Here’s TorrentFreak’s top 10 (sorta) most pirated movies
TorrentFreak’s report shows that The Pirate Bay remains the most visited torrent site in the world, with millions of visitors per day before even considering any proxies and mirrors.
TorrentFreak’s Top 10 Most-Downloaded Movies of All Time
TorrentFreak recently released their list of the top-ten most downloaded movies of all time:
The list below is based on statistics is gathered from public BitTorrent trackers, dating back to early 2006. As BitTorrent’s usage was only a fraction of what it is today in the years before, we expect the list below to cover all the most downloaded movies on BitTorrent.
| rank | movie | downloads | worldwide grosses |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | Avatar (2009) | 21 million | $2,782,275,172 |
| 2 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 19 million | $1,001,921,825 |
| 3 | Transformers (2007) | 19 million | $709,709,780 |
| 4 | Inception (2010) | 18 million | $825,408,570 |
| 5 | The Hangover (2009) | 17 million | $467,483,912 |
| 6 | Star Trek (2008) | 16 million | $385,680,446 |
| 7 | Kick-Ass (2010) | 15 million | $96,188,903 |
| 8 | The Departed (2006) | 14 million | 289,847,354 |
| 9 | The Incredible Hulk (2008) | 14 million | $263,427,551 |
| 10 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) | 14 million | $963,420,425 |
Interesting, but not the most surprising list. All of them big-budget blockbusters that did well in theaters, except for poor Kick-Ass, which suffers the indignity of being the seventh most-pirated movie of all time despite getting beat out by Date Night in its second week in theaters. Also, probably my favorite movie on this list (I like pre-pubescent girls in wigs, sue me).
All in all, you can tell this list skews towards the tastes of the tech-savvy, 18-40 year old dudes computer-literate enough to know how to torrent. It’s an interesting comparison with Netflix’s all-time most rented, which, as of last year, were led by Crash (the crappy, white-guilt one, not the awesome Cronenberg movie where James Spader screws a chick’s leg scar). Crash has since been dropped down to number two, by… wait for it… The Blind Side. Oh, Sandra Bullock, is there anything you can’t teach black people to do? White folks sure are generous. You can see that list after the jump.
10. No Country for Old Men
9. Iron Man
8. Inception
7. Sherlock Holmes
6. The Departed
5. The Hurt Locker
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. The Bucket List
2. Crash
1. The Blind Side [THR]
Here’s TorrentFreak’s top 10 (sorta) most pirated movies
The list accidentally has a film in two spots, so technically this is a list of nine.
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The top 10 torrent websites of 2020
Torrent websites remain incredibly popular, with millions of people downloading from these websites every day.
While these websites are well-known for being a source of pirated content, they can also be used to share large files that are legally allowed to be distributed.
However, due to the extensive catalogue of pirated movies, series, video games, and more, the reputation of torrent websites is still a grey area.
TorrentFreak recently published the 10 most pirated TV shows in the world, with the Mandalorian taking the top spot.
Filling out the top three were The Boys and West World. The top ten most torrented TV shows for 2020 are detailed below.
| Rank | Last year | Show title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (3) | The Mandalorian |
| 2 | N/A | The Boys |
| 3 | N/A | Westworld |
| 4 | (4) | Vikings |
| 5 | N/A | Star Trek: Picard |
| 6 | (8) | Rick and Morty |
| 7 | (6) | Walking Dead |
| 8 | N/A | The Outsider |
| 9 | (10) | Arrow |
| 10 | (7) | The Flash |
Most popular torrent websites
TorrentFreak has now added to the above information by detailing the ten most popular torrent websites for the year 2020.
It used the Alexa website rank of these torrent websites to formulate its list.
It noted a trend where English-language torrent sites decreased in numbers, whereas foreign language site usage grew.
“For example, sites such as Rutracker.org, Rutor.info, Yggtorrent.si, Etoland.co.kr, Nnnmclub.to, Dytt8.net, and Torrentdia.com are all more popular than the sites at the bottom of our top 10,” said TorrentFreak.
TorrentFreak’s report shows that The Pirate Bay remains the most visited torrent site in the world, with millions of visitors per day before even considering any proxies and mirrors.
Two newcomers enter the top ten – TorrentGalaxy and Zooqle – while Torrentz2 and Tamilrockers both lost their positions in the list.
The top 10 is as follows:
1. ThePirateBay
- Alexa rank: 299
- Last year: 1
2. YTS.mx
- Alexa rank: 376
- Last year: 2
3. 1337x
- Alexa rank: 394
- Last year: 3
4. NYAA.si
- Alexa rank: 824
- Last year: 5
5. RARBG
- Alexa rank: 826
- Last year: 4