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The State of global Piracy - May 2024

🏴‍☠️ AHOY fellow pirates and welcome to the state of global piracy for May 2024! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️

Please let me know if you have ideas about interesting stats, I'll see if I can make it happen.

Enjoy the numbers!

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TOTAL SCENE RELEASES BY SECTION

I have a total of 77 sections in my PreDB. The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview. Numbers in braces are the values from the previous month.

| total (prev/change) | section | |------------------------|-----------------| | 16.982 (19.710 / -14%) | TV (HD) | | 16.435 (12.849 / 28%) | MP3 | | 5.735 (5.773 / -0.7%) | XXX | | 5.269 (4.683 / 13%) | FLAC | | 3.501 (3.133 / 12%) | EBOOK | | 2.165 (2.895 / -25%) | MOViES (HD) | | 1.290 (1.357 / -5%) | DOCU | | 1.141 (1.726 / -34%) | ANiME | | 1.016 (2.475 / -59%) | TV (SD) | | 742 (1.482 / -50%) | SPORTS | | 562 (596 / -6%) | GAMES (PC) | | 525 (710 / -26%) | APPS | | 422 (426 / -0.9%) | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 377 (580 / -35%) | MOViES (SD) | | 203 (165 / 23%) | BOOKWARE | | 187 (280 / -33%) | MViD | | 82 (43 / 91%) | ABOOK | | 7 (7 / 0.0%) | OTHER |

Total: 56.641 (58.878)

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TOP 20 GROUPS WITH MOST RELEASES

The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview, same as above.

| Pos. | Total (prev/change) | Pos. change | Group | Section | |----------|----------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | 1. | 2.705 (2.516 / +8%) | ↑ +1 | WRB | XXX | | 2. | 2.697 (2.542 / +6%) | ↓ -1 | PTC | FLAC,MP3 | | 3. | 2.693 (2.210 / +22%) | ~ | AFO | FLAC,MP3 | | 4. | 2.428 (621 / +291%) | ↑ +16 | BABAS | FLAC,MP3 | | 5. | 1.322 (1.773 / -25%) | ~ | NEUROSiS | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 6. | 1.319 (1.078 / +22%) | ↑ +4 | AMB3R | MOViES (HD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 7. | 1.210 (1.792 / -32%) | ↓ -3 | LEWD | XXX | | 8. | 1.144 (571 / +100%) | ↑ +15 | OBZEN | FLAC | | 9. | 1.092 (1.206 / -9%) | ↓ -1 | EDITH | MOViES (HD),SPORTS,TV (HD) | | 10. | 1.068 (964 / +11%) | ↑ +1 | ZzZz | MP3 | | 11. | 970 (201 / +383%) | ↑ +59 | XTC_iNT | MP3 | | 12. | 946 (827 / +14%) | ↑ +2 | 21A1 | EBOOK | | 13. | 941 (1.323 / -29%) | ↓ -7 | FLAME | MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 14. | 932 (424 / +120%) | ↑ +22 | Narcos | XXX | | 15. | 881 (1.146 / -23%) | ↓ -6 | CBFM | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 16. | 817 (0) | ↑ + New | AZR | DOCU,MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 17. | 782 (644 / +21%) | ↑ +2 | CTO | EBOOK | | 18. | 738 (750 / -2%) | ↓ -2 | RAGEMP3 | MP3 | | 19. | 709 (569 / +25%) | ↑ +5 | ENRiCH | FLAC,MP3 | | 20. | 671 (468 / +43%) | ↑ +10 | FiH | MP3 |

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TOP 20 MOST NUKED GROUPS

| nuked (total/percentage) | group | |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 28 (2.693 / 1%) | AFO | | 10 (340 / 3%) | TRIPEL | | 8 (122 / 7%) | HiggsBoson | | 7 (149 / 5%) | RiLE | | 7 (18 / 39%) | DrMARIO | | 6 (18 / 33%) | NewDoctorWhoDis | | 5 (1.319 / 0.4%) | AMB3R | | 5 (462 / 1%) | BitBook | | 4 (49 / 8%) | ESG | | 3 (110 / 3%) | COS | | 3 (1.144 / 0.3%) | OBZEN | | 3 (12 / 25%) | AGROMASH | | 3 (2.428 / 0.1%) | BABAS | | 3 (16 / 19%) | COOLHD | | 3 (200 / 2%) | XTC | | 3 (56 / 5%) | UPRiSiNG | | 2 (34 / 6%) | DETAiLS | | 2 (31 / 6%) | OLDTiME | | 2 (11 / 18%) | XME | | 2 (27 / 7%) | GUACAMOLE |

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MOST NUKED SECTIONS

The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview, same as above.

| total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 42 | MP3 | | 38 | TV (HD) | | 25 | MOViES (HD) | | 12 | FLAC | | 8 | APPS | | 5 | MOViES (SD) | | 5 | EBOOK | | 2 | GAMES (PC) | | 2 | TV (SD) |

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ACCUMULATED RELEASE SIZE FOR MAY 2024

From the 56.641 scene releases, only 41.286 of them had file + size information.

