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WebTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming torrent client written completely in JavaScript by Feross Aboukhadijeh and the team at WebTorrent and on GitHub,.
The top torrent sites currently include old favorites like The Pirate Bay, as well as very popular torrent sites like RARBG, 1337X, Torlock, YTS.ag, TorrentDownloads, and LimeTorrents.
That said, we know that the best torrent site is always the one that has the high-quality torrent you're after, and with the most seeders, so a large and thorough list of torrent sites, like those in the list below the torrents that are the best of the best, is always a welcome resource to find.
We don't condone illegal sharing of copyrighted files. Please see our full disclaimer and warning for new torrent users at the bottom of the page.
Tips for New Torrent Users
If you're new to torrents, we have three resources that will help you get started in torrenting.
- Torrent File Sharing: A Beginner's Guide: Learn how BitTorrent file sharing works, what a torrent file is, how to protect yourself, and how to get to the movies and music you're after in the safest and efficient way possible.
- How to Spot Fake Torrents: Fake torrents are a big problem and not one a newcomer might assume is something she or he has to worry about. This article contains lots of torrent site searching tips to keep you out of harm's way.
- Best VPNs for Torrenting: A VPN can help keep your torrent activity, and other browsing, private and secure.
Also, be sure you're running fully updated anti-malware software before you visit any of these sites. If you're new to torrents, don't forget that you'll need a torrent client to get these files.
All torrent sites below are working unless otherwise noted, at least as of the last update to this page. Let us know ([email protected]) if we need to adjust a listing.
The Top Torrent Sites
These seven sites made the top of the list. They're not the only torrent sites out there, but they are among the best.
This torrent site is a classic, and one of the most popular on the web. TPB has been around in one incarnation or another for a long time and the torrents here are, and have always been, trusted.
Icons on each download help users quickly see if a seeder is trusted or a VIP which helps to ensure safe downloads.
TPB occasionally moves around. If you're still experiencing issues reaching TPB, try these listings on the ProxyBay. It's possible you'll find another way into the site.
This torrent site is for movie enthusiasts. It's full of quality, high-resolution video torrents.
Top 10 lists help users find the most popular movies on the site, and a detail page for the download includes a variety of information from the size of the file and the date it was added to actor information, and the number of seeders and leechers for the download.
At RARBG, it’s about quality, not quantity.
If you're after older or more obscure torrents, 1337X might be for you. Their torrent database isn't nearly as large as some others, but it might have just what you're after. The front page is regularly updated with current and popular information about torrents, torrenting, and categories of interest.
The level of advertising you’ll encounter on this site is frustrating. Links often require two clicks...one to bring up an ad (in a separate window) and one to actually access the information you want. However, once you get passed the advertising, the search result pages contain lots of useful information.
This is the 'no fake torrent' site you've been waiting for. The site actually pays its users $1 per fake torrent they find, and claims to have more than 5 million verified torrents.
You’ll find current and popular files to download in movies, anime, software, games, and music, as well as other categories, and a Top 100 list lets you know what’s most popular with the most seeders and peers.
Focusing exclusively on movies, YTS.am (or YTS.ag) has an easy-to-use layout and a wide variety of titles both old and new. The torrents themselves are known to be easy on bandwidth, which will make those with data caps happy.
YTS.am is the unofficial successor to the now-defunct YTS/YIFY group, which closed its virtual doors in 2015. The current site has a massive user base, too, which helps the bittorrent protocol work more efficiently.
We love the super straightforward torrent detail page at TorrentDownloads. That would be reason enough to give this one a try but the big database and high quality of torrents make it a great choice.
Users can find current torrents in a variety of categories. The ability to rate files and leave comments on files helps to reduce the number of fake files found on the site. An Advanced Search option also allows users to narrow the field of possible returns by category, provider, and status.
You don't want to miss this site in your torrent search. Users report the size of their database is impressive and the frequency of legitimate torrents is enough to keep them coming back.
It’s easy to quickly determine whether a torrent is worth downloading. Internal lists show the date added, size, seeder and leechers, as well as a health meter for each file. The information page for each download also provides additional information about the file.
Other Torrent Search Sites
There are way more than just seven torrent sites out there, of course. We’ve compiled the following list, just in case you want to explore beyond the ones above.
The advertisements on many of these sites are often of the NSFW variety. You should use caution when accessing these sites from public computers or with children present.
