Erik Gunther dot com

We know what you’re up to over the weekend. Despite pleas from music retailers and the RIAA, you’re busy stocking up your digital library with free music. Speaking of which, the recording industry found a new foil this weekend when it announced it would be suing file-sharing software company LimeWire. Already one of our top search terms, queries on the fruity file swapper soared.

But the rise in LimeWire buzz wasn’t the result of possible legal battles. Interest in the software has everything to do with the day of the week, because when we examined the data on LimeWire, we found an interesting graph documenting exactly when downloading heats up…

Every spike on the graph above corresponds with a Saturday, the favorite day of the week for music pirates. Like clockwork, searches on LimeWire recede with the start of the work week only to pick back up again each and every Saturday. Related queries on terms such as “limewire pro,” “free limewire download,” and “free limewire pro” also jump every weekend. And although we have no idea whether you’re snatching the new Christina Aguilera album or just looking for a live performance by Mr. Mister, we do know how you’re spending your Saturday.