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- We don’t encourage you to use the torrents to download the copyright material. However, if you decide to do so, Please use the VPN Software and Ad-blockers to avoid being caught by ISPs as well as the LEAs using IP, DNS Leaks, and Ad-trackers.
- This ranking is entirely independent and I neither have any affiliations with any of the below-listed websites nor dictated by the Editorial to make any changes in the ranking.
Torrenting is fun. Isn’t it? but it is quite a grey space as well on the internet due to the distribution of copyrighted content and malpractice to earn money. Just Googling will not stumble you upon the best torrent site.
There is an abundant number of torrent websites available at your disposal but there only a handful that will deliver what you were searching for ranging from a wide degree of content such as movies, music, shows, games, sports, channels and a whole lot more (don’t forget the speed limit too).
Our list of the top torrent sites will detail out which site offers the best repository depending on a specific category of content, just to make your life a little less harsh and a little more simple and entertaining at the same time.
The ranking is a very tricky part of this whole review thing. We would like to make sure that ranking we produce must be authentic and help our readers to make informed decisions about the website they are going to use for torrent download. Here are the few factors that helped us in the ranking,
- Age of Website: This doesn’t only include how long the website is being in business but also how resilient it is to Law Enforcement Agencies. The websites with malpractices won’t last much longer.
- Niche: This is what kind of range is being offered on the menu of the website. Some torrent offers only a single niche such as movies. While others cover a wider range such as software etc.
- Quality of Torrents: This was one of the difficult variables to measure so we took 10 samples from most downloaded torrents and tried to determine their quality. Is this really what is being offered.
- Ads: These websites are too crazy about earning money. I don’t think that gives a second thought that either we should use this type of advertisement or not. People still gonna visit them. So, we considered it also
- Malware: When the hunger of torrent websites is not fulfilled by the money. They move into using malware to infect their visitors and grab more money using crypto mining etc.
- Instant Download: Well, yes mostly this appears as an ad on the torrenting websites but we really looked into it that how many different download options are being provided.
- Mirrors: Internet Service Provides has the legal authority to check on the torrent traffics. So, mostly they pull down a specific network route to prevent. Mirroring allows the presence of alternative routes and servers.
Alongside this, we are going to provide some numbers related to the monthly million users (or daily visitors) that visit these torrenting websites so that you can be well informed of their popularity (once again, do take these figures with a grain of salt).
In addition, we are going to summarize which of these best torrent websites are suited for which category so that you don’t have to waste precious time and can immediately jump in when you want to start downloading the best possible content depending on your interests.
Site | Database | Best Known For |
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Bitport.io | 2.3 Million+ | Cloud based, best for Movies, TV Series, Music, Games, eBooks |
The Pirate Bay | 4 Million+ | TV Shows, Movies, Music, Books |
Torrentz2 | 70 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, Application |
Kickass Torrents, KATCr | 10 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, Games, eBooks |
1337X | 2.5 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, Applications, |
RARBG | .9 Million+ | Movies, TV Shows, Applications, eBooks |
LimeTorrents | 10 Million+ | Movies, Music, Games, Anime |
TorrentDownloads | 16 Million+ | TV Shows, Movies, Music, Books |
TorrentFunk | 3 Million+ | Movies, Music, Games, Software |
YTS.AG | 7500+ | Movies |
ExtraTorrent | 13 Million+ | Movies, Music, eBooks, Software |
iDope | 19 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, Games |
TorrentProject | 8 Million+ | Movies, Music, Games, Books |
Torlock | 4.5 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Games, eBook, Anime |
Zooqle | 3.3 Million+ | Movies, TV Shows, Music, Books |
Sky Torrents | 17 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, eBooks, Games |
YourBittorrent | 1.2 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, Anime, eBooks |
WorldwideTorrents | 5 Million+ | Movies, Music, eBooks, Software |
Pirateiro | 1 Million+ | Movies, Adult Content |
EZTV.AG | .15 Million+ | Movies, TV Series |
P2PDL | 16K+ | Movies, Music, Games |
Monova | 2 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, Games, eBooks |
Torrents.me | 15 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Music, Anime, eBooks |
Seedpeer | Unknown | Movies, Music, eBooks, Software |
ETTVTorrents | .3 Million+ | Movies, TV Series |
01Torrent | 2 Million+ | Movies, TV Series |
CiniSearch | 4 Million+ | Movies, TV Series, Adult |
Just in case, the listed sites don’t work, please try their mirror sites.
Bitport.io
- Number of Torrents: 2.3 Million+
- Availability: Browser-based and client for devices
- Best suited for: Movies, TV Series, Music, Games, eBooks
Bitport.io happens to be a client, as well as a website in its own; you can download the torrents whenever you want. It is completely secure and encrypted. There is no obtrusion whatsoever thanks to the cloud-based nature. However, if you wish to, there are apps available on a number of platforms that you can use. You can sync it with your devices. You can even use to sync it with your PC and have everything stored on your cloud storage.
Another great thing about Bitport.io is that you can actually stream videos up to 4K and you can even use subtitles to make your experience a lot better and convenient for you. For those who want to run this software, you will have the option to run it on your PC through the web browser, or you can do it through the smartphone apps available. You do not even require a VPN to use this website, which again, is great.
One of the best features about Bitport.io is that all the torrent fetching is done using the IP addresses that Bitport.io is using. Which only means that your own IP address is completely safe and free of any intrusions.
Overall, Bitport.io is definitely making waves in the torrent space and will continue to do so for the coming years.
ThePirateBay
- Year Established: 2003
- Number of Torrents: 4 Million
- Tor Support: Yes
- Best suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
The Pirate Bay has a long and most ugly history with the law enforcement agencies. The website was down for a couple of months after the crackdown by the LEAs to their office/facility and the owners were also caught.
The site came back with quite a similar interface and exact name. ThePirateBay still is the best site for torrents hunting users. This website is multi-niche and has torrents related to the Movies, Software, Apps, Books, and adult content.
Most of the users of this from the USA, as per statistics which is quite interesting. This website displays ads as well as mine the XMR cryptocurrency when you open this website in your browser. This can be easily prevented using the ad-blockers.
- http://zombay.org
KickAssTorrents (Mirrors)
This is the clone of the original KickAss torrent website which was taken down by the authorities a few years ago. The interface is completely the same and no one can guess that this is not the original one. But because there is no official statement from the original team of Kickass torrents, we tend to believe that this is a nice alternative to The Pirate Bay with a mask of KickAss Torrents. The best thing about this TPB alternate is the way to browse the website and also the availability to see the latest torrents added to their website.
iDope
- Year Established: 2016
- Number of Torrents: 19 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
Started just 2 years ago, this website has archived the biggest database of the torrents so far. This website is more like a search engine of torrents which searches the torrent as per your query. The result page returns the most identical torrents as per search query.
This website claims not to keep the record of the digital footprints of their visitors and their website don’t do what Google does. But let’s just take it as a myth. Every website tracks you to improve their services or earn from the data.
