The Last of Us series, based on the video game of the same name, won over a large audience in 2023. Even Steven Spielberg loved the story of a man (Pedro Pascal) who guides a girl (Bella Ramsey) through a post-apocalypse full of mushroom zombies. The popularity of the HBO production shown in Germany on WOW * is so great that this year it even won a title that is not very popular with streaming providers: the most pirated series 2023.
No series was streamed illegally as often in 2023 as The Last of Us
As reported by Torrent Freak No series in 2023 will be watched illegally as often as The Last of Us. These statistics for the horror series are based on the count of BitTorrent downloads on piracy sites. Since many illegal streamers now use streaming sites instead of downloading sites, this is only a small proportion of the piracy landscape, but is still suitable as an extrapolation for an area that otherwise does not publish statistics.
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When looking back over the last decade, Game of Thrones was often at the forefront of video piracy. For example, season 7 was illegally watched over a billion times. After WandaVision and The Mandalorian were most frequently pirated in 2021, first place in 2022 went to a series from the Game of Thrones universe with House of the Dragon. With the survival horror The Last of Us, it is now once again the GoT channel HBO that is left behind because many people would rather watch illegally than take out a subscription. Here you can find the overview for 2023:
Top 10 most illegally watched series in 2023:
Despite the sad record, this statistic is of course also a popularity measure of the series popularity. The selection also shows a noticeable absence of Netflix, which suggests that in the oversupply of different streaming services, Netflix users are most likely to stick to their subscription (and watch series illegally). Or did Netflix simply have no high-flyer series in 2023?
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From series blockbusters to absolute insider tips: In the Moviepilot podcast, we introduce you to the 23 best series that were to be discovered in 2023. You can listen to part 1 of the big annual review here:
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