They total to: 61.35 TB (64.335.146 MB) in 726 thousand files (726.261).

No idea about the size of the missing information, so the real value should be much higher.

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ARCHIVES

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NOTES

  • Only Scene Release Groups, no p2p or individuals.
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Monthly Group Stats (May 2024)

Monthly Group Stats (May 2024)

Welcome to the monthly group stats for May 2024. For a better overview, the tables are divided between PC and Console games (same for DOX, see explanation under notes).

GAMES

| total | group | |-------|-----------| | 175 (153) | TENOKE | | 39 (28) | DELiGHT | | 32 (20) | RUNE | | 18 (18) | bADkARMA | | 14 (11) | I_KnoW | | 11 (9) | Razor1911 | | 10 (13) | RAZOR | | 7 (6) | FLT | | 4 (14) | SKIDROW | | 2 (0) | DINOByTES | | 1 (0) | HBD | | 1 (0) | iTWINS | | 1 (17) | TiNYiSO |

Total: 315 (327)

GAMES-DOX

| total | group | |-------|-----------| | 172 (176) | TENOKE | | 21 (29) | RUNE | | 15 (10) | DINOByTES | | 12 (18) | I_KnoW | | 9 (6) | Razor1911 | | 4 (3) | RazorDOX | | 4 (7) | bADkARMA | | 2 (5) | PLAYMAGiC | | 1 (2) | SKIDROW | | 1 (1) | DELiGHT |

Total: 241 (267)

CONSOLE

| total | group | sections | |-------|------------|--------------------| | 66 (64) | SUXXORS | NSW | | 46 (24) | VENOM | NSW | | 29 (27) | HR | NSW | | 20 (59) | MiRAGE | 3DS,GAMES-CONSOLE,GAMES-NiNTENDO,GBC | | 9 (18) | bADkARMA | GAMES-CONSOLE,GAMES-NiNTENDO,GBC | | 8 (4) | BREWS | NSW | | 4 (0) | AUGETY | PS4 | | 1 (0) | GANT | NSW | | 1 (0) | LiGHTFORCE | NSW | | 1 (0) | PS5B | PS5 | | 1 (0) | PTC | GAMES-NiNTENDO |

Total: 185 (197)

CONSOLE-DOX

| total | group | sections | |-------|-----------|------------------| | 118 (116) | SUXXORS | NSW | | 97 (88) | VENOM | NSW | | 10 (15) | HR | NSW | | 7 (3) | MiRAGE | GAMES-NiNTENDO,GBC | | 4 (1) | BREWS | NSW | | 1 (0) | AUGETY | PS4 | | 1 (0) | AUGETY | PS4 |

Total: 237 (229)

MOST POPULAR GAMES

Every month seems to have some most popular/awaited games. Any surprises for you in here?

|Place|Release| |-|-| |1. | Ghost.of.Tsushima.DIRECTORS.CUT-TENOKE ↑ | |2. | Ghost.of.Tsushima.DIRECTORS.CUT.PROPER-RUNE ↑ | |3. | Ghost.of.Tsushima.DIRECTORS.CUT.MULTi26-RUNE ↑ | |4. | Senuas_Saga_Hellblade_II-FLT ↑ | |5. | MotoGP.24-RUNE ↑ | |6. | TEKKEN.8-RUNE ↓ (-5) | |7. | Grand_Theft_Auto_IV_Complete_Edition_v1.2.0.59-Razor1911 ↓ (-1) | |8. | WWE.2K24.Update.v1.08.incl.DLC-RUNE ↑ | |9. | Horizon_Forbidden_West_Complete_Edition-FLT ↓ (-7) | |10. | SAND_LAND-FLT ↓ (-7) |

FILE + SIZE INFORMATION

Total release size for PC and Console games on May 2024: 1,6 TB (1.604.663 MB) in 13.828 files.

From 984 game related releases, 518 (53%) releases had file and size information. So the actual number should be much higher.

GROUP "ANOMALIES"

  • iTWINS with a single comeback release
  • HBD with a single comeback release

ARCHIVES

NOTES

  • DOX: Updates (Releases with version number), Fixes, DLC, Addons, Trainer, Cheats, Patch, Unlocker, etc.
  • Numbers in brackets are the totals of previous month.
  • Only Scene Release Groups, no p2p or individuals.
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Monthly Group Stats (April 2024)

Welcome to the monthly group stats for April 2024. For a better overview, the tables are divided between PC and Console games (same for DOX, see explanation under notes).