This website is lurking with annoying ads and can’t be blocked using ad-blockers. At least a few of them. So, be careful while clicking anywhere on the screen. Because this website is yet in its embryonic stage, we don’t have much about the user’s feedback on it.
1337x
- Year Established: 2007
- Number of Torrents: 2.5 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
1337x was started back in 2007 and in little time, it earned a good fame and become notorious as well in eyes of law enforcement agencies. This website serves more than 2 million torrents in different niche including movies, games, and software.
It is not supported by the Tor but deeper research found that there are some websites serving with its name in the deep dark web. We are not sure either they are the actual mirrors or some clones of the actual website.
The user interface of the website is very simple and conventional. It is quite easy to use. You can either search your favourite torrents or browse through the categories as well. If it’s not working on the ISP, you may use the VPN service to get access to this website.
Torrentz2.eu
- Year Established: 2016
- Number of Torrents: 5.5 Million
- Tor Support: Yes
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
Torrentz2.eu is very similar in appearance, nature, and functionality to the defunct torrent site you knew and loved, Torrentz. Torrentz2 is not going to become the ultimate replacement search engine of Torrentz but believe us, it is definitely trying its level best to provide you with the best possible search results.
According to the latest statistics, Torrentz2 has indexed around 5.5 million torrents from 75 domains, meaning that this number is sure to increase in the foreseeable future. Just because Torrentz is sleeping with the fishes does not mean that everything you came to know and love has died too.
After all, indexing millions of torrents and providing you with a potentially endless supply of search results is going to be a very difficult task. Just imagine how long it took Google to start indexing all of those pages; then you will realize the struggle it went into making this.
YTS.AG
- Year Established: 2011
- Number of Torrents: 7500+
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies
If you browse around top torrenting websites looking for the latest and greatest content, you will know that there are name variations of such websites, and this can lead to a lot of confusion for the reader.
It did, however, increase in ranking, thus being able to obscure the aforementioned website’s popularity as a result, but that will definitely incite some violence from rival sites.
Another added benefit to downloading movies from YTS is that it is able to provide you with a decent quality of movies and in less space. If you’re constrained on hard drive space, then you will happy to know that YTS.ag is going to be your guardian angel for the foreseeable future.
RARBG
- Year Established: 208
- Number of Torrents: 8 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, TV Series, Music, Games, Software
RARBG initially started out as a Bulgarian tracker but has melted the hearts of those who are extreme movie buffs and want an endless content run of the latest flicks. Irrespective of what categories these movies belong to, RARBG will have everything suited for you.
According to some statistics, RARBG managed to obtain a top ranking of 5 last year in Alexa, though there are some that state that the only time it was on the top ten was in the year 2015.
There are also various resolution plus image quality movies and TV shows that you will find on this website so if you have adequate space on your hard drive, get downloading right away.
Limetorrents
- Year Established: 2009
- Number of Torrents: 10 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
Limetorrents.cc is slowly creeping towards the top of the best torrent websites chain of command and regained a spot in the top ten this year. The operator of this torrenting website has also managed to launch the torrent cache iTorrents, which took place a few months back.
As stacking up on torrents go, Limetorrents.cc houses everything from movies, to TV shows to software and whatnot. Unfortunately, it is still not up to the mark as alternatives like The Pirate Bay so if there is something that is not present on the website.
Then again, occasionally you will not find older torrents on The Pirate Bay, leading you to come back to Limetorrents.cc. You might have experienced this already, but there is no such thing as a perfect torrent site and there will always be small or big complaints that you will have to listen to from your torrent-downloading clan.
Torlock
- Year Established: 2010
- Number of Torrents: 4.5 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software, TV Series
Torlock has managed to find a place in our list because it has rightfully made its way into one of the most popular and best sites for torrent around. It is similar to 1337x in the sense that Torlock has a website interface that is very impressively designed in terms of functionality and appearance.
If you want to talk about facts, we will give you facts that will always be etched in your memory. For starters, the torrent site indexes more than 3 million torrents and it also has its own dedicated magnet links of varying categories of content so you will never waste time in firing up a torrent client and begin receiving necessary files for a movie, TV show, and more.
According to Torlock.com, all the torrents indexed on the website have been verified, and the content that has not been verified is going to be flagged and removed immediately.
ExtraTorrent.cd
- Year Established: 2010
- Number of Torrents: 13 Million
- Tor Support: Yes
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
If you’re in a torrent-frenzy mode, then you’ve definitely heard of ExtraTorrent. Turns out that there is a mirror website of ExtraTorrent called ExtraTorrent.cd and it houses a wide range of content ranging from movies, TV shows, software and more.
There was one very unusual thing that we found about ExtraTorrent.cd. Whenever we opened the website, our CPU usage went up to 99 percent, which was a very puzzling thing to encounter.
Still, if you don’t mind the high CPU usage for a few minutes while you’re browsing the website then you will find nearly everything you wanted to complete your entertainment adrenaline surge.
EZTV.AG
- Year Established: 2015
- Number of Torrents: 15 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, TV Series
EZTV used to be an original TV-torrent distribution group but it got shut down thanks to a hostile takeover, which took place in 2015. However, with the new owners taking the operations after the takeover, EZTV currently functions as EZTV.ag and releases its own torrents for viewers wanting to get a taste of the latest and greatest lineup of movies and TV shows.
Strictly speaking, if you’re looking for a massive repository of movies and TV shows, then you have come to the right place. Its ranking is slowly growing to the top of the food chain and so is the monthly million users counter.
Unfortunately, EZTV.ag has not noted that it will start to focus on games, software, music and other categories otherwise it could take the fight to websites like The Pirate Bay. That is a battle which we will be looking forward to.
SkyTorrents
- Year Established: 2017
- Number of Torrents: 17 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
It’s been just a year to this website and it has already got a lot of fame and collected a huge number of torrents. This ranges from Movies, TV Series, Games, and Software. The user interface of this website is very simple and friendly.
This website supports the instant downloads which make the use of the website easier. The torrents on this website are downloaded from the torrents websites. Along with the torrent files, you can also load the torrent files using the magnet links.
This website also welcomes you with a note on hiding your identity using VPNs which must not be ignored. This website serves ads and most of them can be blocked using ad-blockers. Ads are in-click ones and open ups no matter where you click.
IsoHunt.to
- Year Established: 2003
- Number of Torrents: 13.7 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
Believe it or not, IsoHunt is nearly the same age as The Pirate Bay and was founded in 2003 by Gary Fung. There was no denying the fact IsoHunt welcome pirated content with great love and by 2012, this impressive website was sharing around 14 petabytes of content.
However, these replacements came back in the form of IsoHunt mirrors, which you now know as IsoHunt.to. When you browse around IsoHunt.to for the first time, you will notice that there is going to be a lot of content to browse from, but do not make this your daily driver for every single torrent out there.
Do a fair bit of digging and we are confident that you will be able to find your suitable torrents for entertainment or education purposes.
