Sony Pictures: Most Pirated Content

This report highlights Sony Pictures’s titles most impacted by piracy, ranked by their Piracy Presence Rate in the top 100 Google search results across 100+ countries. The data provides insights into how piracy affects Sony Pictures’s catalog, helping the copyright holder identify its most significant challenges and address key areas of vulnerability.

Last Monitoring: July 11, 2026.

Trends in Piracy Presence Over Time: Top 20 and Top 100 Google Search Results

Titles Most Affected by Piracy

The list is ranked by the Piracy Presence Rate within the top 100 Google search results.

				Total Infringements				Piracy Presence Rate
			Premiere	Top 3	Top 10	Top 20	Top 100	Top 3	Top 10	Top 20	Top 100
1		Twisted Metal TV series, 2023 | Sony Pictures		285	895	1967	5231	39%	37%	41%	41%
2		Breaking Bad TV series, 2008 | Sony Pictures		210	806	1844	6149	26%	30%	35%	38%
3		Venom: The Last Dance Movie, 2024 | Sony Pictures		140	504	1263	4813	19%	20%	25%	37%
4		Paddington in Peru Movie, 2024 | Canal+, Sony Pictures		113	320	768	3553	15%	12%	15%	24%
5		The Wheel of Time TV series, 2021 | Sony Pictures, Amazon		152	527	1141	3427	20%	21%	23%	22%

Visual Summary

The pie charts below illustrate the percentage of infringing URLs detected in the Top 3, Top 10, Top 20, and Top 100 Google search results for Sony Pictures titles. These visualizations provide a concise overview of piracy visibility, highlighting the severity of the issue at various levels of search result prominence.

Share of Pirated Content by Website Type

This section illustrates which types of websites are most responsible for piracy visibility:

Beyond Titles: Piracy’s Global Reach

This section examines the prevalence and visibility of pirated Sony Pictures content across various countries, highlighting key geographic hotspots where infringing material is most accessible. These insights provide Sony Pictures with actionable data to address piracy effectively and refine targeted anti-piracy strategies for maximum impact.

Piracy-Affected Regions by Infringements

The list is ranked by the Piracy Presence Rate within the top 100 Google search results.

		Total Infringements				Piracy Presence Rate
	Region	Top 3	Top 10	Top 20	Top 100	Top 3	Top 10	Top 20	Top 100
1	MENA	377	997	2166	5029	80%	71%	74%	72%
2	APAC	131	403	922	2900	28%	28%	32%	36%
3	Europe	263	816	1883	7238	22%	22%	25%	30%
4	LATAM	79	325	876	4244	11%	14%	19%	28%
5	North America	7	52	126	430	6%	14%	18%	24%
6	Africa	34	151	432	2806	5%	7%	10%	21%

Piracy-Affected Countries by Infringements

The list is ranked by the Piracy Presence Rate within the top 100 Google search results.