- Popcorn Time: Popcorn Time is a site dedicated to streaming movies for free, so in the strictest of terms, it's not a torrent download site. However, if you don't mind watching movies on your PC, you'll find plenty of options here, and you can watch them as often as you like.
- Torrentz2: This is like a super torrent index, searching for torrents across dozens of other torrent sites. It was launched as a clone of the original Torrentz site after it was taken over by the US government. You can see the complete list in their Sites in our index page.
- ETTV Torrents: This is a good, active site that includes television episodes. The site search functionality is good enough and the site has a nice, clean design.
- TorrentGalaxy: A decent database of torrents, good search features, and a clean website design make Torrent Galaxy another site you want to include in your search.
- KAT: This is the official torrent site! Don't be tricked by mirrors of the same name.
- EZTV: You won't find every torrent you're after here, but users say the quality of the torrents you do find is consistently good. This site, like others, can go down sometimes; a little bit of patience will likely see it back up.
- Torrents.me: This meta torrent site isn't too special among all the others but we love the amazing dashboard on their home page. If you're a data nerd and a torrent fan, you'll appreciate what they've done.
- Monova: A nice, clean design is reason enough to spend time on this torrent site. Advertising can be an issue at times but if you can get over that, it's a great torrent site.
- Toorgle: This is another meta torrent search engine, pulling the databases in from over 450 torrent sites into one place.
- Seedpeer: With a sizable database of torrents, Seedpeer is and always has been a great place to search. The interface isn't as nice as some others, but it's still a very usable site.
- TorrentFunk: This is a pretty popular torrent site, in no small part due to its verified status indication, as well as user reviews.
- Zooqle: This is another torrent site you don't want to skip in your search. Users love the size of their database and the frequency of legitimate torrents.
- BitTorrent Database: With a huge database and pretty clean interface that's devoid of advertisements, it's no wonder this multi-million strong collection of torrents is one we frequently hear about.
- YourBittorrent: The clean interface is a big reason to try this torrent searcher...especially if you're new to BitTorrent.
- rutracker: Another site that appears to be Russian, this site is currently active and appears to have current torrents available. Rutracker also offers distribution awards, a hall of fame, and more.
- Pirateiro: This English-language site, offers a variety of downloads, including current and older files. A word cloud at the top of the home page lets users know what the most popular searches on the site are.
- Nyaa: Nyaa is a Chinese-language site that also seems to have some English- and other languages available in downloads. You can easily track seeders and peers on the downloads you find here, as well as the ability to comment on files.
- ArenaBG: This Bulgarian site was restricted in Bulgaria. It’s now based in Frisco, Texas. The site is fairly easy to use, once you translate it to your preferred language, and offers both current downloads and older files.
Disclaimer & Torrent Legal Warning
Lifewire does not condone illegal sharing of copyrighted material. While P2P file sharing technology itself is completely legal, many of the files traded through P2P are indeed copyrighted. Uploading these copyrighted files puts you at risk of a civil lawsuit in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK, at a minimum.
Lawsuits can be targeted at individual users or groups of users. These P2P civil lawsuits are very real and, whether or not they are successful, they are often an extreme financial and emotional burden on the defendants.
Additionally, your Internet Service Provider may choose to release a history of your download and upload activity to potential copyright plaintiffs. In general, the more data you download and upload, the more risk you have of being sued by copyright protection groups. As mentioned earlier, a torrent-friendly VPN service can help protect you.
Short Bytes: The world of the top ranking torrent websites has seen a lot of changes since the last year’s list of the best torrent websites appeared on Fossbytes. In 2017, the original torrent king, The Pirate Bay, is back at the same top position in this year’s list of the best and most popular torrent websites.
Update: Our fresh list oftop torrenting sites of 2018is now live. Do check it out.
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These torrent websites are home to a considerable amount of copyrighted content. But the torrent files and the BitTorrent network is not all about promoting piracy. You can find many torrents which don’t link to content violating the copyright laws.
Recommended: 13 Best Websites For Legal Torrents And Safe Downloading
Anyways, here is the list of the top 10 torrent websites for 2017:
Best Torrent Websites You Need To Try
1. ThePirateBay.org
Alexa Rank: 102
Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.
The Pirate Bay is one of the first torrent file hosting websites in the world. For the year 2017, TPB tops the list of the best torrent websites in the world. After coming back from the dead, TPB is now running with its original .org domain.
