Season 7 pirated over a billion times

chibumga izuzu

September 8, 2017 11:53 AM

Here's a breakdown of how "Game of Thrones" season 7 was downloaded illegally more than 1billion times.

"Game of Thrones" season 7 remains the most pirated TV series.

According to a report by an anti-piracy firm MUSO, the seventh season of the show was pirated 1.03 billion times as of September 3.

From the firm's analysis, more people watched the TV series illegally this year than those who subscribed to legally see it on HBO.

"Game of Thrones" season seven was illegally streamed or downloaded 143.4 million times.

Within the first 72 hours of broadcast, the premiere episode was downloaded and streamed over 90 million times, while its season finale garnered over 120 million downloads and streams.

However, episode 6 which leaked before its scheduled date was the most pirated episode, with 29% more than the season finale.

Total Global Downloads and Streams by Episode

1. Episode one: 187,427,575

2. Episode two: 123,901,209

3. Episode three: 116,027,851

4. Episode four: 121,719,868

5. Episode five: 151,569,560

6. Episode six: 184,913,279

7. Episode seven: 143,393,804

In the finale of the penultimate season, the Night King got to ride an undead dragon, Dany and Jon Snow finally had sex, and Jaime disobeyed his sister for the first time.

Also, the White Walkers finally destroyed the wall, paving way for the epic beginning of the battle we have all been waiting for.

The only safe character is probably Littlefinger, who was killed by Arya to most viewers' satisfaction.

The final season of "Game of Thrones" is expected to debut in 2018 or 2019, with just six episodes.

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