How ‘Game of Thrones’ and Florida rank in a survey of illegally downloaded TV shows
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was the most illegally downloaded TV show in 2019, according to a Soap Hub survey of Google search data.
That’s not surprising.
What is surprising, however, is that for all the griping about the storyline of the show’s eighth and final season, “Game of Thrones” scored low on Soap Hub’s survey of the most complained about TV shows. This, despite nearly two million people signing a Change.Org petition demanding a rewrite of the season “with competent writers.”
Florida, meanwhile, ranked fifth among the states that do the most illegal downloading of TV content in the United States.
According to Soap Hub’s Deadliest Watch report, “Game of Thrones” was illegally downloaded more than 38,500 times per month in 2019.
“Game of Thrones” was also the most pirated show in 2018, according to SoapHub.
10 most pirated TV shows of 2019
1. “Game of Thrones” (38,500 illegal downloads).
2. “The Crown” (30,000).
3. “The Handmaid’s Tale” (20,350).
4. “Stranger Things” (18,850).
5. “The Walking Dead” (15,850).
6. “American Horror Story: AHS 1984” (15,650).
7. “Rick and Morty” (15,000).
8. “This Is Us” (11,330).
9. “Orange Is the New Black” (10,350).
10. “Suits” (10,100).
Top 10 states for TV piracy
1. California (164,936 total searches).
2. New York (163,859).
3. Texas (119,935).
4. Pennsylvania (84,506).
5. Florida (84,373).
6. New Jersey (84,111).
7. Ohio (59,998).
8. Michigan (59,926).
9. Illinois (59,697)
10. North Carolina (59,686).
10 most complained about TV shows
1. “The Good Place” (90%).
2. “Watchmen” (80%)
3. “Charmed (Reboot)“ (70%)
4. (tie) “Killing Eve,” “Pose,” “Mindhunter,” “Glow” and “The Politician” (60%).
9. “Marvel’s The Defenders” (55%).
10. “Chernobyl” (50%).
“Game of Thrones” only scored a 25% complaint rate on Soap Hub’s analysis that used the social listening tool talkwalker.
This story was originally published January 22, 2020 at 1:11 PM.
