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The Mandalorian was the most hacked TV show of 2020, taking the spot left vacant after the final season of Game of Thrones aired in 2019, TorrentFreak. reported.
It should come as no surprise that Disney’s hit Star Wars spin-off series was a popular BitTorrent download, as the Disney + streaming service hosting The Mandalorian only became more widely available during 2020.
Before March, Disney + was only available in six countries: Canada, the Netherlands, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico.
Disney + began rolling out in many more countries as of March 2020 and was available in 58 countries by the end of the year. South Africa is not one of them.
While Disney + isn’t legally available in most parts of the world, other shows on TorrentFreak’s Top Ten Most Pirated Shows list indicate that availability isn’t the only issue.
The second most torrenting show of 2020 was The Boys, and the fifth most pirated show was Star Trek: Picard, TorrentFreak reported.
Both shows are available on Amazon Prime Video, which has been released worldwide except for China, Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
TorrentFreak suggests that part of the reason for the “piracy problem” is due to how fragmented the video entertainment space has become.
“The first three show very well how fragmented the online entertainment industry has become. To see the three series, you need three separate subscriptions, “he reported.
TorrentFreak’s statement is true for South Africa, except that The Mandalorian is not legally available here. To watch The Mandalorian in South Africa, you need to download it via BitTorrent, watch it on a pirate streaming site, or use a VPN to trick Disney + into thinking you are in one of their supported countries.
The Boys is on Amazon Prime Video, which is available in South Africa.
Westworld, which was the third most pirated show of 2020, is an HBO show that is available on DStv and Showmax.
TorrentFreak argued that subscribing to all these different services is not a cost that everyone can afford.
Tellingly, there are no Netflix original shows on the TorrentFreak charts.
This suggests that Netflix didn’t release anything popular enough to warrant large amounts of BitTorrent hacking or that most of the people who would hack BitTorrent have Netflix subscriptions.
However, 2020 was the year Netflix released Tiger King, which quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Netflix also released the acclaimed Queen’s Gambit, a new season of The Crown, and distributed the new season of Star Trek: Discovery outside of the United States and Canada.
“It’s worth noting that BitTorrent traffic only makes up a small part of the piracy landscape. Lots of people use streaming sites and services nowadays, which generally don’t report viewing statistics, ”stated TorrentFreak.
The following table shows the 10 most pirated TV shows of 2020, according to TorrentFreak:
| Rank | Last year | Show title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (3) | The mandalorian |
| 2 | N / A | Boys |
| 3 | N / A | Westworld |
| 4 | (4) | Vikings |
| 5 | N / A | Star Trek: Picard |
| 6 | (8) | Rick and morty |
| 7 | (6) | Living Dead |
| 8 | N / A | The foreigner |
| 9 | (10) | Arrow |
| 10 | (7) | The flash |
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