GAMES

|total|group| |:-|:-| |153 (154)|TENOKE| |33 (7)|Unleashed| |28 (1)|DELiGHT| |20 (25)|RUNE| |18 (13)|bADkARMA| |17 (18)|TiNYiSO| |14 (23)|SKIDROW| |13 (6)|RAZOR| |11 (10)|I\_KnoW| |9 (5)|Razor1911| |6 (6)|FLT| |3 (1)|DOGE| |2 (0)|FCKDRM|

Total: 327 (295)

GAMES-DOX

|total|group| |:-|:-| |176 (174)|TENOKE| |29 (20)|RUNE| |18 (21)|I\_KnoW| |10 (11)|DINOByTES| |7 (9)|bADkARMA| |6 (7)|Razor1911| |5 (4)|PLAYMAGiC| |5 (4)|ANOMALY| |3 (5)|RazorDOX| |3 (2)|TRSi| |2 (4)|SKIDROW| |1 (1)|DELiGHT| |1 (3)|oNePiEcE| |1 (0)|RAZOR|

Total: 267 (266)

CONSOLE

|total|group|sections| |:-|:-|:-| |64 (119)|SUXXORS|GAMES-NiNTENDO,NSW| |59 (11)|MiRAGE|3DS,DC,GAMES-CONSOLE,GAMES-NiNTENDO,GBA,GBC,Wii| |27 (7)|HR|NSW| |24 (45)|VENOM|NSW| |18 (24)|bADkARMA|DC,GAMES-CONSOLE,GAMES-NiNTENDO,GBA,GBC| |4 (5)|BREWS|NSW| |1 (3)|DUPLEX|PS5|

Total: 197 (216)

CONSOLE-DOX

|total|group|sections| |:-|:-|:-| |116 (133)|SUXXORS|NSW| |88 (102)|VENOM|NSW| |15 (5)|HR|NSW| |6 (2)|bADkARMA|GAMES-CONSOLE,GBC,PSX| |3 (0)|MiRAGE|GAMES-NiNTENDO,GBC| |1 (1)|BREWS|NSW|

Total: 229 (244)

MOST POPULAR GAMES

Every month seems to have some most popular/awaited games. Any surprises for you in here? Tekken 8 got even stronger this month + Update/DLC.

|Place|Release| |:-|:-| |1.|TEKKEN.8-RUNE ↑ (+1)| |2.|Horizon\_Forbidden\_West\_Complete\_Edition-FLT ↓ (-1)| |3.|SAND\_LAND-FLT ↑| |4.|Lies.of.P-RUNE -| |5.|WWE.2K24-RUNE ↓ (-2)| |6.|Grand\_Theft\_Auto\_IV\_Complete\_Edition\_v1.2.0.59-Razor1911 ↑| |7.|TEKKEN.8.Update.v1.03.01.incl.DLC-RUNE ↑| |8.|Sweet.Transit-SKIDROW ↑| |9.|Resident.Evil.Village-RUNE ↑| |10.|RuPauls.Drag.Race.Untucked.S16E14.1080p.WEB.h264-EDITH ↑|

FILE + SIZE INFORMATION

Total release size for PC and Console games on April 2024: 1,8 TB (1.809.405 MB) in 15.914 files.

From 1021 game related releases, 539 (53%) releases had file and size information. So the actual number should be much higher.

GROUP "ANOMALIES"

  • MiRAGE is going strong with older console releases

NOTES

  • DOX: Updates (Releases with version number), Fixes, DLC, Addons, Trainer, Cheats, Patch, Unlocker, etc.
  • Numbers in brackets are the totals of previous month.
  • Only Scene Release Groups, no p2p or individuals.
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The State of global Piracy - April 2024

🏴‍☠️ AHOY fellow pirates and welcome to the state of global piracy for April 2024! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️

Please let me know if you have ideas about interesting stats, I'll see if I can make it happen.

Enjoy the numbers!

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TOTAL SCENE RELEASES BY SECTION

I have a total of 77 sections in my PreDB. The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview. Numbers in braces are the values from the previous month.

| total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 19.708 (21.123) | TV (HD) | | 12.848 (15.462) | MP3 | | 5.773 (3.663) | XXX | | 4.682 (8.271) | FLAC | | 3.133 (4.902) | EBOOK | | 2.894 (2.947) | MOViES (HD) | | 2.475 (2.737) | TV (SD) | | 1.726 (993) | ANiME | | 1.482 (1.395) | SPORTS | | 1.357 (1.247) | DOCU | | 797 (549) | APPS | | 595 (561) | GAMES (PC) | | 579 (431) | MOViES (SD) | | 426 (460) | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 279 (294) | MViD | | 165 (272) | BOOKWARE | | 43 (48) | ABOOK | | 6 (12) | OTHER |

