Who knew meth could attract to many people. Apparently channel AMC did because Breaking bad tv series finale have just reached a new record for most viewed episode. Reaching 10.3 million views, it have surpassed previous popular episodes.

Set in Albuquerque, Breaking bad tells a story of an over qualified chemistry teacher who is suffering terminal lung cancer. In order support his family after he have passed he decides to live a double life as a drug dealer producing crystal meth.

Just after 12 hours of its release, half a million people downloaded the episode via various torrent sites.It was recorded that most of the downloads were from UK and Australia

After winning an emmy for Outstanding Drama Series 2013 and nominated for several emmys Breaking Bad came in a proud 3rd place in terms of most viewed series finale. The Sopranos and Sex and the City, whose final episode on HBO were seen by 11.9m and 10.6m respectively.

Just for fun facts, the most watched program ever recorded was 2008 Beijing Olympics reaching up to an astounding 4 billion people. To put that into perspective, there were around 6 billion people in 2008, it means 2/3 people were watching the Olympics.