I Know What You Download has released its results of the most pirated movies and TV shows in 2017.
Its statistics are based on data collected from the global BitTorrent network, and it segments results by country based on IP addresses.
“Our system collects torrent files in two ways: parsing torrent sites and listening DHT network,” the site explains.
It currently uses over 600,000 torrents to collect information on peer sharing from up to 700 million peers per day.
“We don’t guarantee we can show all peer sharing facts,” it said.
The rankings are based on IP addresses, which are assigned by a user’s Internet or VPN provider.
Based on the data available, I Know What You Download released the following top 12 lists for movie and TV series downloads in South Africa.
| Rank | Movies | Series: overall | New series (released in 2017) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wonder Woman | Game of Thrones | Riverdale |
| 2 | The Fate of the Furious | Suits | 13 Reasons Why |
| 3 | Baywatch | Big Bang Theory | The Good Doctor |
| 4 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Grey’s Anatomy | The Sinner |
| 5 | The Boss Baby | The Flash | The Gifted |
| 6 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | The Blacklist | Inhumans |
| 7 | The Mummy | Vikings | Star Trek: Discovery |
| 8 | Beauty and the Beast | Arrow | Young Sheldon |
| 9 | Dispacable Me 3 | Lucifer | American Gods |
| 10 | Logan | The Walking Dead | Salvation |
| 11 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | How to Get Away with Murder | SEAL Team |
| 12 | Kong: Skull Island | Shameless | The Orville |