Total: 58.878 (65.367)

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TOP 20 GROUPS WITH MOST RELEASES

The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview, same as above.

| | total | | group | sections | |-|-------|-|-------|----------| | 1. | 2.542 (2.171) | ↑ +4 |PTC | FLAC,MP3 | | 2. | 2.516 (2.528) | ~ |WRB | XXX | | 3. | 2.210 (2.501) | ~ |AFO | FLAC,MP3 | | 4.| 1.792 (175) | ↑ +76 |LEWD | XXX| | 5.| 1.773 (1.578) | ↑ +2 |NEUROSiS | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 6.| 1.322 (1.985) | ~ |FLAME | MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 7.| 1.253 (969) | ↑ +6 |NORKiDS | TV (HD) | | 8. | 1.185 (1.089) | ↑ +2 |EDITH | MOViES (HD),SPORTS,TV (HD) | | 9. | 1.146 (1.133) | ↑ +2 |CBFM | MOViES (HD),SPORTS,TV (HD) | | 10. | 1.078 (893) | ↑ +4 |AMB3R | MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 11.| 964 (1.106) | ↑ +1 |ZzZz | MP3 | | 12.| 950 (423) | ↑ +25 |SKYANiME | ANiME| | 13. | 880 (823) | ↑ +3 |VEXED | FLAC | | 14.| 827 (2.400) | ↓ -10 |21A1 | EBOOK| | 15. | 781 (669) | ↑ +5 |TRIPEL | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 16.| 750 (750) | ↑ +1 |RAGEMP3 | MP3 | | 17.| 740 (823) | ↓ -2 |CHOPiN | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 18.| 736 (1.466) | ↓ -9 |TVARCHiV | TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 19. | 644 (568) | ↑ +5 |CTO | EBOOK | | 20. | 621 (3.064) | ↓ -19 |BABAS | FLAC,MP3 |

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TOP 20 MOST NUKED GROUPS

| total | group | |-------|--------------| | 198 (198 / 100%) | KIDENGEE | | 41 (2.210 / 2%) | AFO | | 25 (73 / 34%) | WESTVLETEREN | | 24 (117 / 21%) | RVKD | | 19 (380 / 5%) | BAE | | 11 (139 / 8%) | LOST | | 11 (1.319 / 1%) | FLAME | | 10 (92 / 11%) | ROSiN | | 10 (1.206 / 1%) | EDITH | | 9 (424 / 2%) | Narcos | | 9 (11 / 82%) | BONDYE | | 8 (463 / 2%) | HiggsBoson | | 7 (25 / 28%) | XME | | 7 (501 / 1%) | OLLONBORRE | | 6 (329 / 1%) | WAYNE | | 6 (96 / 6%) | KIDFINEE | | 6 (740 / 1%) | CHOPiN | | 6 (82 / 7%) | PRUTTEGUTT | | 6 (75 / 8%) | NERO | | 5 (21 / 24%) | MERCATOR |

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MOST NUKED SECTIONS

The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview, same as above.

| total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 360 | TV (HD) | | 77 | MP3 | | 59 | MOViES (HD) | | 16 | FLAC | | 12 | XXX | | 12 | APPS | | 9 | GAMES (PC) | | 7 | MOViES (SD) | | 6 | SPORTS | | 4 | TV (SD) | | 3 | EBOOK | | 2 | ANiME | | 1 | ABOOK |

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ACCUMULATED RELEASE SIZE FOR APRIL 2024

From the 58.878 scene releases, only 32.648 of them had file + size information.

They total to: 59,96 TB (59.961.189 MB) in 617 thousand files (617.126).

No idea about the size of the missing information, so the real value should be much higher.

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ARCHIVES

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NOTES

  • Only Scene Release Groups, no p2p or individuals.
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The State of global Piracy - March 2024

🏴‍☠️ AHOY fellow pirates and welcome to the state of global piracy for March 2024! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️

Please let me know if you have ideas about interesting stats, I'll see if I can make it happen.

Enjoy the numbers!

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TOTAL SCENE RELEASES BY SECTION

I have a total of 77 sections in my PreDB. The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview. Numbers in braces are the values from the previous month.

| total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 21.123 (16.689) | TV (HD) | | 15.462 (13.915) | MP3 | | 8.271 (8.892) | FLAC | | 4.902 (3.129) | EBOOK | | 3.663 (3.188) | XXX | | 2.947 (2.620) | MOViES (HD) | | 2.737 (1.685) | TV (SD) | | 1.395 (776) | SPORTS | | 1.247 (981) | DOCU | | 993 (1.290) | ANiME | | 561 (546) | GAMES (PC) | | 549 (573) | APPS | | 460 (453) | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 431 (448) | MOViES (SD) | | 294 (156) | MViD | | 272 (170) | BOOKWARE | | 48 (39) | ABOOK | | 12 (11) | OTHER |

