Top 10 countries for visits to piracy sites worldwide 2020-2021, per quarter

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Ani Petrosyan,
May 15, 2023
From the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2021 the country that saw the highest number of visits to piracy sites was the United States. In the third quarter of 2021, the U.S. saw 5.12 billion visits to film, TV, music, publishing and software piracy sites.

Leading 10 countries for the highest number of visits to piracy sites worldwide from 1st quarter 2020 to 3rd quarter 2021 (in billions)

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Release date

October 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q1 2020 to Q3 2021

Special properties

combined visits to film, TV, music, publishing and software piracy sites

Supplementary notes

Missing figures for each quarter indicate that the country was not included in the top 10 for that quarter.

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