TorrentFunk
- Year Established: 2010
- Number of Torrents: 3 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
This website is primarily famous due to its quality movie torrents but you can other types of the torrent as well on this including Music, Games, Software etc. This website shows the latest and most downloaded torrents in form of word clouds which is really helpful if you are looking to explore and not sure what to download.
Torrent Funk welcomes you with a note showing your IP address and location which warns you about the leakage of the personally identifying information that you have to hide using the VPNs and ad-blockers.
This also explains the primary income source of this website is reselling of the VPN services. Our research didn’t find any annoying ads on this website which can’t be blocked using the ad-blockers.
TorrentProject
- Year Established: 2010
- Number of Torrents: 8 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
This is a multi-niche torrent downloading website where you can find torrents of movies, TV series, games etc. Launched in 2010, it faced a terrible time from the LEAs and blocking from the different ISPs around the world. The major block down occurred in September 2017.
It is banned in most of the countries but still, you can access this website either via its own mirrors and using the VPNs services. It’s better to hide behind the VPN tunnels even if the website is working on your network.
This website works as a torrent search engine and helps you to find the torrents you are looking for the top rated torrent websites in no time. The user interface of this website is quite simple and easy to operate as well.
Monova.org
- Year Established: 2005
- Number of Torrents: 2 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
Monova was registered back in 2005 and enjoyed good fame for a few years. But it seems it couldn’t bear it’s on load and went down for some time. Either some issues among the owners or lack of a proper financial plan. Now its back with a wonderful redesign.
You can find all sorts of torrents here but its good for the movies and software. You can use either the search feature of the website or browse through categories as well. The search feature is not that effective as we speak.
Most of the ads on the website can be avoided using the ad-blockers but the few remains. These are mostly found on the download page of the torrent you wish to download. And guess what, they appear as the Download buttons and look very familiar to the design of the website.
TorrentDownloads
- Year Established: 2007
- Number of Torrents: 16 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: TV Series, Movies, Books, Music, Games, Software
This website is as simple as its name sounds. Started in 2007, and still surviving regardless of multiple tries by the law ensuring agencies to take it down. This website is equally famous for Books, TV Series, Software.
This website serves a lot of ads. Most of them are very annoying and can’t be avoided even using the ad-blockers. But still, it is advised to use the ad-blockers because you can prevent around eighty percent of them using it.
If you failed to access this website on your network. There are few proxies of this website as well. Even if those also doesn’t work, you might want to use the Virtual Private Network software.
YourBitTorrent
- Year Established: 2009
- Number of Torrents: 1.2 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
This is quite an old name in the torrent business and serving the torrents for more than a decade. This website is famous for the movies torrents and software. Operating Systems including Windows 7 is most downloaded software on this website.
Browsing this website is quite easy but not downloading the torrents especially for those who are using this website for the first time. The torrent download button is accompanied by the ads on its both sides. So, it becomes tricky to click on the right button. You can hover over the button to find the right one.
This website doesn’t support the magnet links. Along with the torrents, this website is also quite useful for reading the torrent-related news. The news is fetched from different sources but mostly from the Torrent Freak torrent-exclusive news website.
Zooqle
- Year Established: 2013
- Number of Torrents: 3.3 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
Zooqle is just like the Google to torrent the movies. You will find hundreds of movies here gathered here from The Movie Database (TMDb). Not only movies but the TV Series are also available here to download.
Everything is organized very beautifully. They verify each torrent before making it available to download for other users. Movies are available to download in 720, 1080 and even in 3D. The torrent is quite simple.
You need to avoid the Direct download button because it’s a click-bait/bobby trap. Ads on this website can be easily avoided using the ad-blocker extensions. It is also recommended to use the VPN as well.
CiniSearch
- Number of Torrents: 4 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
This is primarily a torrent finer for the movies only. You just need to write the movie name in the search bar and it will give you the results based on your query. There is nothing much special about this website.
It also uses Google’s Application Programming Interfaces to generate results. So, this you are making a torrent-specific Google Search. Design and User Interface of this website is also just average.
This website advises you to use the VPNs to avoid any privacy issues. The website also accepts DMCA although it is not serving any torrents by themselves. Go to this website if nothing else is working.
OfflineBay (ThePirateBay Clone)
- Year Established: Unknown
- Number of Torrents: 4 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best suited for: Movies, Music, Games, Software
The offline version of The Pirate Bay is quite amazing and wonderful torrenting download website. OfflineBay comes as the best alternative to the users of TPB. This is an offline version of Pirate Bay that you can download on any operating system including Windows, Mac, and Linux. This software is not a complete torrent site but an offline cache of the original website. This software is developed using NodeJS and its open source to allow other developers around the globe to contribute.
Bobtor.com
- Year Established: 2016
- Number of Torrents: 1 Million
- Tor Support: No
- Best Suited for: Movies, TV Serials, Cartoons
Bobtor has managed to find a place in our list as it has rightfully made its way into one of the most popular and best movie torrenting sites around. It has a website interface that is very impressively designed in terms of functionality and appearance. In short, you will definitely not get lost here if and when you’re searching for a specific torrent.
There are hundreds of sites available on the Internet to download torrents. Visiting each torrent sites to search torrents is very much time taking. When authorities took down The Pirate Bay and KickAss torrents, a new termed evolved in the torrent industry as the torrent search engines.
It works simply as Google does ( theoretically). It doesn’t host any data but crawls and searches the torrents on other websites hosting these torrents as per your query. This shrinks the list of your favorite torrent website to few torrent search sites.
Search Engine | Best Known For |
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Torrentz2 | Incredibly capable search engine; Currently Indexes more than 60 million torrents. |
Torrents.Me | Parallel Search in 600+ Torrent Websites |
XTORX | Very simple UI; Fast and accurate; No advertisements. |
Toorgle | Torrent Search in over 450+ torrents websites at the same time. |
The Pirate Bay | Big Boss of Torrents |
RARBG | Most Diverse Torrent Repository |
1337x | One of the largest engine for movies, games, TV series and more |
ExtraTorrent | Largest Torrent Community |
YTS.AG | Movies Exclusive |
AIO Search | Google of Torrent Stuff |
BTDB | Simple and effective; Clean design; Fast search. |
TorrentHounds | Most resilient Torrent Community |
Lime Torrents | Redesigned and Improved Features |
Katcr.co | Clone of Original KAT Torrents |
ISO Hunt | New team comes with Advanced Features |
Zooqle | Movies Search only |
Snowfl | Very fast; Easy to use; Custom filtering included. |
TorrentSeeker | Minimal UI, Customized search results; Wide range. |
Veoble | Powered by Google custom search; Tons of filtering options; All popular sources covered. |
Academic Researchers | Only for Researchers |
Torrents are nothing but files of a few kilobytes without a torrent client installed on your computer. To get the actual files you want on your local storage, you will require some of the best torrent clients for a various number of supported operating systems.
