The internet couldn’t get enough of Deadpool in 2016. The box-office hit has earned the title of the most-torrented movie of the year, according to data compiled by TorrentFreak.
The piracy-minded publication mined several sources to find the beloved anti-hero at the top of the year’s list for most-torrented films, including download stats from public BitTorrent trackers.
There’s a strong correlation in 2016 between superhero movies and torrenting popularity. Following Deadpool are Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, and X-Men Apocalypse,.
Box office sales also contributed to torrent stats, with Suicide Squad coming in at no. 8 and Finding Dory at no. 9. Deadpool and Captain America were also among the highest-grossing films of 2016, the former raking in $783 million worldwide.
At least the film still fared well amid topping 2016’s most-torrented movies. View the entire top-10 list here.
