Global piracy hits 190 billion visits in 2018March 23, 2019 11.11 Europe/London By Robert Briel Global piracy numbers reached almost 190 billion pirate site visits in 2018, according to figures released by MUSO.London-based MUSO collects data from billions of piracy infringements every day to help entertainment companies and rights owners see a bigger picture.Over 189 billion visits were made to pirate sites in 2018. TV-related piracy took up 49.38% of all activity related to piracy, with only 17.9% for access to film.Music was the third most pirated medium in 2018, with a 15.87% share. Only publishing and software were lower (11.49% and 6.16% respectively).Almost 60 % of all piracy visits are to unlicensed web streaming sites, whereas public torrent networks now only equate to 13% of piracy visit activity.The US was the nation with the most visits to pirate websites with well over 17 billion in 2018. Russia was only three billion visits behind the US with 14 billion visits. UK-specific data shows a decline, even in the streaming piracy sector. While there were 4.5 billion visits recorded in 2017, this fell to 3.9 billion in 2018. Andy Chatterley, CEO and co-founder of MUSO commented: