The Best Torrent Sites in 2023

Below are the most popular torrent sites that are still active. They attract millions of visitors each month, despite facing numerous bans and shutdowns.

You can use these websites to torrent the latest movies and TV series, video games, close-sourced software, and more.

All listed torrent sites still work and you can use them with a variety of popular torrenting clients, including qBittorrent and uTorrent.

They also have minimal ad intrusion, meaning your torrenting won’t be interrupted by annoying pop-ups or distracting banner ads.

Use the table below to compare the leading torrent sites we’ve shortlisted based on their online status, content specialization, ad intrusion, and more:

1. 1337x

The best torrent site with the latest movies, TV series, and games uploaded hourly.

Pros	Cons
Modern & streamlined UI	Ignores DMCA
Torrent health score to reduce risk	Blocked in several countries
Diverse content library with an active community	Can’t filter by seeders or leechers
Minimal ads	Support chat and forum don’t work
New content uploaded hourly
Fast download speeds & well-seeded torrents

1337x is the number one torrent site due to its diverse and up-to-date catalog of movies, TV series, video games, music, apps, and more.

Thanks to its broad content library and continued longevity, 1337x is the best alternative to RARBG, with the latter shutting down in May 2023.

During our testing, we found 1337x easy to use and navigate with a sleek, modern user interface. Clicking on a torrent displays user comments, the number of seeders and leechers, the file size, and the name of the uploader for increased transparency.

The site includes multiple ways to download its content: magnet links, torrenting, direct download, and streaming. This is a welcome level of flexibility that isn’t matched by any other torrenting site.

You can expect fast download speeds on 1337x thanks to its large core of users consistently providing well-seeded torrents.

There’s also barely any ads on 1337x either which is rare for a torrent site. Instead, the site sustains itself through anonymous Bitcoin donations.

Its main domain is blocked in several countries due to its copyrighted content. You’ll need to use a 1337x mirror link or change your online location with a VPN to access the site in a blocked country.

2. The Pirate Bay

Popular torrent site with 20+ years of uptime, but blocked in most countries.

Pros	Cons
An unprecedented collection of movies, TV series, e-books, anime & software	Ignores DMCA
Fast download speeds	Blocked in multiple countries
Torrent health score to reduce risk	Compromised by malware in 2019
Only verified users can upload torrents	Subject to frequent shutdowns
Excellent advanced search filters	Inactive support forum
Minimal ads

The Pirate Bay is one of the most popular torrent sites on the internet with more than 25 million monthly visitors. The latest movies, TV series, and video games are uploaded to the site hourly and packaged in well-seeded torrents.

Due to its large volume of copyrighted content, The Pirate Bay is blocked in several countries and has been subject to multiple shutdowns — the most recent in March 2020. Despite this, the Pirate Bay continues to operate and the main domain still works in 2023.

The site is easy to use with a minimalist interface and in-built search function for specific titles. You can also filter its torrents by number of seeders, file size, and upload date.

Each torrent has numerous seeders and magnet link support, resulting in consistently fast download speeds.

The Pirate Bay only permits verified users to upload new content. This aims to improve site safety and reduce the likelihood of downloading malware, following an incident in 2019.

Despite these security improvements, we still advise using a VPN with the Pirate Bay. Our top choice is Private Internet Access, which you can trial for 30 days.

3. YTS

The best movie torrenting site on the internet.

Pros	Cons
4K quality movie torrents, including the latest releases	Allegedly handed over user data to US law firms
Unmatched collection of classic movies & obscure titles	User agreement warns against accessing the site from the US
Has never experienced a shutdown	Ignores DMCA
Includes advanced search filters	Only accommodates movies
	Constant redirects to new tabs
	No support channel or torrent health score

YTS is the best torrenting website for movies, serving as a successor to the once popular website YIFY.

It has a wide selection of titles available in 4K and HD picture quality, ranging from classic movies to the latest cinematic releases. In fact, YTS is a great alternative to RARBG if you want to find and download the latest movies.

YTS is an easy site to navigate and use. Each movie is shown with its name, poster, and release date to simplify the UI. You can also use an in-built search function to find a specific title.

YTS is blocked in the UK, but its user agreement states that US residents should not access the site either.

There are also reports that YTS handed over user data due to the threat of legal action in 2020. We haven’t been able to substantiate these claims, but the warning to use a VPN on the site’s homepage alongside its anti-US user agreement, suggests that they may be true.

If you choose to use YTS, we strongly recommend you use a VPN.

4. LimeTorrents

Well-designed torrenting site with an active community of seeders.

