{"id":67458,"date":"2022-09-25T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T09:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=67458"},"modified":"2022-09-25T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T09:07:16","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-crushes-the-rings-of-power-on-pirate-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=67458","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d Crushes \u201cThe Rings of Power\u201d on Pirate Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"houseWith the release of HBO\u2019s \u201cHouse of the Dragon<\/a>\u201d and Amazon\u2019s \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/a>,\u201d two major fantasy series premiered last month. <\/p>\n

The former was an instant success on pirate sites where, in true Game of Thrones spirit<\/a>, it was leaked<\/a> before the official premiere.<\/p>\n

While both series are hard to compare, the media has pitted them against each other to see which one performs best. Does \u201cThe Rings of Power\u201d dwarf \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d or vice versa?<\/p>\n

In terms of user ratings, the Game of Thrones prequel wins by a landslide but official viewer statistics are harder to come by. According to Variety, the Dragons now average 29 million viewers<\/a> per episode. Amazon hasn\u2019t released much data on its billion-dollar production but previously said that the Rings premiere drew a 25 million audience. <\/p>\n

Dragon Crushes Rings on Pirate Sites<\/h2>\n

To add our two cents to this battle, we decided to take a look at how both series are doing on pirate sites. With help from IKnow<\/a>, we looked at a large sample of millions of global BitTorrent transfers over the past two weeks (7-21 September) which resulted in a clear winner. <\/p>\n

\u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d takes the crown with more than 1.4 million estimated downloads on peak days. During the two weeks that we collected sample data, the show amassed over 9 million estimated downloads. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Estimated Torrent Downloads<\/strong> (sample)<\/center>
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The graph above shows that The \u201cRings of Power\u201d doesn\u2019t even come close with a maximum of roughly 650k estimated downloads. It typically beats the GOT prequel by just a small margin, shortly after a new episode is released. Over the two weeks, this resulted in 5 million downloads.<\/p>\n

To give an indication of how popular \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d is, on the day of release the show is good for more than 10% of all movie and TV show downloads. That\u2019s a percentage we haven\u2019t seen for a while. <\/p>\n

Russia on top<\/h2>\n

Looking at the countries where \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d is most downloaded, Russia is clearly in the lead. This makes sense as torrent downloads are traditionally popular there. Also, as a result of sanctions due to the Ukraine invasion, there are no legal options to watch the series. <\/p>\n

Brazil is the second on the list of countries, while the United States takes the third spot. The top ten is completed by India, the UK, South Africa, China, the Philippines, Australia and France. <\/p>\n

The data shared here cover a large chunk of the estimated public torrent downloads. However, this only represents a small portion of all piracy activity, as \u2018views\u2019 on unauthorized streaming sites can\u2019t be measured so easily. <\/p>\n

That said, we believe that torrent downloads are a good proxy for the overall interest among pirates.<\/p>\n

Most Pirated?<\/h2>\n

The overall conclusion that pirates prefer Dragons over Rings is also corroborated by piracy tracking firm MUSO. The company told Adweek<\/a> that there is significantly more interest in the Game of Thrones prequel on torrent sites.<\/p>\n

At this rate, it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise to see \u201cHouse of The Dragon\u201d pick up where Game of Thrones left off<\/a>. That is, the TV series is well on its way to becoming the most pirated TV show of 2022. <\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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