It is quite common that every time the end of a year approaches, we talk about the best series and movies that have been released. We usually do a review, highlighting our favorites and also those that have come to disappoint us, speculating a bit about how the awards such as the Golden Globes or the Oscars could be distributed. Last year, the gold medal went to The Mandalorian . Do you want to know which have been the ten most illegally downloaded series this 2021?
Marvel Studios leads the ranking of the most hacked
TorrentFreak is not a download website, although its name may sound like it, but a most curious blog that deals with pir-cy from a legal perspective . It has several authors who publish information on litigation, judgments on copyright abuse, closures of P2P download websites and all kinds of lists on trends about which content is the most consumed illegally. Every year, they launch their top 10 most downloaded series on torrent websites , and the award for this year goes to Marvel, as there are five series from the study among the ten most downloaded.
Wandavision has been the most popular series on torrent websites during 2021. It occupies the position that Game of Thrones held for years, which indicates that, despite the fact that many people have downloaded this series illegally, its success is real . Unfortunately, when data of this type are given, the production companies tend to cut development of the series.
And it does not end there. The list made public by TorrentFreak tells us that this 2021 campaign has been absolutely dominated from start to finish by Marvel Studios. Wandavision is followed in second place by Loki , with millions of downloads behind him. A little further afield, and considerably less popular are Falcon and the Winter Soldier , Hawkeye and What If…?
The complete ranking is as follows:
- Wandavision
- Loki
- The witcher
- Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Hawkeye
- What would happen if…? (What If…?)
- Foundation
- Rick and morty
- Arcane
- The Wheel of Time
What reading can we get from these data?
It seems incredible that in the time when it is cheaper and easier to access all this content, there is still a large population that prefers to continue practicing pir-cy . However, criticism should not simply stay on the consumer’s roof.
When Netflix arrived in Spain, many of us saw the open sky, because with a single subscription, you could see a huge audiovisual catalog. But the competitors arrived, and oddly enough, the average user lost . Little by little, the landscape fragmented across multiple platforms. What we can read between the lines is that many users have preferred to return to the old practices than pay 5 or 6 subscriptions of streaming services per month . That the top half is dominated by Disney + series shouldn’t surprise us either. The strategy of this platform is based on launching a weekly episode, so, despite the fact that its catalog may be interesting, a large percentage of viewers will continue to have a preference for Netflix , which publishes full seasons on its platform since first day.