Those leaks, ironically, were not linked to hackers who compromised HBO's security and threatened to release episodes early. HBO likely did themselves no favors in this department, as both 'The Spoils of War' and 'Beyond The Wall' were accidentally leaked early by the network. The vast majority of those views were coming from unauthorized streaming services and private torrents, rather than direct downloads and public torrents.
According to a report from TorrentFreak (via Screen Crush), the data piracy firm MUSO estimates each of the season's seven episodes were pirated about 140 million times each. Related: How Game of Thrones Star Thinks Bran & Night King Are ConnectedĪnd while the show has never been more popular, that's also true among fans who illegally download the show. Long a simmering stew of complex characters and unexpected plot twists, Game of Thrones boiled over into the realm of Hollywood action movie in its seventh season, as characters who had been separated over the show's life finally came together in the face of the Night King and his horde of ice zombies making their way toward Westeros, setting up the final season's massive showdown. A new report suggests the penultimate season of the fantasy behemoth was pirated over one billion times. Game of Thrones season 7 was massively successful, but not every viewer was a paying HBO customer.
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