and China are the countries that send the most people to hacked websites.
Videos, like movies and TV shows, account for more than 66 percent of all pirated content on the Internet. According to estimates, Internet video piracy costs the United States $ 29.2 billion per year in revenue.
Movie piracy worldwide increased by 33 percent during the COVID-19 lockout, according to Go-Globe.
For example, Torrent Freak reported that "Wandavision" is the most pirated TV show on torrent sites in 2021. "The Mandalorian," which topped the charts last year, was dethroned by the popular Disney Plus series.
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Top 10 Pirated TV Shows of 2021
For those who don't know, Torrent Freak explained that they are examining the most downloaded TV shows among torrent pirates at the end of each year. For several years in a row, "Game of Thrones" has topped the list, but the series concluded last year.
This transition has come after the release of numerous Disney Plus exclusives, which have worked particularly well among pirates.
On a list dominated by Marvel shows, "Wandavision" took the top spot with ease. The series was a huge hit on Disney Plus and pirate sites, with millions of people downloading every episode.
Another Marvel series, "Loki," takes second place, with "The Witcher" in the top three.
"The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" came in fourth, though it didn't lag behind the top three in terms of popularity.
On a positive note, all of Marvel's "Phase Four" Disney Plus shows are in the top 10. In addition to the titles mentioned above, "Hawkeye" is in fifth place, while "What If ...?" ranked sixth.
Because the streaming environment is divided, it seems that many people prefer to hack than pay for "another" subscription, which is true for Marvel fans, according to Torrent Freak.
"Our calculations are based on individual episodes, which means that season packages are underrepresented, which hurts series that are released all at once." Torrent freak cleared up.
Meanwhile, the following is the complete list of pirated TV shows of 2021.
- "WandaVision"
- "Loki"
- "The Wizard"
- "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"
- "Hawk Eye"
- "What if...?"
- "Foundation"
- "Rick and Morty"
- "Arcane"
- "The wheel of time"
Since Torrent Freak is calculating pirated TV shows based on single episode downloads, their rough calculation showed that there is a chance that Netflix's "Casa de Papel" will capture the fifth slot.
Apart from this, the South Korean Netflix series "Squid Game" would have also reached the top 10.
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