Luckily for you, we recently covered a list of the 10 popular free torrent software for three popular platforms, Windows, Mac, and Linux. For added measure, we have also included some terrific free torrent clients that support Android, because you never know when people want to move this storage to their phones.
Most of you might not be aware of this but there has been a sudden increase in activity when it comes to law enforcement authorities on the shutting down of torrent download sites and arresting perpetrators. Apart from this, if you happen to be engaged in torrent downloading without some added protection, then it might become dangerous for you, but that will also depend on which country you’re inhabiting at the moment.
Most countries are already dealing with so many problems that they cannot invest the time, money and effort to curb torrent-downloading activities but developed countries are where such laws are quite strict. As a solution, the best possible way to start torrenting without potentially being detected by the authorities is by using privacy protection services in the form of VPNs.
ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access VPN, and IPVanish are some of the few services that are known to help out users in remaining anonymous when browsing best torrenting sites and downloading files, so try these out and start browsing when you switch on your machine.
Before you aim to get a boatload of content installed and running on your computer, know that there are several risks involved while using BitTorrent sites. If and when you are able to, please pay for this kind of content such as purchasing games or signing up for streaming services. This is because in some countries, it is actually a crime to download torrents and it is summarized as the illegal sharing of copyrighted material.
Still, allow us to remove the confusion a bit more. P2P file sharing technology is completely legal, as many of the files traded through P2P are indeed copyrighted. However, uploading these copyrighted files will put you at risk of a civil lawsuit in countries like USA, Canada, Australia, UK, and others to be very careful in what you are getting yourself into.
Lawsuits filed are categorized under class-action suits, meaning that they are filed against groups of users who copy and distribute copyrighted materials and will have to appear in court to answer for their crimes. However, and this bit is very important so please pay close attention, some lawsuits are also targeted towards individual users.
Now, why does such a thing happen? Perhaps the party wants to make an example out of you and the hearing of a lawsuit is sufficient to prevent an individual from ever engaging in the activity.
These P2P civil lawsuits are very real and they are very scary plus more often than not, it delivers an extreme level of stress and financial burden on the blamed individual. Since the internet is an open book right now, there are a higher number of chances of you being caught.
For example, you might not have read the terms and conditions of your Internet Service Provider but here is what they might do. They might choose to release a history of your download and upload activity to potential copyright plaintiffs. In short, the more content you download and store in your local-storage, the higher the chances are that you come under the radar of copyright protection groups.
Final Words
Though The Pirate Bay might become your number one choice as best torrenting site for the downloading your favorite stuff, it is possible that there is a unique file that you might not find on this torrent website, since we stated before that not all websites are perfect. Instead, try browsing other alternatives and see if your luck starts there.
As a reminder, be very careful when downloading torrents, especially in countries where the law is merciless to such offenders. As an added form of protection please use VPNs to reduce your chances of being caught by the authorities. The last thing you would want is to get into trouble with the wrong people.
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You need a list of torrent sites that’s regularly updated and recommends trackers that actually work. Look no further – after running speed tests and performing popular searches in each site, we’ve got the ultimate list for you.
Preparing a list like this is not an easy task when an excellent website can disappear virtually overnight. With so many changes and shutdowns in the past few years, and with so many mediocre sites full of low-quality torrents or even malware, you need a list of reliable torrent search engines.
Torrenting (and torrent sites) is not dead. It just takes a bit longer to find the hidden, working gems. Don’t worry: we’ve done the hard work for you.
Best Working Torrenting Sites
The Best Torrenting Sites that Still Work in 2019
These sites were thoroughly tested and are 100% working as of the latest update.
1. The Pirate Bay – Best Torrent Site Overall
- The most popular torrent tracker in the world
- Evaded multiple shutdowns and blocks
- VIP/Trusted user tags let you know which torrents are legitimate and safe
You can quickly find verified torrents for both new and old content
The Pirate Bay has had a long and rough history, but this crowd favorite is still going strong. It has millions of torrents available in various categories, along with support for magnet links and an extremely simple interface that won’t give you any trouble even if you’re a beginner.
Note:The Pirate Bay’s domain changes quite often (it’s now back at .org), and the website occasionally goes offline. Fortunately, you can still gain access, thanks to the always-online technology The Pirate Bay uses. Or, you can find yourself a The Pirate Bay proxy website on the internet.
Average download speed: 6.2 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 5
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 71
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 32,192
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 388/25
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 7,587/1,088
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 22,689/1,425
Not loading? Try these mirrors: thepiratebay.vip, thepiratebay.rocks, piratebae.co.uk
2. RARBG – Best for New Content
- Active community and lots of seeding
- Huge variety of new and old torrents
- Top 10 lists for movies, shows, music, and many other categories
Discover the most popular torrents on RARBG’s Top 10 lists
RARBG has been around since 2008 and has built a reputation for its high-quality torrents and ease of use, as well as constant new additions.
Unfortunately, this means it’s definitely not under the radar. As a result, RARBG is blocked in many countries, including Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal, and the UK. A VPN for torrenting can help you bypass these blocks.
Average download speed: 6.1 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 2
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 0
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 116
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 18/2
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 0
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 12,566/961
Not loading? Try these mirrors: rarbgmirror.com, rarbg.is, rarbgunlock.com
3. 1337x – Best Torrent Search Options
- Excellent choice of movies, TV shows, games, and music
- Helpful browsing features – Oscar nominations, new episodes, libraries
- Revamped interface makes the tracker much better
A winning combination of great variety and user-friendly interface
1337x can help you find a torrent you’ll love even if you don’t know what you’re looking for, thanks to its simple, organized interface. The website recently underwent a massive rework, improving the layout and eliminating some serious security risks.
Now it’s one of the most popular torrent trackers in the world – to the point where Google hides it from search results.
Average download speed: 4.2 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 7
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 70
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 1000
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 801/121
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 2,573/769
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 5,853/921
Not loading? Try these mirrors: 1337x.is, 1337x.st, x1337x.ws, x1337x.eu, x1337x.se
4. TorLock – Best for Anime and Ebooks
- Wide array of active anime, ebook, and music torrents
- Clean, intuitive interface
- Top 100 torrents list to help you find the best content
Clean & minimalist interface makes it easy to find what you’re looking for
TorLock combines a huge list of torrents with a fantastic user experience, especially if you’re looking for high-quality anime episodes or reading material.
Some of the stuff on TorLock is difficult to find on other trackers, but you’re likely to find the most popular torrents here as well — there are over 4.8 million to choose from.
Average download speed: 4.4 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 4
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 147
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 132
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 7,097/2,501
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 2,968/545
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 31,107/4,926
5. Torrentz2 – Best for Music
- Great variety of music torrents
- Extremely easy to use
- Maintains a low profile
All the music you could possibly want
Torrentz2 is the new iteration of the popular Torrentz website. It has kept the original site’s minimalist interface and heavy focus on music – it’s not uncommon to see decade-old torrents with 20+ seeders in this category.
