ExtraTorrent Reveals Most Pirated Files of All Time

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 01:32 AM PST

With millions of visitors per day ExtraTorrent is one of the largest torrent sites on the Internet. Founded in 2006 the site has been around for a while, steadily growing its user base.

Over the years ExtraTorrent users have downloaded billions of files, and this week the site revealed the top 20 most pirated files of all time. The data gives a unique insight into the downloading habits of torrent users and comes with a few surprises.

While no exact download counts are provided the ExtraTorrent team told us that the top ten were downloaded at least 10 million times. This number represents the downloads of the .torrent files from the site where different releases of a music album or movie are counted as one.

One of the biggest surprises is that the top three is made up of music. Drake’s album ‘Nothing Was The Same’ is listed in first place, followed by the Maroon 5 track ‘Payphone’ and Jay Z’s album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail.’

Iron Man 3 is the most pirated movie in fourth place, followed by The Expendables 3, which leaked onto the Internet three weeks before its theatrical release this summer.

The rest of the top 20, all music and movies, are listed below. While this data only applies to ExtraTorrent it’s a decent representation of what’s popular on other torrent sites as well.

• 1. Drake – Nothing Was The Same (Mp3 Album)
  2. Maroon 5 – Payphone (feat.WizKhalifa Explicit) (Mp3 Track)
  3. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail (Mp3 Album)
  4. Iron Man 3
  5. The Expendables 3
  6. Fast And Furious 6
  7. The Hunger Games
  9. The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug
  9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  10. The Amazing Spider-Man
  11. Beyonce – 4 Deluxe Edition (Mp3 Album)
  12. The Wolf of Wall Street
  13. Rihanna – Unapologetic (Mp3 Album)
  14. Lil Wayne – No Ceilings (Mp3 Album)
  15. Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience (Mp3 Album)
  16. Daft Punk – Get Lucky
  17. Kick (Bollywood movie)
  18. Ariana Grande – Problem (ft. Iggy Azalea) (Mp3 Track)
  19. Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides
  20. Avengers XXX – (XXX)

The most pirated files include a lot of relatively new files. This can be attributed to the fact that ExtraTorrent has grown significantly over the years.

ExtraTorrent released the ten most downloaded files as part of a contest in celebration of the site’s 8th birthday. The rest of the top 20 was provided to TF exclusively.

With the contest the person with the most correct answers could win an iPad Air. Perhaps not a surprise, but none of the 3,000 contestants could name all titles.

The winner guessed seven of the ten correctly, but missed the top three. Most lists were heavily based on movies. For example, Drake’s ‘Nothing Was The Same’ was only mentioned in one entry, while Maroon 5 and Jay-Z weren’t listed at all.

Finally, it’s worth nothing that there are no TV-shows and only one porn title in the top 20. While both categories are relatively popular these downloads are usually spread over more files compared to movies and music.

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