Ukraine Ranks 7th by Number of Visits to Pirate Websites With the U.S. Topping the List
Analytical company Muso has presented a report on the number of visits to pirated websites. According to Muso, in 2018 pirate websites received over 189 billion unique visits. Users prefer to download the following video content:
- 38% – TV shows and sitcoms;
- 9% – movies;
- 87% – music;
- 49% – books and magazines;
- 16% – software.
Most of all visits were recorded from the USA. Ukraine ranked seventh between Turkey and Indonesia:
- United States – 17,380,038,844
- Russia – 14,468,624,277
- Brazil – 10,283,315,744
- India – 9,589,665,210
- France – 7,339,837,375
- Turkey – 7,335,249,001
- Ukraine – 6,126,077,097
- Indonesia – 6.075,238,380
- Great Britain – 5,750,562,133
- Germany – 5,356,667,376.
In developed countries, the level of piracy falls, in the developing countries (Ukraine is also counted among them) it is growing. The only sector in which there is a trend towards an increase in legal consumption is music. This type of piracy fell by 34%.
Also, Muso noted the downfall of the torrents. They account for 13% of piracy. A large proportion (almost 60%) is illegal streaming. Another trend is the search bypass. Now people go to pirate websites by 10% directly, without the help of search engines.