While there have been some changes to how magnet links work, Torrentz2 remains a great choice for audiophiles, and it’s one of the more reliable trackers around.
Average download speed: 2.0 MB/s
Average download speed: 6.4 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 355
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 386
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 17,104
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 244/58
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 3,022/470
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 25,215/1,745
Not loading? Try these mirrors:torrentz2.eu, torrentz2.cc
6. YTS – Best for Classic Movies
- Great choice of classic and hard-to-find movies
- Perfect for users with limited bandwidth
- Easy to browse content
Excellent search engine and easy sorting
YTS.AG focuses exclusively on movies. The wonderful layout and huge variety of titles make it the ideal torrent site for movie enthusiasts.
The torrents are also very easy on your bandwidth, which is one of the main advantages of this site.
Overall, YTS.AG is a favorite for movies, but since it doesn’t offer any other categories, you’ll have to pick another site from the list for games, music, or TV shows.
Average download speed:3.2 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 0
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 0
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 116
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 0
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 0
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 12,566
7. EZTV – Best for TV Shows
- Amazing variety of TV shows
- Very active community, with many new episodes added daily
- Super easy to navigate
A slice of heaven for TV junkies
EZTV went through quite a lot of drama, but that’s all in the past. Today it’s known as one of the best torrent sites for TV shows, with lots of active users.
You can find anything TV-related here, from the latest hit series and late night shows to reality TV and NASCAR races.
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The old-school interface may look a bit dated, but it’s very easy to use, and that’s what matters in the end. Popular TV shows have their own page on the site, where you can find organized lists of all episodes available.
Average download speed: 3.2 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 0
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 0
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 211
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 0
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 0
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 6,182/521
8. Zooqle – Best Torrent Games Site
- Over 3.5 million verified torrents
- Good balance of entertainment and software
- Big fan base for a newcomer
The new kid on the block does not disappoint
Zooqle has over 37,000 movies and 600 TV shows available impressive for a site that’s so new to the torrenting scene.
The interface is strong overall, but could use some minor improvements here and there. Still, this torrent site is easy to use and it has the numbers to help you find whatever you’re after.
Many loyal users like the direction Zooqle has taken in its development, so there’s no doubt it will be even bigger and better in the future.
Average download speed: 2.6 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 0
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 103
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 3,355
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 0
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 7,587/1,088
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 321/36
9. TorrentDownloads – Best for Obscure Torrents
- Extensive and well-organized torrent library
- Easy to navigate
- Unfortunately blocked in many countries
TorrentDownloads offers an impressive collection of movies, new and old
TorrentDownloads.me is another very popular torrent site, mainly because it keeps everything tidy. If all other trackers fail, this one is probably your best chance to find that old, rarely-used software you’ve been lookingfor, or a little-known ebook you’ve been dying to read again.
Just a heads-up: Since TorrentDownloads.me isn’t exactly a low-profile site, it might be blocked in your country.
Average download speed: 2.8 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 13
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 288
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 1,000
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 766/22
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 9,820/94
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 26,507/1,984
10. LimeTorrents – Best Plan B
- Neat, user-friendly interface
- Most torrents come from bigger, better trackers
- Poor torrent health and lack of seeding can occasionally be an issue
A nice alternative if you’re looking for new releases
LimeTorrents.cc is a decent alternative if your favorite torrent site is down, but it has some shortcomings.
One advantage of this tracker is the excellent user experience provided by the simple, organized layout. New, popular releases also enjoy lots of seeders and fast speeds.
However, older torrents are often forgotten. This isn’t a problem of the site itself, but we recommend using it as a backup plan rather than a first choice due to this inconsistency.
Average download speed: 3.7 MB/s
Number of search results for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 19
Number of search results for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 253
Number of search results for “Game of Thrones”: 1,000
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next”: 434/56
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Captain Marvel 2019”: 1,921/580
Best seeder/leecher ratio for “Game of Thrones”: 26,194/1,936
Why You Can’t Access Some Torrent Sites
Torrent sites face a lot of pressure because of increasing efforts to crack down on illegal torrenting. Even sites that put a lot of effort into providing verified and legal torrents are often forced to cave under the pressure.
Recently, many popular torrent sites have been shut down completely, including KickassTorrents, TorrentProject, and ExtraTorrent.Don’t be surprised if one day you suddenly can’t access your favorite torrent site and need alternative sites. But there’s more.
In many cases, famous torrent sites are outright blocked in certain countries. Google has taken steps to prevent users from accessing many torrent sites by blocking them from search results. The Chrome Adblock extension has also been known to block torrent trackers.
A VPN Can Help You Access Blocked Torrent Sites
If torrenting is blocked in your country or if you just prefer to remain anonymous while downloading (always a good idea), a VPN can bypass those blocks and keep you safe. If you’re looking for a dependable service, take a look at our top 10 VPNs for torrents.
We recommend NordVPN for its excellent security, fast connections, and unlimited P2P traffic on thousands of servers.
Stick around for a speed test table where you’ll be able to see how it performs and which sites offered the highest download speeds, or read what real users think.
IMPORTANT: Bear in mind that even in the many countries where torrenting is legal, downloading copyrighted material most often is not. We support freedom of access and choice, but we do not encourage illegal activity.
Which Torrent Site Is the Fastest?
Speed Tests
It’s important to note that a torrent site on its own won’t give you better speeds. What matters is the swarm, or the number of seeders and leechers for a certain torrent.
With that said, here are the results from the speed tests we performed on the 10 torrent sites above with NordVPN, our readers’ most recommended VPN:
Torrent size: ~1GB
Seeder-to-leecher ratio: approx. 80%
Connection speed: 75 MB/s
Average download speed (no VPN): 6.5 MB/s
Average download speed (with NordVPN): 6.3
Site | Average speed (MB/s) | Peak speed (MB/s) | |
#1 The Fastest Torrent Site | ThePirateBay | 6.3 | 7.5 |
#2 | RARBG | 6.1 | 7.9 |
#3 | Torrentz2 | 6.4 | 7.9 |
#4 | Torlock | 4.4 | 6.5 |
#5 | 1337x | 4.2 | 6.8 |
#6 | LimeTorrents | 3.7 | 5.2 |
#7 | YTS | 3.2 | 7.7 |
#8 | EZTV | 3.2 | 7.0 |
#9 | TorrentDownloads | 2.8 | 4.6 |
#10 | Zooqle | 2.6 | 4.1 |
As you can see, all sites offered more than acceptable speeds, with The Pirate Bay, RARBG, and Torrentz2 in the lead. NordVPNgave us impressive results, with an average download speed of 6.3 MB/s – only a 3% decrease from our average downloading speeds without a VPN.
Number of Torrents
We performed three different popular searches in each site to see where we would get the most results.
Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next (Music) | Captain Marvel 2019 (Movie) | Game of Thrones (TV Show) | |
The Pirate Bay | 5 | 71 | 32,192 |
RARBG | 2 | – | 116 |
1337x | 7 | 70 | 1,000 |
Torlock | 4 | 147 | 132 |
Torrentz2 | 355 | 386 | 17,104 |
YTS | – | – | – |
EZTV | – | – | 211 |
Zooqle | 2 | 493 | 2953 |
TorrentDownloads | – | 103 | 3,355 |
LimeTorrents | 19 | 253 | 1,000 |
It’s no big surprise that The Pirate Bay gave us the best results for Game of Thrones. TV addicts should have no problem finding their next fix there.
Torrentz2 is a close second, while EZTV – who we would have expected more from as a site dedicated to TV shows – is a bit of a disappointment.
If it’s music you’re after, it looks like Torrentz2 is your best bet. This site also did very well in the movie and TV show categories, making it a well-rounded option. Meanwhile, Zooqle gave us the most impressive movie results.
Torrenting Without a VPN Can Be Dangerous (and Slow)
Most torrent sites explicitly warn you to use a VPN before downloading anything — and there’s a good reason for that.
Depending on where you reside, torrents can be illegal. If you don’t take precautions, the outcomes of downloading torrents can be quite severe – from copyright infringement notices in your mailbox to hefty fines, arrests, and even the threat of jail time.
If you’re lucky enough to live in a country where torrenting is allowed, you may still encounter some issues. Namely, your ISP may intentionally throttle your bandwidth when it detects heavy data usage.
This can slow your connection down to a snail’s pace, making it extremely frustrating to download torrents – especially when all you want to do is watch your favorite movie.
Using the right VPN will help you overcome these serious problems. Based on our research, these are the best picks currently on the market:
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Here’s why VPNs are crucial for a smooth torrenting experience:
- Anonymity.
VPNs encrypt your connection and reroute it through their servers, making it virtually untraceable and keeping you safe. It will be very hard, if not impossible, for anyone to keep track of what and when you download — and this extends to all of your other online activity, too. Just make sure your VPN has top-shelf encryption and a proven no-logging policy. - Unblocking.
It’s not uncommon to try to access a torrent site, only to find out it’s unavailable in your country (or specifically blocked by your ISP). VPNs, however, allow you to connect to servers in many different countries. You can use this advantage to bypass the geoblocks and download from your favorite torrent sites no matter where you are. - No throttling.
If your ISP is bottlenecking your connection, using a VPN is an excellent solution. Masking your traffic means that no one but your VPN provider can link your activities specifically to you. For more tips, check out our article on blocking ISP throttling.
Summary
If you’re looking to download torrents, there are still plenty of excellent sites you can rely on. But if you care about your privacy (and you want your favorite torrent site to keep running), using a VPN is crucial. Take a look at our beginner’s guide to learn more about VPNs.
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Nothing in the world is as peaceful as listening to favorite music and achieving an instant peace of mind.
Not only music puts you in a soothing and good mood, but recent studies have shown that music does a lot more than just affecting your brain. With tons of benefit, getting your favorite track from the internet is not an easy task until you know the best torrent websites for music.
For users ease, we have conducted an in-depth research and came up with following torrent sites for music which offer a ton of best-of-the-time tracks. Whether you have a taste in pop, rock, metal, classic or opera, these websites will deliver you the best which you deserve.
If you want to check out other torrents besides music, definitely browse through our best torrent sites blog.
15 Best Torrent Sites for Music
If you happen to be a great music lover, you have arrived at the right place. This is because you can access to your favorite music torrenting sites to fulfill your music desires instantly. Here is the list of top torrent sites for music you can use to listen to your favorite classical, jazz or rock music.
6 best torrent sites for music 2019
Fortunately, nobody can deprive you of the right of accessing your favorite music songs through torrents. Through the help of three best torrent sites for all music genres list, you will unleash your listening desires to the next level. The list of three best torrent sites for all music genres includes:
Waffles.ch
Waffles.ch is a good torrent site for music, not only will you find latest songs but also other torrent applications for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The music offered by Waffles.ch is always in high quality and you can get music files in both 128kbps and 320kbps.
This site is hands down one of the best-dedicated sites for music, which is evident from the fact that it offers FLAC music files, which provides some of the most premium listening experience thanks to its superb audio quality.
Soundpark
No matter what genre you are into Soundpark has definitely got you covered. The site offers old time classics, EDM, pop, house music and everything in between. Their search feature is also very quick and comprehensive, so no matter if your query is vague you will definitely be able to get relevant results. This not only makes Soundpark the best music torrent sites for mac but for other devices as well.
Music-Torrent.Net
Now Music-Torrent.Net is rather amongst the more visually pleasing music torrenting site. The site has a very minimalistic design with large album covers making the overall browsing experience extremely satisfying. Besides the cool interface, you can expect to find all the latest songs by famous artists neatly organized in categories depending on their genres.
The Pirate Bay
Pirate Bay is the best torrent sites for lossless music that has a remarkable reputation among music lovers and torrent users. The fans favorite torrent site provides an enormous collection of media, where users can search torrents of popular rock, jazz, opera, pop, classical and much music. Moreover, Pirate Bay is considered as a top torrent hub after the shutdown of Kickass and Torrentz. You can also use Pirate Bay VPN for anonymity and security.
ExtraTorrent
Requiring no formal introduction, ExtraTorrent prides itself as a popular standalone torrent site. With having over a million active users, ExtraTorrent offers a diverse range of media library. The site has an amazing fan following with tons of videos, songs, movies, TV series waiting to be downloaded with just a single click. Multitude of torrents, superior quality music albums and a large number of seeders make ExtraTorrent a perfect spot to get unlimited media.
Rutracker.org
Rutracker is another hit torrent site with over 13.6 million active users and 1.5 million of the total distribution of 2,595 petabytes. However, the only drawback is that Rutracker is based in Russia, thus requires a translator like Chrome auto-translator and Firefox translator addon. Interestingly, Rutracker has been blocked in various regions and requires a VPN for unblocking.
3 Best Torrent Sites for Classical Music
When it comes to listening to your favorite classical music songs, nothing beats the importance of free torrent sites for music. This is because you can easily download and start listening to your desired songs straightaway. The list of three best torrent sites for classical music includes:
Sky Torrents
When you want to search the classical music torrent hassle-free, nothing beats the importance of Sky Torrents. Moreover, you can also find music that covers different genres like rock, jazz, opera, pop and much more.
TorrentDownloads
TorrentDownloads is another classical music torrenting site that enables the music fanatics to search and listen to their favorite songs. Surprisingly, you can use the site if you want to explore songs that belong to other categories of music like pop, opera, and others.
Toorgle
When it comes to exploring high-quality classical music torrents, you should use Toorgle. The micro torrent site allows you to search your required torrents with the help of 450+ torrent websites that cover the music niche in detail.
2 Best Torrent Sites for Jazz Music
Luckily, you can still access your desired songs that cover the Jazz music genre. After downloading your preferred jazz songs from the list given below, you are just a click away to fulfill your listening needs to the next level. The list of two best torrent sites for jazz music consists of:
Isohunt
If you do not know about Isohunt, you have made a mistake. The site offers an attractive interface that enables you to find your desired jazz music torrents instantly. It does not matter in which country you live as the site caters the needs of millions of torrents users worldwide.