Pros	Cons
Massive content library	Ignores DMCA
Multiple channels of support	Blocked in several countries
Simple and attractive site design	Constant redirects to new tabs
Torrent health score to reduce risk	Lacks advanced search filters

LimeTorrents is a popular torrent site with over 17 million torrents. Users have access to movies, TV series, music, software for multiple platforms, and video games.

The site itself is sleek and well-designed, with icons for each content format on the homepage. Clicking one of these icons automatically directs you to the relevant torrents for that content type.

Each torrent is listed alongside its date added, file size, number of seeders and leechers, and the ‘health’ of the torrent. This is great for helping you identify well-seeded and safe torrents but it’s frustrating that you can’t filter by these parameters.

The user experience is further limited by the constant redirects to advertisements in new tabs. This is frustrating and lengthens the process of finding and downloading a torrent – the top torrent sites won’t do this.

5. YourBittorrent

Sleek torrent site with verified torrents for the newest movies, TV series & anime.

Pros	Cons
Accessible and modern UI	Ignores DMCA
Only verified users can upload files	Blocked in several countries
Accommodates multiple content types	Pop-up ads
Survived multiple shutdowns since 2003	Mirror links & proxies don’t work
	Modest user base

YourBittorent is an easy-to-use torrent site encompassing multiple types of content.

Its 20+ year uptime has seen YourBittorent survive multiple shutdown attempts with its main domain remaining online. However, all of its mirror links and proxies are currently blocked which means you’ll need to change your geo-location with a VPN to access YourBittorent.

Unlike other torrenting sites, YourBittorent has a modern design and an intuitive user interface. Site navigation is simple, torrents are clearly labeled with the relevant information, and specific torrents are easy to locate.

Despite its great usability, YourBittorent does suffer from pop-up ads and occasional redirects to new tabs.

It also has a small user base so torrents can take a while to become adequately seeded.

6. EZTV

Popular torrent site for classic and modern TV series.

Pros	Cons
Great selection of TV series	Ignores DMCA
Active forum and community	Blocked in several countries
Accommodates multiple languages	Awful and outdated UI
New episodes uploaded within hours	Lacks nuanced search filters
	Only accommodates TV series
	No torrent health score

EZTV is an excellent torrent site for TV series. Its catalog includes older and newer titles and its torrents are generally well-seeded.

The site’s forum is very active, posting regular community announcements and responding promptly to content requests.

Multiple changes in ownership, coupled with shutdowns over the years, has resulted in a lack of investment in the site. We were unimpressed by its stripped-back user interface, especially the lack of advanced search filters.

Allowing users to filter torrents by seeders would drastically improve EZTV’s usability.

EZTV is blocked in several countries due to its copyrighted content, however it is one the few torrenting sites that still works in India.

7. TorLock

Well-rounded torrent site with a useful feedback system.

Pros	Cons
Assorted content library covers newest releases	Ignores DMCA
Torrent health score to reduce risk	Blocked in several countries
Intuitive rating and comment system	Intrusive and persistent ads
Well-seeded torrents for fast download speeds	Lacks advanced search filters

TorLock has one of the most up-to-date content libraries we’ve tested. It has torrents for movies, TV shows, and video games released in November 2023.

We also appreciated its torrent ‘health score’, represented by a coloured bar, to indicate the risk associated with the corresponding torrent.

Each torrent has hundreds of seeders thanks to TorLock’s massive user base. This means that larger files, like movies or video games, can be downloaded quickly.

TorLock’s main drawback is its frustrating user experience. Aside from by category or by name, TorLock doesn’t offer any advanced search filters. Its persistent pop-up ads also impeded our testing and the site’s overall usability.

8. FitGirl Repacks

Pros	Cons
Quick to install & high-quality video game torrents	Ignores DMCA
Verification system to reduce risk	Irregular uploads
Detailed descriptions for each torrent	Other users can’t upload content
Helpful & active community	Only accommodates video games & Windows users
No ads	Can’t filter by seeders or leechers
Excellent troubleshooting section	Frequently targeted by DDoS attacks

FitGirl Repacks is the best torrenting site for video games, providing compressed torrents for a wide selection of games. Launched in 2014, the website is blocked in multiple countries, including the US.

Only the site owner can upload torrents to FitGirl Repacks which removes the possibility of users uploading malware at the cost of long wait times for new content.

However, the site also hosts titles from other torrenting sites which don’t come with the same guarantee of safety.

Although there aren’t many search filters to make site navigation easier, each torrent includes its seeder-leecher ratio and in-game screenshots for visual reference.

We also found the comment sections for each torrent useful, particularly for finding graphical mods to improve the game’s FPS.

