Top 10 Most Torrented Movies and TV Shows

TorrentFreak lists the top 10 most torrented movies and TV shows based on downloads at Mininova.

Movies
1 Transformers (569,259)
2 Knocked Up (509,314)
3 Shooter (399,960)
4 Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End (379,749)
5 Ratatouille (359,904)
6 300 (358,226)
7 Next (354,044)
8 Hot Fuzz (352,905)
9 The Bourne Ultimatum (336,326)
10 Zodiac (334,699)

TV Shows
1 Heroes (2,439,154)
2 Top Gear (1,217.923)
3 Battlestar Galactica (706,209)
4 Lost (705,724)
5 Prison Break (608,487)
6 Desperate Housewives (457,805)
7 24 (524,303)
8 Family Guy (522,839)
9 Dexter (435,670)
10 Scrubs (427,420)

While most of the list looks pretty geeky, the strong placing of Desperate Housewives suggests torrents have reached the Oprah demographic of bored homemakers. Of course, studios should take note: torrent stats could become the new Nielsen ratings. Apparently, there’s a lot of demand for downloads of studio content, and the studios just aren’t meeting that demand.