Bittorent: House of Dragons clearly ahead of HDR Rings of Power

Since the beginning of September, fantasy fans have been treated to a new episode of the Amazon series Rings of Power every week. In order to be able to see The Lord of the Rings – Rings of Power, either a subscription to Prime Video or a membership to Amazon Prime is required, which – currently – costs 7.99 euros per month. However, there are also viewers who consume this series illegally. However, the Lord of the Rings series has fewer viewers on Bittorent than the HBO series House of Dragons.

HBO series has more viewers than Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series

Have between September 7th and 21st 9 million viewers via Bittorrent watched the prequel to Game of Thrones. The Rings of Power, on the other hand, only had 5 million illegal downloads on the portal in the same period. Officially, the Amazon series has 25 million views. According to Torrentfreak survey, most searches come from Russia. As of March 2022, residents of Russia have no longer been able to access Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service. The situation is different with HBO, which broadcast the Game of Thrones prequel in Russia via the provider Amediateka.

In Germany, House of Dragon can only be viewed exclusively on Sky Q and the associated streaming service Wow. A Sky Q subscription with access to Sky and HBO series and Netflix costs monthly 15 euros in annual subscriptionafter 12 months you can extend at a reasonable price or cancel monthly for a surcharge. Wow costs 9.99 euros per month and can be canceled monthly, but does not include a Netflix subscription. Although HBO also has its own streaming service, HBO Max, this does not yet exist in Germany because the broadcasting rights are held by Sky Germany until 2025. HBO Max will close its doors in the summer of 2023 after HBO parent company Warner Bros. merged with Discovery. In the future, the offers of the worldwide to Disney second largest media company be offered in a single streaming service. Finally, the streaming service Discovery + also belongs to the company.

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House of Dragon and Rings of Power Popularity Collection:

• The HBO series House of Dragon is more popular with customers of the illegal streaming service Bittorrent than the Amazon series Rings of Power.
• Between September 7th and September 21st, 9 million viewers watched the prequel to Game of Thrones via Bittorent. The rival fantasy series to The Lord of the Rings only managed 5 million downloads in the same period.
• Most inquiries came from Russia, even though the HBO series is still broadcast there by the provider Amediateka. Amazon, on the other hand, has shut down its Prime Video streaming service in Russia.
• In Germany, House of Dragon can only be viewed exclusively on Sky Q and the associated streaming service Wow.

Sources: torrent geek, forbes