We were impressed by the absence of ads on the site, with FitGirl Repacks’ revenue solely coming from cryptocurrency donations.

FitGirl Repacks’ main drawback is that it only provides torrents for Windows, with some torrents available for Linux. Mac users should use 1337x to find a suitable video game torrent.

9. TorrentGalaxy

Recently established torrent site with a modest collection of movies, music, and TV series.

Pros	Cons
Multiple content types and subcategories	Ignores DMCA
4K options for movies and TV series	Poor seeder-leecher ratio for recent uploads
Responsive and helpful forum	Annoying and intrusive ads
Large amount of seeders	Content library weaker than competitors
Torrent verification system to minimize risk	Recently established with a small user base

TorrentGalaxy is a relatively new torrent site that has avoided any shutdowns or domain migrations – despite hosting copyrighted content.

Despite some distracting banner ads, we found TorrentGalaxy easy to use with an accessible interface.

We appreciate the amount of information it lists for torrents including: uploader name, magnet link availability, number of seeders, and user comments.

The comment system, in particular, reduces the risk of downloading malicious files due to the feedback from other users.

We were able to download content quickly due to a large number of seeders for most torrents. Although, recently uploaded torrents tended to suffer from a subpar seeder-leecher ratio.

A major drawback is TorrentGalaxy’s limited number of torrents. Although its content is varied it still falls short of leading torrent sites such as the Pirate Bay and 1337x.

As a result, TorrentGalaxy’s content library feels outdated as it can’t match the pace of its competitors.

10. Nyaa.si

Consistently the best torrent site for anime.

Pros	Cons
Comprehensive library of anime torrents	Ignores DMCA
Torrent verification system to minimize risk	Blocked in several countries
Useful advanced search filters	Poor seeder-leecher ratio
Support for multiple languages	Limited support channels
	History of frequent shutdowns
	Only accommodates anime

Nyaa.si is a clone of the once popular anime site Nyaa.se, with the latter shutting down indefinitely in 2021.

Nyaa.si remains online but, due to its illegal nature, access to the site is blocked in several countries, including India and Japan.

You can torrent the latest animes both dubbed and subbed with support for multiple languages. There’s also torrents for anime music videos, video games, and software.

It’s easy to use Nyaa.si thanks to its simple interface. You can click the ‘up arrow’ at the top of the torrent list to quickly sort by number of seeders. There’s also options to filter torrents by content type, language, and file size.

However, its average seeder-leecher ratio was poor, resulting in consistently slow download speeds.

The following torrent sites should not be used under any circumstances. These are illegal sites that lack the necessary content, seeders, or safety measures to risk using.

Many of these websites are poorly designed and don’t have the required search features to help you locate specific torrents.

All of them contain intrusive pop-up ads which makes site navigation difficult, and many of them host malware that pose a danger to your online security.

As a result, they should all be avoided.

TorrentDownloads

Pros	Cons
Diverse selection of torrents	Ignores DMCA
Multiple ways to download	Blocked in several countries
	Frequently blocked us from torrenting
	Google Chrome flags the site as dangerous

TorrentDownloads is a long-standing torrenting site that ignores DMCA requests. You can torrent movies, TV series, music, games, software, anime, and ebooks.

We found TorrentDownloads horrible to use in our testing. We were frequently directed to advertisements in new tabs, its torrents were incompatible with every torrenting client we tested, and Google Chrome highlighted the site as dangerous.

We recommend you avoid TorrentDownloads at all costs – it’s unsafe and doesn’t work properly.

Bibliotik

Pros	Cons
Substantial collection of ebooks	Ignores DMCA
Completely private torrenting site	Not currently accepting new members
	Unresponsive staff
	Only has ebooks

Bibliotik is an ebook focussed torrent site with an entirely private membership. It allegedly has one of the largest collections of ebooks on the internet, although we were unable to obtain an invite and verify this ourselves.

It’s unclear as to when Bibliotik will begin accepting new members again.

The lack of communication from the Bibliotik team is frustrating and we recommend you look elsewhere for ebook torrents.

Demonoid

Pros	Cons
Varied content	Ignores DMCA
In-depth FAQs	Blocked in several countries
Excellent advanced search filters	History of regular shutdowns
	Outdated design
	Inactive userbase
	Access to the forum requires an account

Demonoid has a diverse content library, accommodating more niche categories like Japanese anime and comics.

There’s an abundance of useful search filters to make navigating the site simple as well as helpful FAQs covering multiple topics.

However, the site itself is in need of a major cosmetic overhaul. Its GUI hasn’t been updated since its launch in the early 2000s which results in an ugly and difficult to read website.