Total: 65.367 (55.551)

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TOP 20 GROUPS WITH MOST RELEASES

The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview, same as above.

| | total | | group | sections | |-|-------|-|-------|----------| | 1. | 3.064 (3.576) | - |BABAS | FLAC,MP3 | | 2. | 2.528 (2.200) | ↑ +2 |WRB | XXX | | 3. | 2.501 (2.750) | ↓ -1 |AFO | FLAC,MP3 | | 4.| 2400 (700) | ↑ +9 |21A1 | EBOOK| | 5. | 2.171 (2.308) | ↓ -2 |PTC | FLAC,MP3 | | 6.| 1.985 (855) | ↑ +5 |FLAME | MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 7.| 1.578 (0) | ↑ (NEW) |NEUROSiS | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 8. | 1.554 (971) | ↑ +1 |OBZEN | FLAC | | 9.| 1.466 (106) | ↑ (NEW) |TVARCHiV | TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 10. | 1.185 (1.089) | ↓ -3 |EDITH | MOViES (HD),SPORTS,TV (HD) | | 11. | 1.133 (1.259) | ↓ -5 |CBFM | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 12.| 1.106 (872) | ↓ -2 |ZzZz | MP3 | | 13.| 969 (626) | ↑ +3 |NORKiDS | TV (HD) | | 14. | 893 (981) | ↓ -6 |AMB3R | ANiME,MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 15.| 823 (608) | ↑ +3 |CHOPiN | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 16. | 823 (1.305) | ↓ -11 |VEXED | FLAC | | 17.| 750 (623) | - |RAGEMP3 | MP3 | | 18.| 740 (569) | ↑ +3 |ENRiCH | FLAC,MP3 | | 19.| 729 (414) | ↑ +14 |HiggsBoson | MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 20.| 671 (645) | ↓ -5 |BAWLS | DOCU,MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) |

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TOP 20 MOST NUKED GROUPS

| total | group | |-------|----------------| | 50 | AFO | | 33 | iNTENTiON | | 31 | BABAS | | 19 | UKDTV | | 14 | WESTVLETEREN | | 12 | HAXE | | 10 | VSEX | | 9 | RAWBEATS | | 8 | RiLE | | 8 | TMSF | | 8 | FLAME | | 7 | COOLHD | | 6 | CODSWALLOP | | 6 | OBZEN | | 6 | DVT | | 5 | WAVED | | 5 | WAV | | 5 | OLDTiME | | 5 | ENTiTLED | | 4 | 21A1 |

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MOST NUKED SECTIONS

The sections in here are combined/simplified for a better overview, same as above.

| total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 129 (181) | TV (HD) | | 99 (108) | MP3 | | 64 (102) | FLAC | | 42 (38) | MOViES (HD) | | 12 (2) | TV (SD) | | 10 (1) | XXX | | 10 (3) | DOCU | | 8 (1) | EBOOK | | 5 (10) | GAMES (PC) | | 4 (5) | MOViES (SD) | | 4 (5) | SPORTS | | 3 (2) | MViD | | 2 (5) | APPS | | 2 (0) | OTHER | | 2 (0) | BOOKWARE | | 1 (2) | GAMES (CONSOLE) |

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ACCUMULATED RELEASE SIZE FOR MARCH 2024

From the 65.367 scene releases, only 39.915 of them had file + size information.

They total to: 39,25 TB (39.252.916 MB) in 391 thousand files (391.149).

No idea about the size of the missing information, so the real value should be much higher.

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ARCHIVES

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NOTES

  • Only Scene Release Groups, no p2p or individuals.
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The State of global Piracy - February 2024
  • A VPN isn't enough to stay safe, not if you're operating at the level of scene release groups. It's the most illegal thing that you can do in the pirate world. It's several years of jail if you get busted. If a kid get caught seeding a torrent, the punishment won't be that harsh, but actually providing the whole world with the most fresh stuff is something different.

    If you care about torrents it's fine, but a lot of people don't care about it and have other methods of leeching. You can take a look at FXP (for starters).

  • The State of global Piracy - February 2024
  • Yes, the nukes actually have reasons, here's one overview: https://predb.net/status/nuked/

    But there is something important to understand: we're not talking about torrents here. Torrenting is one of the unsafest ways to actually pirate stuff but for most people it's the easiest.

    The Scene has rules on how to release things. If one of these rules are broken, the release will get nuked and the group can release a fix/proper release. Just take a look at some of the reasons on the link I provided :)

  • The State of global Piracy - February 2024
  • I only have informations about the releases as they are pred, no tracker stuff.

