The hit seriesWandaVisionwas watched by alotof people this year, but a great many of them didn’t pay for the experience. Debuting exclusively on the streaming service Disney+ in January,WandaVisionserves as the first chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four after the events ofAvengers: Endgame. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany return to reprise their respective roles as Wanda Maximoff and Vision, the two apparently caught up in some kind of sitcom-like world.
For the past several years,Torrent Freakhas been analyzing the numbers of the most pirated shows at the end of each year to determine which one has been illegally downloaded more than any other. It had long beenGame of Thronesin the top spot, but with that series over, we had a new champion in 2020 withThe Mandalorianhitting #1. Another Disney+ title will take the “honor” again in 2021 with the news thatWandaVisiontops their list this year.
A hit on both Disney+ and on pirate sites, every episode ofWandaVisionwas downloaded millions of times. Following very close behind wasLoki, another MCU-based show exclusive to Disney+. Netflix slips in at #3 withThe Witcherwhile the Marvel gang also hits the #4 spot withThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier.Don’t count out the newest show which just wrapped up its run asHawkeyeis #5. In order, the titles rounding out the rest of the top 10 areWhat If…?,Foundation,Rick and Morty,Arcane, andWheel of Time.
WandaVisionhas also garnered tremendous acclaim for Marvel Studios and Disney+. The show was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards along with another 15 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. This acclaim and the positive fan response has had Marvel looking for ways to do more with WandaVision, although the plan was for it to consist of a limited series. It has since been announced that Kathryn Hahn will lead her own spinoff series,Agatha: House of Harkness, reprising the role she debuted in onWandaVision. Her “Agatha All Along” song was also a standout moment forWandaVisionwhich helped make Hahn a fan favorite.
“No! No, I knew I was going to have a theme song, but I actually didn’t know I was going to be singing it until we were midway through shooting it and they were like, ‘Oh, we’re going to need you to sing,'” Hahn previously told Nylon in an interview. “I was like, ‘Great,’ but I had zero expectations that it was going to be the thing that would pop out. I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ It was really like it was [happening on] a different planet - it was like another us or another me, just this other thing that was happening. Someone was like, ‘You topped the Biebs!’ And I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ The whole thing was so very, very surreal.”
