Online Piracy Drops 6% Worldwide — Manga Now Leading the Pack

The online piracy is still in a steady downward trend. Corresponding offers on the Internet have long not been able to attract as few visitors as in the past year, shows a report of the British analysis company Muso.

TV and mangas support the scene

Around 216 billion visits to pirate sides were therefore registered worldwide. That sounds a lot, but it is significantly less than some time ago. Compared to the previous year, traffic on corresponding offers decreased by around 6 percent, it said. There were also clear shifts between the different content categories.

By far the most popular is still the television category, which makes up over 44 percent of all pirate sides. However, the publishing industry is surprisingly strong on the upswing – especially driven by the worldwide demand for mangas. According to Muso, around 30.7 percent of the piracy visits accounted for this area in 2024. Manga titles now make up over 70 percent of illegally shared publishing content.

In contrast, classic book content stagnates only five percent. The increasing popularity of digital manga offers via illegal platforms thus becomes the central driver of a category that has more than doubled within five years.

Music falls strong

On the other hand, the piracy in the areas of music and film is declining. For films, Muso recorded a decline in side access by 18 percent – due to a lean year at Blockbuster publications. In the music sector, the minus was even clearer at 19 percent. According to Muso, positive factors such as the success of legal streaming services such as Spotify or Apple Music and safe app ecosystems contribute to this.

The United States continues to list the list of countries with the most pirate searches – 26.7 billion times were called there in 2024 pirate pages, which makes up for over twelve percent of global traffic. This is followed by India, Russia, Indonesia and Vietnam. However, Canada and Ukraine are at the forefront for calls per internet user.