    What information about the nukes are you thinking of? Specify it a little bit more and I'll check if I can make it happen :)

  • The State of global Piracy - February 2024
    1. The circle jerk stuff get's embedded automatically because of the wiki articles (I can't see that on the web version). Read them and you'll understand more.
    2. The scene is not interested in torrenting. Torrent is just the most insecure way to leech whatever you want. Maybe "Normal people" should find alternatives.
    3. Release groups are the first to release anything. Whatever you leech out there was firstly release by a release group.
  • The State of global Piracy - February 2024

    🏴‍☠️ AHOY and welcome to the state of global piracy for February 2024! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️

    Please let me know if you have ideas about interesting stats, I'll see if I can make it happen.

    Enjoy the numbers!

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    TOTAL SCENE RELEASES BY SECTION

    I have a total of 77 sections in my PreDB. The sections in here are combined for a better overview. Numbers in braces are the values from the previous month.

    | total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 16.689 (19.365) | TV (HD) | | 13.915 (12.639) | MP3 | | 8.892 (5.290) | FLAC | | 3.188 (3.740) | XXX | | 3.129 (3.351) | EBOOK | | 2.620 (2.873) | MOViES (HD) | | 1.685 (1.995) | TV (SD) | | 1.290 (1.428) | ANiME | | 981 (1.027) | DOCU | | 776 (884) | SPORTS | | 573 (350) | APPS | | 546 (533) | GAMES (PC) | | 453 (444) | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 448 (462) | MOViES (SD) | | 170 (242) | BOOKWARE | | 156 (288) | MViD | | 39 (43) | ABOOK | | 11 (6) | OTHER |

    Total: 55.551 (54.960)

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    TOP 20 GROUPS WITH MOST RELEASES

    The sections in here are combined for a better overview, same as above.

    | | total | | group | sections | |-|-------|-|-------|----------| | 1. | 3.576 (2.177) | ↑ +1 |BABAS | FLAC,MP3 | | 2. | 2.750 (2.113) | ↑ +1 |AFO | FLAC,MP3 | | 3. | 2.308 (1.827) | - |PTC | FLAC,MP3 | | 4. | 2.200 (2.716) | ↓ -3 |WRB | XXX | | 5. | 1.305 (761) | ↑ +8 |VEXED | FLAC | | 6. | 1.259 (1.214) | ↑ +1 |CBFM | MOViES (HD),SPORTS,TV (HD) | | 7. | 1.089 (1.732) | ↓ -3 |EDITH | MOViES (HD),SPORTS,TV (HD) | | 8. | 981 (795) | ↑ +2 |AMB3R | ANiME,MOViES (HD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 9. | 971 (1.827) | ↑ +47 |OBZEN | FLAC,MP3 | | 10.| 872 (850) | ↓ -1 |ZzZz | MP3 | | 11.| 855 (850) | ↑ +11 |FLAME | MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 12.| 713 (1.272) | ↓ -7 |CHEOPE | TV (HD) | | 13.| 700 (586) | ↑ +9 |21A1 | EBOOK| | 14.| 656 (293) | ↑ +30 |UOVA | MP3 | | 15.| 645 (661) | ↑ +2 |BAWLS | DOCU,MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 16.| 626 (1.260) | ↓ -10 |NORKiDS | TV (HD) | | 17.| 623 (776) | ↓ -5 |RAGEMP3 | MP3 | | 18.| 608 (72) | ↑ +106 |CHOPiN | MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 19.| 590 (75) | ↓ +100 |TIMES | FLAC | | 20.| 571 (391) | ↑ +15 |SKYANiME | ANiME |

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    TOP 20 MOST NUKED GROUPS

    | total | group | |-------|----------------| | 73 | AFO | | 40 | LAW | | 32 | ESGFLAC | | 21 | ZzZz | | 20 | KIDENGEE | | 14 | FTD | | 14 | OLLONBORRE | | 13 | RABiDS | | 10 | alpha | | 10 | WESTVLETEREN | | 9 | W4K | | 8 | SuccessfulCrab | | 8 | RUGGED | | 7 | DARKFLiX | | 6 | A4O | | 6 | GARLICKNOTS | | 5 | Unleashed | | 5 | ANESSE | | 5 | WAVED | | 5 | WAV |

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    MOST NUKED SECTIONS

    | total | grouped_section | |-------|-----------------| | 181 | TV (HD) | | 108 | MP3 | | 102 | FLAC | | 38 | MOViES (HD) | | 10 | GAMES (PC) | | 5 | APPS | | 5 | MOViES (SD) | | 5 | SPORTS | | 3 | DOCU | | 2 | TV (SD) | | 2 | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 2 | MViD | | 1 | XXX | | 1 | EBOOK | | 1 | ANiME |

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    ACCUMULATED RELEASE SIZE FOR FEBRUARY 2024

    From the 55.551 scene releases, only 30.661 of them had file + size information.