		Total Infringements				Piracy Presence Rate
	Country	Top 3	Top 10	Top 20	Top 100	Top 3	Top 10	Top 20	Top 100
1	Ukraine	46	118	233	609	96%	81%	78%	81%
2	Libya	22	59	123	298	81%	73%	75%	77%
3	Egypt	25	71	149	343	83%	78%	80%	76%
4	Iraq	24	61	140	309	80%	68%	74%	74%
5	Saudi Arabia	23	68	131	310	77%	76%	77%	73%
6	Jordan	25	62	131	313	83%	69%	73%	72%
7	Morocco	26	63	141	312	87%	71%	75%	72%
8	Kuwait	23	65	143	329	77%	71%	75%	72%
9	Lebanon	24	64	141	314	80%	71%	74%	72%
10	Tajikistan	19	54	110	239	63%	59%	64%	72%
11	Oman	24	62	137	296	80%	70%	77%	71%
12	Bahrain	22	61	137	323	73%	69%	72%	71%
13	Djibouti	26	66	141	327	87%	74%	75%	71%
14	Algeria	19	53	123	291	70%	67%	74%	70%
15	Qatar	22	62	136	318	73%	70%	72%	69%
16	Palestine	24	60	133	298	80%	68%	71%	69%
17	United Arab Emirates	23	60	125	337	77%	67%	69%	68%
18	Tunisia	25	60	135	311	83%	68%	72%	68%
19	Kyrgyzstan	17	47	105	218	57%	52%	58%	68%
20	Russia	19	50	98	247	63%	56%	55%	66%
21	Turkmenistan	20	57	108	208	67%	62%	62%	66%
22	Armenia	18	51	103	210	60%	56%	58%	65%
23	Moldova	15	47	127	417	33%	34%	44%	56%
24	Uzbekistan	24	60	122	485	57%	50%	47%	50%
25	Brazil	14	49	100	260	39%	42%	43%	42%
26	Turkey	16	41	79	280	53%	46%	42%	42%
27	Bulgaria	7	31	64	255	23%	36%	34%	41%
28	Belarus	21	52	106	252	54%	44%	45%	41%
29	Argentina	6	20	50	196	20%	21%	26%	38%
30	Venezuela	3	12	43	177	10%	14%	23%	38%
31	Dominican Republic	4	11	37	225	13%	12%	20%	37%
32	Kazakhstan	24	62	131	295	47%	40%	43%	37%
33	Ecuador	4	23	55	229	11%	20%	24%	36%
34	Bolivia	3	11	38	204	10%	12%	21%	36%
35	Slovakia	4	26	59	202	13%	28%	32%	35%
36	Lithuania	4	10	29	212	13%	11%	16%	35%
37	Peru	4	17	47	179	13%	18%	25%	35%
38	Uruguay	4	12	33	205	13%	13%	17%	35%
39	Thailand	2	13	37	219	7%	14%	19%	34%
40	New Zealand	1	11	34	160	3%	11%	18%	34%
41	Indonesia	11	26	55	188	37%	28%	29%	34%
42	Mexico	2	14	34	165	7%	16%	21%	33%
43	Guatemala	4	7	27	211	13%	8%	15%	33%
44	Romania	10	20	55	209	33%	21%	28%	32%
45	Czech Republic	8	27	58	245	22%	25%	26%	32%
46	Azerbaijan	11	25	66	224	37%	28%	35%	32%
47	United Kingdom	1	12	40	145	3%	13%	21%	31%
48	Philippines	2	12	37	158	7%	13%	19%	31%
49	Georgia	8	21	33	293	27%	25%	18%	31%
50	Poland	1	7	34	211	3%	8%	19%	29%
51	Greece	1	8	30	200	3%	9%	16%	28%
52	South Africa	2	7	28	121	7%	7%	15%	28%
53	Portugal	8	25	50	158	22%	24%	23%	28%
54	Denmark	1	13	38	143	3%	13%	20%	28%
55	Nigeria	2	11	35	135	7%	12%	19%	28%
56	Cyprus	1	11	29	200	3%	13%	16%	28%
57	France	1	6	21	97	3%	6%	11%	27%
58	Canada	2	15	41	185	5%	11%	15%	27%
59	Serbia	13	30	53	195	43%	34%	28%	27%
60	Hungary	6	20	35	182	20%	23%	19%	27%
61	Vietnam	5	15	52	193	14%	14%	23%	27%
62	Malta	2	14	44	194	5%	11%	17%	27%
63	Spain	5	18	41	247	12%	14%	16%	26%
64	Puerto Rico	3	17	43	229	7%	13%	16%	26%
65	Netherlands	2	9	31	125	7%	10%	16%	25%
66	Chile	3	18	52	263	6%	12%	17%	25%
67	Belgium	1	4	16	127	3%	4%	8%	25%
68	Paraguay	5	17	44	193	14%	15%	19%	25%
69	Honduras	3	14	37	222	8%	12%	15%	25%
70	Ghana	3	13	31	140	10%	14%	16%	25%
71	Botswana	1	8	30	150	3%	8%	15%	25%
72	Angola	8	21	42	140	22%	20%	19%	25%
73	Malawi	2	8	25	137	7%	9%	13%	25%
74	Germany	4	13	32	145	13%	14%	16%	24%
75	Australia	3	13	38	107	10%	14%	20%	24%
76	Colombia	3	19	53	227	6%	13%	18%	24%
77	Singapore	1	12	39	124	3%	13%	22%	24%
78	Croatia	17	32	59	167	57%	36%	31%	24%
79	Norway	1	12	40	139	3%	12%	21%	24%
80	Panama	3	14	40	224	7%	11%	16%	24%
81	Kenya	2	10	28	117	7%	11%	16%	24%
82	Slovenia	2	7	36	170	7%	8%	19%	23%
83	Nicaragua	2	11	35	256	4%	8%	12%	23%
84	Jamaica	2	15	39	123	7%	16%	20%	23%
85	Sierra Leone	1	10	28	115	4%	12%	16%	23%
86	South Korea	2	13	28	134	7%	14%	15%	22%
87	Zimbabwe	1	8	25	123	3%	9%	13%	22%
88	Namibia	1	10	25	123	3%	11%	14%	22%
89	Zambia	1	8	26	128	3%	9%	13%	22%
90	United States	3	22	46	122	7%	17%	19%	21%
91	India	0	8	26	172	0%	7%	10%	21%
92	Finland	2	17	40	168	6%	16%	18%	21%
93	El Salvador	4	14	35	228	8%	9%	12%	21%
94	Costa Rica	3	16	43	231	6%	11%	14%	21%
95	Senegal	0	1	5	122	0%	1%	3%	21%
96	Niger	0	1	4	126	0%	1%	2%	21%
97	Mozambique	6	16	42	111	17%	15%	19%	21%
98	Belize	2	9	30	120	7%	10%	16%	21%
99	Ireland	0	6	24	103	0%	7%	13%	20%
100	Austria	2	11	24	101	7%	13%	14%	20%
101	Cameroon	0	1	8	125	0%	1%	4%	20%
102	Togo	0	7	10	107	0%	9%	6%	20%
103	Benin	0	1	7	116	0%	1%	4%	19%
104	Sweden	2	8	24	119	7%	8%	13%	18%
105	Latvia	1	9	25	112	3%	10%	14%	18%
106	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	3	6	117	3%	4%	3%	18%
107	Gabon	1	1	8	109	3%	1%	4%	18%
108	Ivory Coast	0	1	3	116	0%	1%	2%	18%
109	Iceland	2	5	12	214	6%	5%	5%	18%
110	Switzerland	1	12	29	140	2%	9%	11%	17%
111	Italy	3	7	16	111	10%	7%	9%	17%
112	Burkina Faso	1	2	6	150	2%	2%	2%	17%
113	Republic of the Congo	1	2	5	93	3%	2%	3%	16%
114	Central African Republic	0	1	5	85	0%	1%	3%	16%
115	Albania	5	7	10	118	12%	6%	4%	9%
116	Estonia	0	0	6	78	0%	0%	3%	8%

