Game of Thrones Season 8 is Still Among Most Pirated TV Shows in 2021

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HBO’s game-changing fantasy series, Game of Thrones, is still among the most-pirated TV shows worldwide in 2021. George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire began in 1996, and while fans still await the novelist’s final two books, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, HBO’s adaptation ended in 2019. The network and fans are hardly done with Westeros.

Despite The Long Night’s cancellation, several other Game of Thrones spinoffs have been announced and are in development at HBO. The most talked-about of these upcoming spinoffs is this year’s House of the Dragon, which is inspired by Martin’s Fire & Blood and focuses on the Targaryen dynasty 300 years before Game of Thrones. Other shows include the Tales of Dunk and Egg, 9 Voyages, Flea Bottom, 10,000 Ships (likely temporary titles), and an untitled animation—all of which will take place before the flagship series. As audiences await those shows (and Martin’s books to better conclude Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen’s story), it would seem they are still watching Game of Thrones.

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Akamai (via The Wrap) gathered the data regarding the most pirated TV shows of 2021. Following a history of fans pirating the series (especially during 2020 when it came in at number 1 on a similar list), Game of Thrones comes in at number 6. In 2017, Game of Thrones was the most pirated show of the year for the sixth time in a row—which led HBO to ask Internet providers to warn customers who were caught pirating the series. The full list of 2021’s most pirated shows can be found below:

1. “Loki” Season 1

2. “WandaVision” Season 1

3. “Rick and Morty” Season 5

4. “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” Season 1

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