    They total to: 30,25 TB (30.257.808 MB) in 333 thousand files (322.964).

    No idea about the size of the missing information, so the real value should be much higher.

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    ARCHIVES

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    The State of Piracy worldwide - January 2024 statistics
  • Bookware is everything related to e-learning: https://predb.net/section/BOOKWARE/

    The name comes from ages ago, often the content from Magazine/Books CD's/DVD's = Bookware. Nowadays it's 100% e-learning vod rips.

    Should I rename the section to elearning (or something similar)?

  • The State of Piracy worldwide - January 2024 statistics
  • You're welcome :)

    I've actually build per category feeds last year. The RSS link is also updated per category in the .

    https://api.predb.net/feed/section/GAMES/ (GAMES can obviously be replaced by any other category) https://api.predb.net/feed/group/SUXXORS/ (SUXXORS can obviously be replaced by any other group)

    https://predb.net/sections/ Here you can find all valid sections. As I'm cleaning up the DB the numbers of each section change overtime.

  • The State of Piracy worldwide - January 2024 statistics

    🏴‍☠️ AHOY and welcome to the state of global piracy for January 2024! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️

    Please let me know if you have ideas about interesting stats, I'll see if I can make it happen.

    Enjoy the numbers!

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    TOTAL SCENE RELEASES BY SECTION

    I have a total of 77 sections in my PreDB. The sections in here are combined for a better overview. Numbers in braces are the values from the previous month.

    | total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 19.365 (17.172) | TV (HD) | | 12.639 (14.364) | MP3 | | 5.290 (6.327) | FLAC | | 3.740 (3.348) | XXX | | 3.351 (4.638) | EBOOK | | 2.873 (3.430) | MOViES (HD) | | 1.995 (2.464) | TV (SD) | | 1.428 (1.253) | ANiME | | 1.027 (1.114) | DOCU | | 884 (669) | SPORTS | | 533 (691) | GAMES (PC) | | 462 (764) | MOViES (SD) | | 444 (440) | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 350 (520) | APPS | | 288 (394) | MViD | | 242 (75) | BOOKWARE | | 43 (48) | ABOOK | | 6 (13) | OTHER |

    Total: 54.960 (57.724)

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    TOP 20 GROUPS WITH MOST RELEASES

    The sections in here are combined for a better overview, same as above.

    | total | group | sections | |-------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------| | 2.716 |WRB| XXX | | 2.177 |BABAS| FLAC,MOViES (SD),MP3 | | 2.113 |AFO| FLAC,MOViES (SD),MP3 | | 1.827 |PTC| FLAC,MP3 | | 1.732 |EDITH| MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 1.272 |CHEOPE| MOViES (HD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 1.260 |NORKiDS| TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 1.214 |CBFM| MOViES (HD),MViD,TV (HD) | | 1.108 |BitBook| EBOOK | | 850 |ZzZz| MP3 | | 795 |AMB3R| ANiME,MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 792 |NTROPiC| MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD) | | 776 |RAGEMP3| BOOKWARE,MP3 | | 761 |VEXED| FLAC,MViD | | 711 |NETTiTV| MOViES (HD),TV (HD) | | 680 |OND| BOOKWARE,FLAC,MP3 | | 676 |STARS| ANiME,EBOOK,MOViES (HD) | | 661 |BAWLS| DOCU,MOViES (HD),MOViES (SD),TV (HD),TV (SD) | | 649 |LiBRiCiDE| EBOOK | | 624 |KIDSWEEE| TV (HD) |

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    ACCUMULATED RELEASE SIZE FOR JANUARY 2024

    From the 54.960 scene releases, only 9.420 of them had file + size information.

    They total to: 16.61 TB (16.619.701 MB) in 115 thousand files (115.373).

    No idea about the size of the missing information, so the real value should be much higher.

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  • You can read more about nukes here (also linked on the top of the post).

    TLDR A release can get nuked for different reasons:

    • Not compliant to official scene rules
    • Dupe (means: another group was faster)
    • Not working (Game crack doesn't work)
    • Etc.

    Practically "Nuked" means "don't spread" to other servers and "disgrace" for the release group ;)

    Another example:
    A group with a lot of releases have a higher chance of getting more nukes.

    AFO had 22.576 releases and 256 nukes.
    I checked the nukes and most of them are so called "dupe" nukes. That means, another group released the same "thing" before them. So the other group won the race.

    Why would the scene need two versions of the same thing? That's wasted space on the harddrive, so the later release gets nuked. That's what happened a lot to AFO in 2023. Another group was just faster

  • The state of Piracy worldwide - 2023 statistics

    🏴‍☠️ AHOY fellow pirates and happy new pirate year to all! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️

    Welcome to the first edition of yearly scene releases stats for 2023. I've already posted this to the piracy subreddit and now here.

