So what are the most popular TV shows and movies among those who download illegally? It might not be a question many of us consider, but research company Big Champagne has. It checked the torrents – the places where people download illegally – to find out.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Heroes is the winner, with around 55 million people downloading it this year, followed by Lost, with 51 million illegal downloads. They also discovered some interesting statistics – that there’s been an increase in the illegal download of films and TV shows compared to music, and that visits to torrent sites have almost doubled in the last 12 months, the BBC reports.
