( EW.com ) -- It seems like everyone , with or without HBO , knew about the `` Game of Thrones '' Red Wedding episode â€ ” which could explain why the show once again tops TorrentFreak 's annual list of the most pirated TV shows . Per the site , `` GoT 's '' season 3 finale bloodbath was downloaded an estimated 5.9 million times via BitTorrent . After the show topped the charts in illegal downloads in 2012 , HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told EW he considered it , `` a compliment of sorts '' : `` The demand is there . And it certainly did n't negatively impact the DVD sales . [ Piracy is ] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network . '' Rounding out the Top 10 of 2013 , however , is a mix of pay cable , basic cable , and broadcast shows : Breaking Bad ( an average of 4.2 million per episode ) , The Walking Dead ( 3.6 million ) , The Big Bang Theory ( 3.4 million ) , Dexter ( 3.1 million ) , How I Met Your Mother ( 3.0 million ) , Suits ( 2.6 million ) , Homeland ( 2.4 million ) , Vikings ( 2.3 million ) , and Arrow ( 2.2 million ) . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
`` Game of Thrones '' once again tops the list of most pirated shows . The show is also one of the top three most-downloaded TV series in the United States, according to a report from Hitwise. Other top shows include `` Breaking Bad '' and `` The Walking Dead ''