Demonoid hosts copyrighted content and has been blocked in several countries such as the US and Canada. It’s also been subject to regular shutdowns forcing the site to periodically change domains.

Despite its regular influx of content, its users rarely leave comments on individual torrents. This further limits the site’s trustworthiness and reliability.

GloTorrents

Pros	Cons
Considerable amount of software torrents	Ignore DMCA
Torrent health score to minimize risk	Inactive userbase
	Slow download speeds
	Low seeder-leecher ratio
	Constant redirects to new tabs

GloTorrents has a varied library, but specializes in software, allowing you to filter by platform and device. It also provides torrents for mobile apps and wallpapers.

We found GloTorrents hard to use. Clicking anywhere on the site caused us to be redirected to a new tab, stalling our torrenting.

It also lacks the core user base of major torrent sites like The Pirate Bay or LimeTorrents. As a result you have to wait a bit longer for the newest releases to be uploaded to the site and most torrents lack sufficient seeders.

A majority of torrents have more leechers than seeders on average, resulting in slow download speeds.

TorrentFunk

Pros	Cons
In-depth FAQs	Ignore DMCA
Torrent health score to minimize risk	Blocked in several countries
	Constant redirects to new tabs
	Lacks advanced search filters
	Subpar UI

TorrentFunk is well-seeded with a sizable torrent library, but it’s difficult to use.

Each individual torrent is assigned its own health score and the site provides a total count of ‘verified’ torrents. These are welcome features but we’re reluctant to trust TorrentFunk’s self-assigned health scores.

We were also unimpressed by the absence of search filters, making sorting through TorrentFunk’s large content library impossible. Coupled with frequent intrusive pop-up ads, the user experience on TorrentFunk is awful.

Due to its copyrighted content, TorrentFunk is also subject to several blocks, most notably in India.

Angie Torrents

Pros	Cons
Modern design and simple UI	Ignores DMCA
No ads	Blocked in several countries
	Guests can’t use the internal search engine
	Doesn’t have the latest titles
	Recently established
	Modest user base

Angie Torrents is a newly-launched torrent site with a modest library. It doesn’t use any ads or redirects and its design is simple and easy to understand.

However, its recent launch date means it’s too soon to determine whether the site is trustworthy. Angie Torrents could be sharing user data with legal authorities or infecting its torrents with malware – more time is needed to establish user trust.

As a new site, Angie Torrents also doesn’t have many users which is reflected in its poorly-seeded torrents and dated content.

You also can’t access the site’s internal search engine until you create an account. This makes it near-impossible to locate a specific torrent.

We don’t trust Angie Torrents and, even if we did, its content is too outdated and slow to download to make the site worth using.

RuTracker

Pros	Cons
Large and diverse library	Ignores DMCA
Multiple channels of support	Blocked in Russia
Massive user base	Support section hosted on HTTP
	Unintuitive UI
	Regularly shut down by Russian government

RuTracker is the largest illegal Russian torrent site, with over 13 million registered users.

Its content library is vast, comprising video games, movies, TV shows, documentaries, sporting events, books, and even language-learning tools.

It’s not the most intuitive site to use. Content is primarily organized by the year it was created (80s, 90s, etc.), and each torrent’s seeder-leecher ratio isn’t immediately obvious either.

RuTracker is under constant pressure from the Russian government with a site representative claiming that Russian officials demanded access to users’ personal information.

With a real possibility of user data being shared with Russian authorities, we strongly recommend you don’t use RuTracker.

NoName Club

Pros	Cons
Well-seeded torrents	Ignores DMCA
Uploader reliability rating to mitigate risk	Blocked in Russia
	You can’t torrent without an account
	Not the best for Western titles
	Unattractive website and awful UI

NoName Club is another illegal Russia-centric torrent site. Its torrents are well-seeded and accommodate a variety of media but we found its Western content lacking.

The site is visually unappealing and its interface is cluttered with tabs and unnecessary information.

You also can’t torrent without first creating an account. Considering its illegally hosted content and Russian jurisdiction, we advise against giving NoName club your email address.

You should avoid NoName Club at all costs.

iDope

Pros	Cons
Functions as a torrent search engine	Ignores DMCA
Easy-to-use and understand	Blocked in several countries
	Difficult to access
	Outdated UI
	Latest uploads are poorly seeded

iDope is primarily a torrent search engine but it does host some content itself. Content assigned a pink square can be torrented directly from the site, whereas grayed-out squares are hosted on other torrent sites.

iDope has been blocked in several countries: we were forced to locate a proxy link to access the site. It also employs a woefully outdated design that resembles the Google homepage from the early 2000s.