RARBG
What makes RARBG different from the other torrent sites is the availability of verified content. In addition, you can easily download your preferred music torrents because the site provides specific media library that caters jazz music niche.
2 Best Torrent Sites for Rock Music
When you want to listen to your desired songs that focus primarily on rock music genre, you should consider downloading torrents from the below-mentioned list. Here is the list of two best torrent sites for rock music that includes:
BT Scene
BT Scene is another impressive torrent site that comes up with the feature of rock music availability. Furthermore, the clean and user-friendly interface of the site helps the rock music lover to find their desired music torrents instantly.
iDope
iDope is a replacement of Kickass Torrent that you may assume as another torrent site for rock music. If you want to use a music torrent that specifically covers the niche such as rock music, iDope becomes an interesting choice.
2 Best Torrent Sites for Pop Music
Being a true music lover, you can undermine the impacts of pop music songs by any means. This is because the pop music genre has millions of followers worldwide. From the list of two best torrent sites given below, you can start listening to your favorite pop music songs straightaway.
Torrents.me
Torrents.me is one of the best torrent sites for downloading music. Moreover, the site allows you to figure out your required content through the help of two different languages. These languages are English and Spanish. In addition, Torrents.me fetches content from other torrent sites that make the life of every pop music lover quite easy.
Monova
Monova caters the needs of pop music lovers by offering relevant torrents on its websites. The site offers a dedicated search engine that helps you to find your required pop music torrent straightaway. However, you need to register yourself before using the site according to your own terms.
How to Anonymously Download Music Torrents
Torrenting music torrent file, in general, is illegal in many regions around the world.
Therefore, you must make sure your torrenting activity is completely private. You can achieve this anonymity by hiding behind the security cloak of the best VPN for torrenting. A VPN would allow you to create an encrypted tunnel between you and the sites you visit.
This way you can download all the latest music torrent without paying a dime by using a secure and private connection of your VPN service provider.
Torrent Sites for Music Reddit
Since torrent, files can contain malware it is very important that we choose wisely which torrent site we want to use. While on the look for music torrent sites on Reddit, we saw multiple comments of people suggesting great torrent sites for downloading music.
In A Nutshell
The best available torrent sites for music have been unleashed, users can search, download and listen to all-time favorite songs, albums and artists through best torrent websites for music.
We suggest users download the torrents of favorite music through specified sites only and stay 100% safe against viruses, malware, hackers & spy agencies. In this situation, the role of the VPN comes in handy.
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Torrent sites as we all know are quite elusive in nature. A site that may be working just fine one day, might not work the other day.
Why so…?
Well because they are always on the run. Whether it is law enforcement agencies or lawyers backing corporate schmucks, torrents sites have to constantly pack up and change domains from one to the other in hopes to stay alive on the interwebs.
Torrent giants like the Kickass torrents, ExtraTorrent, and Torrent Project are long gone. While some were forced into closure, others will shut down their services to avoid a similar fate.
That’s said:
There are still plenty of cool working sites that you folks should try.
Now I know finding top sites is not easy. On the contrary, with so many frequent domain changes and complete shutdown of sites, you technically need a list that is constantly updated to find out exactly which torrent websites are working.
With that said….
I have painstakingly tested 50+ sites in 2019 and compiled a list of some amazing ones. I’ve even added their Alexa rankings just in case you guys are curious about it.
Note: Some of the top torrenting sites discussed below may not work for you depending on your location and regional block, which is why you might want to enable the best vpn for torrent to unlock the full potential of these sites.
Best Torrent Sites of 2019
Hold up! Before I begin listing best free sites, you guys should consider which torrent client you want to use for torrenting. After all, your speeds and timely downloading heavily depends upon which torrent client you end up using. If you are confused as to which client to choose, definitely check out my blog on best torrent clients.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s get started:
1# The Pirate Bay
No list would be complete without mentioning The Pirate Bay. It is one of the oldest and most infamous torrenting sites in the business. The site currently hosts hundreds of thousands of torrent files from all sorts of categories be it games, movies, music, and others. However, even though you can find all sorts of torrent files, many of them do contains viruses.
Other than that, it is a reliable torrent site capable of offering exceptional downloading speeds thanks to its strong seed peer ratios. With that said, I cannot ignore the fact that Pirate Bay is blocked in multiple regions across the world, which makes it almost impossible to access without a VPN.
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2# Torrentz2
If the name Torrentz2 sounds familiar, well that is because it is the current successor to the Torrentz site. Ever since the official site got taken down a few years back, Torrentz2 has been successfully catering to the needs of torrenters. Even though the site does not host any torrent files of its own, it still manages to index more than 60 million torrent files from hundreds of different torrent download sites.
Speaking of indexing so many torrent files, whether you are into games, music or movies you can definitely find it on this site. Unlike other sites, Torrentz2 has a pretty clean track record in a sense that most of its indexed files boast good peer ratios and hardly ever contain viruses, which is super impressive, to say the least.
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3# LimeTorrents
Although I said Pirate Bay has a huge repository of torrents, nothing truly comes close to LimeTorrents. Even though LimeTorrents is not a tracker site, it hosts roughly around 10 million active torrents, which is by far the largest collection I have ever seen. Besides having a large database of torrents, this site offers great downloading speeds, which make it perfect for downloading music, games, movies, and anything else you might be into.
The only issue I have with this site is that some older torrents do not seem to have good seed peer ratio, which makes downloading them quite frustrating.
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4# RarBG
Rarbg is a torrent tracker site, which raises to fame soon after its inception back in 2008. Although nothing fancy in design, it manages to rack in around 300,000 torrenters a day. Although there are various categories on the site, it is mostly recognized for being one of the best torrenting sites out there.
Speaking of categories RarBG offers top 10 lists in multiple categories, which is quite useful as it gives you a sense of what is trending on the site. With that said, the site does offer good downloading speeds, however, unfortunately, RarBG is amongst those sites, which have been blocked by multiple regions, therefore, the only way of accessing it is through a VPN.
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5# YTS
YTS or YIFY does not need any introduction; after all, it is one of the best torrenting sites on the internet. Unlike other best torrent download sites, YTS only offers high-quality movie torrents and nothing else. Besides offering awesome HD movies, the thing that stands out the most about YTS is its ability to offer torrent files in relatively smaller sizes. Small file size not only downloads files quicker but also consumes less bandwidth.
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6# TorrentDownloads
Although not as popular as some of the other sites, TorrentDownloads definitely earns a spot on my list, thanks to its surprisingly massive torrent database. This site offers more than 16 million torrent files from categories like music, TV shows, movies, games, software, anime and much more. The best part about this site is that it is very low-key which is why it is still accessible in almost every country.
