Illegal download record
TorrentFreak, a blog that monitors piracy, notes that within the first 12 hours of the Season 4 finale premiere, there were 1.5 million illegal downloads. a 48% increase from Season 3’s finale. The blog estimates the premiere will reach 7.5 million downloads by the end of the week, which will make it the year’s most pirated show. This is the third time the show has created a new piracy record for the largest torrent swarm ever.