Visual Breakdown of Piracy-Affected Countries by Infringements

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Sony Pictures: Protecting Box Office and Streaming Revenue by Combating Piracy

This report examines how piracy impacts Sony Pictures’ content across theatrical premieres, PVOD releases, and global streaming availability. Despite significant investments by Sony Pictures Entertainment in premium movies and original TV series—distributed via its subsidiaries and major streaming partners like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu—piracy remains a critical threat. Unauthorized high-quality copies of Sony Pictures’ content frequently appear online immediately after official release, undermining box-office performance and eroding the exclusivity of content across distribution channels.

Our analysis covers piracy’s effect on titles from Sony Pictures Entertainment, including Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia TriStar, Screen Gems, and TriStar Pictures. Pirated versions of these Sony Pictures titles consistently dominate the top positions in Google search results worldwide, severely limiting potential revenue and subscriber growth. With over 90% of global audiences relying on Google to discover entertainment content, piracy directly competes with legitimate platforms, such as theatrical releases, Premium Video-on-Demand (PVOD), and subscription-based streaming services.

By clearly identifying these vulnerabilities and proactively reducing piracy visibility in search results, Sony Pictures can better safeguard its intellectual property, enhance the effectiveness of legitimate distribution channels, and secure content exclusivity. Effectively managing piracy threats is critical for Sony Pictures to maximize Box-Office, subscriber acquisition, boost viewer retention, and fully capitalize on its significant investments in premium entertainment content worldwide.