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# Report: Piracy Sites Attract 53 Billion Visits Yearly
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/report-piracy-sites-attract-53-billion-visits-yearly/
- Published: 2011-01-12T10:13:59.000Z
- Updated: 2011-01-12T10:13:59.000Z
- Description: A report from security firm MarkMonitor states that 43 sites identified for piracy attract 146 million visits daily for a total of 53.29 billion a year. 67% of those 43. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/01/report-piracy-sites-attract-53-billion-visits-yearly.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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A report from security firm [MarkMonitor](http://www.markmonitor.com/download/report/MarkMonitor%5F-%5FTraffic%5FReport%5F110111.pdf?ref=hypebot.com) states that 43 sites identified for piracy attract 146 million visits daily for a total of 53.29 billion a year. 67% of those 43 sites are hosted in North America or Western Europe and according to the study the 3 largest – RapidShare, MegaVideo and MegaUpload – collectively get 21 billion visits each year.

To be sure, some of the named sites also host legal content and a only fraction of the unauthorized content is music, but these stats are sure to fuel those call for tougher crackdowns.

**More:** How Artists Can Profit From File Sharing ([MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-artists-can-profit-from-file-sharing.html?ref=hypebot.com))

**Readers**: Do these stats surprise you or **change your opinion** of efforts to stop unauthorized downloading?