Pirate Site FMovies Rivals Major Streaming Platforms in U.S. Web Traffic * TorrentFreak
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Pirate streaming site FMovies appears in SimilarWeb's Top 10 chart of U.S. "Streaming & Online TV" sites ahead of Disney+ and Crunchyroll.

Every month, many millions of Americans visit pirate streaming site FMovies to bypass paid subscription services and watch movies and TV series for free. The platform is a thorn in the side of the movie industry and a prime exhibit in the quest for local site-blocking measures. According to SimilarWeb’s Top 10 chart of U.S. ‘Streaming & Online TV’ sites, FMovies beats Disney+ and Crunchyroll.

  • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Wouldn’t SimilarWeb not be counting people who watch streaming services via apps rather than their websites? As that would be most of the traffic for those services, it not being counted would skew results in favor of FMovies, since it doesn’t have a comparable app.