article_snippet: Within 24 hours of first being pirated House of Cards had been illegally downloaded nearly 700,000 times.
article_snippet: Among those who pirated the television series were 40,557 Australians, who ripped off the show more than any other nation, per capita.
article_snippet: Figures gathered by piracy tracker Excipio and reported by Variety revealed 681,889 unique browsers illegally downloaded the highly anticipated third season of House of Cards on the day after it was released.
article_snippet: Among those who pirated the television series were 40,557 Australians, who ripped off the show more than any other nation, per capita .
article_snippet: Back in February 2014, the second season of the Netflix series had 320,927 downloaders within 24 hours of being pirated.
article_snippet: According to the overall statistics China had the most nationals obtain the season 3 illegally, with a figure of 60,538, while the US - despite having access to the show on Netflix - was close behind with 50,008 people who torrented it.
article_snippet: Figures gathered by piracy tracker Excipio and reported by Variety revealed 681,889 unique browsers illegally downloaded the highly anticipated third season of House of Cards on the day after it was released .
article_snippet: According to the overall statistics China had the most nationals obtain the season 3 illegally, with a figure of 60,538 .
article_snippet: In Australia, piracy levels hit a peak last year when 1.5 million people downloaded the season finale of Game of Thrones.
article_snippet: Foxtel hit a peak last year when 1.5 million people downloaded the season finale of Game of Thrones Game of Thrones .
highlights_snippet: Australians downloaded the third House of Cards series more than any other nation per capita .
  
highlights_snippet: 681,889 unique browsers illegally downloaded the highly anticipated third season worldwide in the 24 hours after it was released .
  