Ahoy! Which States Pirate the Most Media?
by Stephen Ostermiller on Aug 27, 2014 | Views: 188 | Score: 0
| Number of Downloads Per 10,000 People | |
| Florida | 6.26 |
| Washington | 5.88 |
| Vermont | 5.47 |
| Montana | 5.28 |
| Oregon | 5.12 |
| North Carolina | 5.12 |
| Ohio | 4.98 |
| Rhode Island | 4.95 |
| Utah | 4.78 |
| DC | 4.73 |
Sources:
, movoto.com, mic.com

Torrenting content can be illegal, but that hasn't stopped millions of Americans, especially East and West coasters, from downloading copyrighted TV shows, movies and games. In a torrent network, users get small files from several sources at no cost to the user. Analyzing the top 100 most popular torrents demonstrates that over one million people are distributing a day.