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7# Torlock
Torlock is another torrent search engine, which offers more than 4 million torrents from categories like movies, games, movies, TV shows, and others. The best part about Torlock is that it pretty much offers legitimate torrent files, which is why the site even claims to pay $1 for every fake or malicious torrent file you help discover.
Microsoft winzip download free. Although I have not personally seen anyone gets paid for discovering such torrents, however, nonetheless it is still a great initiative.
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8# Zooqle
Zooqle is one of the best torrent search sites that offers around 3 million community verified torrents from all sorts of fun categories like movies, music, games, and many others. Although rather new to the torrenting world, Zooqle has managed to make a name for itself.
However, even though you might be able to find literally any torrent file you can think of, downloading speeds are excruciatingly slow and that’s what frustrated me the most.
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9# EZTV
Just as the name suggests, EZTV only offers awesome TV shows from around the world. The interface is nothing fancy; in fact, some might consider it even outdated. However, thanks to its awesome inventory of new and old TV shows it is probably everyone’s go-to place for timeless classics and trending shows.
Jayam ravi movie download hd. Currently It supports 55 formats of video downloads.
Speed wise I was highly satisfied as I got more than adequate downloading speeds. Torrent files were also clean as I downloaded two shows from EZTV and both of them did not contain any viruses, which is always great.
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10# 1337x
1337x is probably one of the oldest sites around. However, it only started booming after the untimely demise of Kickass. Just like many other sites in this list, 1337x also offers games, music, movies, and others. With that said mostly, people use it for downloading movies.
What’s also cool about this site is, it has a community of dedicated torrent uploaders that consistently add new stuff to the website, which is pretty hard. The downloading speeds were great; however, the first file I downloaded did have malware in it, which is something to be cautious about.
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11# Torrent9
This is another cool torrent site I bet you never heard of. The site has various categories like movies, shows, games, music, TV software, etc. neatly laid out on the home page. With that said, the site is in French, which does make usability a bit difficult if you are not familiar with the language. The downloading speeds were good. However, if none of the other sites works for you then definitely try Torrent9.
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12# SeedPeer
It is also one of the cleanest looking sites you will ever come across. The main page has all the categories neatly organized for ease of use. Selecting any torrent file shows you its age, seeder, peers along with health, which makes it quite convenient to decide which torrent file to download.
Besides the clean UI, this site also offers a huge repository of torrents and surprisingly quick downloading speeds.
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13# KATCR.CO
Last but not least, this list would not be complete without KATCR.CO. Although not the official site, it still manages to offer pretty much the same content as the original site. Speaking of contents, this site offers magnet and download links for movies, software, games, music, etc.
Downloading speeds were also quite consistent; however, the torrent file that I downloaded for testing did contain viruses.
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Why are some sites completely inaccessible?
Having trouble downloading torrents, Can’t seem to find that one site you’re looking for? You’re not alone.
Like I said earlier, torrent sites are quite elusive in nature. Since authorities are constantly cracking down on them, more and more sites just simply disappear.
Trending sites have it even worse. Since these sites usually draw a lot of traffic, Google even goes as far as deindexing them from the search engine.
If you’re lucky, the site might pop up in a few days. That’s just how torrenting works, as soon as the heat dies down, everything just goes back to normal.
That said, some sites don’t make it back. Take for example KickassTorrents and TorrentProject. You might be able to access their clones with the help of a VPN but the original site will never be resurrected again.
Advice for Newbie Torrenters
For newbies, torrenting can be a petrifying experience. From looking up torrents to actually downloading them through Torrent clients, it can be quite nerve-wracking. I remember when I first got in to torrenting. Needless to say, I had to watch a couple of tutorials on YouTube to even get started.
Luckily for you guys, I now know a thing or two about torrenting myself. For all the newbies out there, I’ve covered some tried and tested tips to get you torrenting like a pro in my comprehensive Torrent guide.
In my guide, you’ll get to learn all about how P2P and torrenting works. You’ll also learn about various precautionary measures to stay safe in the torrenting world.
Besides that, you’ll also learn how to spot fake torrents and avoid them when downloading your desired torrents.
In addition to educating yourself on torrenting, opting a Virtual Private Network (VPN) can create a night and day difference in the way you interact with torrent sites.
Finally, avoid any torrent that doesn’t have a good seed peer ratio or has few or no comments. Generally, such torrent files either don’t work or are riddled with malware.
Best Private Torrent Sites
If you want something a little more exclusive, you might want to try your luck with private torrent sites. That said, getting access to such websites can be difficult sometimes.
If you’re lucky, you can get access with a simple registration, if you’re not so lucky, you might need to pay a small fee or get an invite from an existing member.
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14# PassThePopcorn
Similar to YTS in a lot of ways, PassThePopcorn is a really popular private torrent site for movies. With a huge library of verified movie torrents, you’ll have no issue watching the greatest hits of the century.
At the moment, the site offers more than 400,000 movie torrents. With that being said, you might have a hard time logging in to this site. That’s probably because it is one of the best sites for movies out there.
Besides that, since there’s no option to sign up, there’s no apparent way of becoming a partner. I’m assuming you’ll need a referral link to become a member.
If you are a member, do share the signup details in the comments section.
15# IPTorrents
Unlike PassThePopcorn, IPTorrents is a one-stop destination for all thing torrents. At the moment the site hosts roughly around 700,000 community verified torrents. That’s seriously impressive.
You can pretty much find anything you might be into. Games, movies, music and even popular software are all available on IPTorrents.
Membership slots are very scarce. If you’re lucky and most importantly committed, you can actually retain your membership for as long as you like. But first, you’ll need to donate to the website.
16# Redacted
If you’re really into music and don’t mind constantly involved in the community, Redacted might just do the trick for you.
With over 1 million music torrents from every genre, you’ll have no issues listening to your favorite songs. If the site sounds familiar, that’s because it was formerly known as PassTheHeadphones.
With thousands of active users, it is one of the best private music torrent sites you can go for. Becoming a member is somewhat easy, however, you will need an invitation link for that but it’s doable.
17# BroadcastTheNet
Another awesome private torrent site you should definitely try is BroadcastTheNet. Now you aren’t going to find any games or software on this site, mainly because this site only offers awesome TV shows and series.
As far as the content library is concerned, you choose between hundreds of thousands of full-length high-quality content. As cool as this site is, getting a member is somewhat impossible.
18# GazelleGames
Last up on this list, we have a gaming site. As the name suggests, GazelleGames is a very popular private torrent site for games.
This site is a lifesaver since not many sites offer reliable working games. You have to gamble a lot.
GazelleGames has been operational since 2010 and hosts thousands of community varied gaming torrents from every genre imaginable.
That said, getting access to this site can be somewhat difficult.
Wrapping up!
With so many regulations changing every day, more and more top torrent sites are getting downright geo-blocked around the world. Torrenting giants are already long gone and the only promising way for torrenting reliably is through whatever torrent site you can get your hands on.
If you want to access these sites from across the world, make sure you invest in a premium VPN service.