    Are you guys interested in these kind of stats? I already provide some other (game related) reddit communitites with stats and thought it could be also interesting for more general statistics about all piracy sections. Please let me know if you have ideas about interesting stats, I'll see if I can make it happen.

    Enjoy the numbers!

    TOTAL SCENE RELEASES BY SECTION

    I have a total of 77 sections in my PreDB. The sections in here are combined for a better overview. Numbers in brackets show the change to the values relative to the previous year.

    | total | section | |--------|-----------------| | 238.311 (-9.154) | TV (HD) | | 171.114 (-2.408) | MP3 | | 56.891 (+36.613) | FLAC | | 52.172 (+15.819) | EBOOK | | 46.860 (-616) | XXX | | 28.758 (+7.976) | MOViES (HD) | | 26.297 (-6.938) | TV (SD) | | 18.561 (+567) | DOCU | | 15.287 (+8.014) | ANiME | | 9.986 (-2.370) | SPORTS | | 7.548 (+654) | MOViES (SD) | | 6.861 (+6.171) | APPS | | 6.835 (+3.542) | GAMES (PC) | | 4.415 (-6.701) | ABOOK | | 3.369 (+123) | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 2.548 (-550) | MViD | | 1.210 (-1500) | BOOKWARE | | 47 (+37) | OTHER |

    Total: 697.070 scene releases in 2023

    So, biggest increases to 2022 would be FLAC music releases, EBOOK's, ANiME, GAMES (PC) and MOViES (HD). Huge losses on ABOOK's, BOOKWARE and TV (SD). The APPS section may be faulty for 2022, have to check the data.

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    TOP 20 GROUPS WITH MOST RELEASES

    The sections in here are combined for a better overview, same as above.

    | total | group | sections | |-------|------------|----------------------------------------------------| | 32.469 |BABAS| FLAC, MP3 | | 29.611 |WRB| XXX | | 22.848 |PTC| FLAC, MP3 | | 22.576 |AFO| APPS, FLAC, MOViES (SD), MP3 | | 21.012 |EDITH| MOViES (HD), SPORTS, TV (HD), TV (SD) | | 14.750 |CBFM| MOViES (HD), SPORTS, TV (HD), TV (SD) | | 12.463 |BitBook| EBOOK | | 11.572 |HiggsBoson| MOViES (HD), MOViES (SD), TV (HD), TV (SD) | | 10.783 |AMB3R| ANiME, DOCU, MOViES (HD), MOViES (SD), TV (HD), TV (SD) | | 10.723 |SKYFiRE| MOViES (HD), TV (HD) | | 10.319 |KNOWN| MP3 | | 10.186 |ZzZz| MP3 | | 9.818 |NORKiDS| TV (HD), TV (SD) | | 9.213 |ENRiCH| ABOOK, FLAC, MP3 | | 8.425 |LiBRiCiDE| EBOOK | | 7.746 |DECiPHER| EBOOK | | 7.325 |VEXED| FLAC | | 7.017 |FLAME| MOViES (HD), MOViES (SD), TV (HD), TV (SD) | | 6.787 |DiMEPiECE| MOViES (HD), TV (HD) | | 6.119 |WAYNE| DOCU,MOViES (HD), TV (HD) |

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    TOP 20 MOST NUKED GROUPS

    | total | group | |-------|------------| | 256 | AFO | | 244 |N0WAY| | 201 |AZR| | 180 |BRAVERY| | 169 |BREWS| | 100 | DiMEPiECE | | 100 | SKYFiRE | | 99 |PARiAH| | 96 | WAYNE | | 95 | CBFM | | 93 |URANiME| | 86 |AMB3R| | 81 | HiggsBoson | | 65 |A4O| | 65 |FAWR| | 64 | BABAS | | 50 | KNOWN | | 47 |DOKUMANiA| | 43 |UVU| | 43 |FHC|

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    MOST NUKED SECTIONS

    MOST NUKED SECTIONS

    | total | section | |-------|-----------------| | 2190 | TV (HD) | | 743 | MP3 | | 525 | MOViES (HD) | | 277 | FLAC | | 199 | GAMES (CONSOLE) | | 152 | TV (SD) | | 144 | DOCU | | 104 | ANiME | | 96 | GAMES (PC) | | 77 | MOViES (SD) | | 66 | EBOOK | | 47 | APPS | | 33 | XXX | | 20 | MViD | | 15 | SPORTS | | 1 | ABOOK |

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    ACCUMULATED RELEASE SIZE FOR 2023

    From the 697.070 scene releases, 454.037 of them have file + size information.

    They total to: 754.73 TB (754.729.230 MB) in 8.3 million files (8.280.197).

    No idea about the size of the missing information, so the real value should be much higher.

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