This Was 2017 in ‘Pirate’ Searches
Popular torrent sites get millions of visitors every day, but what are all those people searching for? Today we present the "torrent zeitgeist" of 2017, a list of the top 50 most searched-for phrases and keywords on one of the most-used public BitTorrent indexes during the past year.
Lists, list, lists, it’s that time of the year again. In December many prominent search engines publish their overviews of most used search terms.
On Google, Hurricane Irma was the most searched for term of the year, globally. With “It” and “Stranger Things” ending up as the most sought after movie and TV show respectively.
But what’s happening on torrent search engines? With billions of searches every year, it’s worth taking a look at the most-entered keywords on the dominant file-sharing network.
With data from one of the most visited torrent indexes, we compiled a list of 50 popular terms, to give an indication.
2017’s number one query is “Game of Thrones,” which was entered in several variations, often paired with the episode number. While it’s no surprise, considering the show’s popularity, as a TV-show it’s somewhat of an outlier.
The top 50 is mostly made up of movie titles. “Spider Man: Homecoming” ended up in the second spot, followed by “Baby Driver” and “War for the Planet of the Apes.”
The only non-title entry in the top ten is “Telugu 2017,” which shows how popular BitTorrent is in India. On most torrent sites nowadays, a large chunk of all visitors come from the Asian country.
Torrent sites are predominantly used to download video, which is evident from the list. There are no references to music at all, and “CracksNow” appears to be the only software related search.
Below is the full list of the Top 50 most-entered search queries based on a data sample provided by one of the most popular torrent sites on the Internet. Searches pointing to the same title have been combined.
—-
Note that searches are not the same as download activity. The former are, in theory, easier to manipulate by outsiders.
What Pirates Searched for in 2017
| rank |
search |
|---|
| torrentfreak.com |
| 1. |
Game of Thrones |
| 2. |
Spider Man Homecoming |
| 3. |
Baby Driver |
| 4. |
War for the Planet of the Apes |
| 5. |
Star Trek Discovery |
| 6. |
Telugu 2017 |
| 7. |
Transformers the last knight |
| 8. |
Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales |
| 9. |
Thor Ragnarok |
| 10 |
Alien Covenant |
| 11. |
Wonder Woman |
| 12. |
The Mummy |
| 13. |
Atomic Blonde |
| 14. |
Malayalam 2017 |
| 15. |
Riverdale |
| 16. |
Kingsman The Golden Circle |
| 17. |
Designated Survivor |
| 18. |
2017 Movies |
| 19. |
Half Girlfriend |
| 20. |
Dunkirk |
| 21. |
The Fate of the Furious |
| 22. |
The Orville |
| 23. |
Baywatch |
| 24. |
Blade Runner 2049 |
| 25. |
Tigole |
| 26. |
Golmaal again |
| 27. |
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets |
| 28. |
Midnight Texas |
| 29. |
King Arthur Legend of the Sword |
| 30. |
Tamil 2017 |
| 31. |
Justice League |
| 32. |
Tubelight |
| 33. |
Annabelle Creation |
| 34. |
Geostorm |
| 35. |
The Handmaids Tale |
| 36. |
Young Sheldon |
| 37. |
Toilet Ek Prem Katha |
| 38. |
Logan lucky |
| 39. |
13 reasons why |
| 40. |
Baadshaho |
| 41. |
Jagga Jasoos |
| 42. |
CracksNow |
| 43. |
Dangal |
| 44. |
The Lost City of Z |
| 45. |
Suits |
| 46. |
Power Rangers |
| 47. |
The Big Bang Theory |
| 48. |
The Hitman’s Bodyguard |
| 49 |
Secret Superstar |
| 50. |
Jab Harry Met Sejal |
Source: Torrentfreak.com
