Game of Thrones named the #1 most pirated television show of 2015 

 continues to be outstanding … in more ways than one. TorrentFreak has declared it the #1 most pirated TV show for four years in a row.

was the most downloaded television show of 2015 … by a long shot. With an estimated 14,400,000 downloads via BitTorrent, it beat out

by 7,500,000 downloads (though the latter has more US TV viewers, interestingly enough).

Though episode 5, “Kill the Boy,” set an all-time piracy record, over half of the total illegal downloads occurred during the week after the season 5 premiere. 480p copies were the most popular, despite increased demand for high-quality releases.

Back in April, Iwan Rheon discussed the potential long-term consequences that this trend could have on the production value and overall quality of

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Given HBOs release pattern its not surprising. A nearly 1 year wait us ridiculous. But most of the people that I know who get the priated versions say they still buy the ligit versions when it becomes available.

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