The average seeder-leecher ratio across the site was disappointing, especially on newly uploaded torrents. You can expect slow download speeds when using iDope.

torrentz2.nz

Pros	Cons
Torrent search engine covering multiple libraries	Ignores DMCA
Simple to use	Blocked in every country
	Only available on Tor
	Negative seeder-leecher ratio
	Basic UI

torrentz2.nz is a clone of Torrentz, a popular torrent search engine shut down in 2016.

It can only be accessed via the Tor browser as the torrentz2 domain has been blocked everywhere else for hosting copyrighted content, including India and the US. Tor has its own risks and should only be accessed using a trusted VPN service.

Its user interface is minimal, consisting of a search bar and options for the newest, best, and trending torrents.

Despite drawing results from multiple torrent sites, most of the torrents we inspected had an overwhelmingly poor seeder-leecher ratio. In fact, it took us nearly half an hour to torrent a TV show on a 300Mbps+ connection.

You shouldn’t use torrentz2; it’s too slow, difficult to access, and lacks the modern GUI of its competitors.

Due to the hosting of copyrighted content, popular torrent sites are regularly subjected to blocks or shutdowns at the request of government officials, distributors, labels, and ISPs.

Furthermore, these sites often operate on user donations and the personal expenses of their owners, which can also lead to them permanently shutting down their servers.

Below we’ve listed several popular torrent sites that were forced to shut down, along with their stated reasons for doing so:

Every torrenting website comes with potential risks, but there are steps you can take to minimize them.

In the section below, we’ve outlined some of the measures you can implement to ensure you’re using torrenting sites safely:

1. Use a VPN

It’s essential to connect to a VPN server immediately before, during, and after using a torrent site.

Routing your connection through a remote VPN server ensures that your real IP address remains hidden from your ISP and other members of the torrent swarm.

This prevents anyone from targeting your IP address with malicious attacks, tracking your real location, and monitoring what content you torrent (or even the fact you are torrenting).

Do not disconnect from your VPN until you’ve finished downloading your torrent, closed your torrenting client, and exited the site.

2. Use a Private Browser

Using a conventional browser, such as Google, to find your preferred torrent site can lead to search results full of malicious URLs.

Google will remove torrent sites in response to DMCA requests and fill its results page with scam sites and FBI honeypots.

Using a top private browser, like Mozilla Firefox, will display more accurate result pages and conceal your search history from snooping third-parties.

3. Use a Malware Checker

If you suspect that a torrenting site may host malware, you can use a scanning tool to inspect the contents of your torrent file.

We’d recommend using virustotal.com, a publicly available API that compares your selected file against a large database of viruses and trojan malware.

More generally, we’d suggest using torrent sites with a long-standing history and a torrent health score or verification system in place. This further minimizes the likelihood of downloading malicious content onto your device.

4. Use the Tor Browser

For total anonymity, you can access torrent sites through the Tor browser.

This makes it near-impossible to identify you and ensures your torrenting activity cannot be detected by any third-parties, including your ISP.

This does come with some drawbacks, though.

Not every torrent site is accessible via the Tor network, which means your choice of websites may be limited.

Moreover, downloads are usually slower on Tor which makes torrenting larger files, such as movies, time-consuming.

There’s also some safety risks associated with Tor which can affect you.

Torrenting sites are constantly subjected to shutdowns and ISP blocks, forcing entire domains to migrate.

If you live in the US, India, or the EU then you likely won’t be able to access popular torrenting sites due to strict local privacy laws and litigious distributors.

You can use a VPN to change your online location by connecting to a VPN server in a different region to your own. This ‘spoofs’ your IP address and allows you to bypass local bans on popular torrenting sites.

Here’s how to:

1. Sign-up to a VPN service. Go the provider’s website, create an account, and select a subscription length. We recommend using Private Internet Access.
2. Install the VPN. Download the VPN onto your device and enter your account credentials when prompted.
3. Choose a VPN server location. Open the server list and select a VPN server located in a region where the torrent site isn’t blocked.Make sure the region is as close as possible to your physical location for the fastest speeds.
4. Start your VPN connection. Go to your VPN app’s home screen and select the central power button or toggle to activate your connection.
   You can use our IP leak test to verify that the VPN is working properly
5. Locate the torrent site. You can try searching for the site using a conventional search engine, like Google, or by inputting the site’s URL directly into your browser’s address bar.
6. Navigate the site carefully. The torrent site will load unblocked into your browser.Do not disconnect from your VPN until you have finished torrenting and exited the website.