2. Rarbg.to
Alexa Rank: 260
Known For: Movie torrents.
Rarbg is also a not so good looking yet popular torrent website. It indexes torrent files for various categories like TV shows, movies, etc. Rarbg came into existence in 2008, and since then it was living a low-profile life until the last few years. It went under a resurrection process for about a week after it was legally closed within its first year. Now, Rarbg is one of the most visited torrent websites in the world.
3. YTS.ag
Alexa Rank: 269
Known For: Movie torrents.
Earlier known as YIFY, this one of the most popular torrent websites. YTS is mainly known for its huge collection of movie torrents. The prime USP of YTS is its neat and clean interface with non-intrusive advertisements. The team behind YTS has even released an API of their platform. YTS also suffered the impact MPAA’s takedown campaign.
4. Torrentz2.eu
Alexa Rank: 408
Known For: Torrent search engine.
Torrentz2.eu is similar in appearance and nature to the defunct torrent site Torrentz. The meta-search engine isn’t a clone to Torrentz but it’s trying to become a replacement and become better. Torrentz2 currently indexes around 5.5 million torrents from 75 domains.
5. 1337x.to
Alexa Rank: 545
Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.
An Alexa rank below 1000 makes it stand beside many popular websites around the globe. 1337x came into existence in 2007 but it wasn’t until the destruction of TPB and KickAss that the torrent indexing website tasted success. The graphics-rich UI of this website also visually appealing like YTS. The website appears to be actively updated on a daily basis. 1337x houses copyrighted content but it strictly prevents its users from uploading torrents related to child pornography.
6. TorrentProject.se
Alexa Rank: 797
Known For: An alternative to Torrentz.
Torrent Project is a torrent search engine. It does the same work done by the torrent website Torrentz.eu, i.e., it crawls on other websites like The Pirate Bay and indexes torrents present there. In the last ten months, Torrent Project has received an enormous attention helping it reach an Alexa rank of 797 from 4500s in April last year.
7. EZTV.ag
Alexa Rank: 1093
Known For: Torrents related to entertainment content, specifically movies torrents, and TV torrents
EZTV is a release group which operated on other popular torrent websites like TPB and KickAss Torrents. The group came up with their own torrent website after the takedown of KickAss. EZTV.ag isn’t as visually appealing as other popular torrent websites and has advertisement links attached to main options. It’s ability to update contents on a daily basis probably the reason for its popularity.
8. Limetorrents.cc
Alexa Rank: 1910
Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.
Limetorrents has also managed another year in the list of the best torrent websites. It has observed a rank boost of around 2000 even when copyright watchdogs around the world are running after such websites indexing torrents related to movies, music, TV shows, games, and adult content. Updated regularly, Limetorrents has sections for auto-generated lists of top torrents and latest torrents.
9. IsoHunt.to
Alexa Rank: 3800
Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.
IsoHunt is almost the same age as TPB, founded in 2003 by Gary Fung. It was no denied the fact IsoHunt welcome pirated content with great love. Around 2012, IsoHunt was sharing around 14 petabytes of content. This led to the closure of IsoHunt in 2013. It didn’t take even a month for IsoHunt mirrors to surface on the internet. The domain IsoHunt.to is now regarded as the replacement of the original IsoHunt.
10. Torlock.com
Alexa Rank: 5040
Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.
The last name in the list of top 10 the most popular torrent websites is Torlock. Just like 1337x, Torlock is also very well crafted in terms of appearance. The torrent site indexes more than 3 million torrents and magnet links of varying categories of content. Torlock claims all the torrents indexed on the website are verified, and the website will remove the links it receives valid legal requests.
Extratorrent.cc (Went Offline on May 17, 2017)
Alexa Rank: N/A
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Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.
Another familiar name in the list of 2017’s top 10 torrent websites is Extratorrent. Being a host to a huge number of torrent links pointing to copyrighted content, Extratorrent has suffered domain changes several times. The operator
The operators of the website shut down the website and no plans of a future comeback. Read this story to know more.
Noteworthy Mentions
KickAssTorrents, which calls itself a torrent search engine, has made a come back in the domain name of katcr.co. The people who are believed to be a part of the original KickAss website are assumed to be the creators this torrent website. It has started to fill itself with new torrents every day.
Another popular torrent website is Nyaa Torrents (Alexa: 850). It hosts torrent links related to anime content mainly consumed in east Asian nations.
Is Torrent downloading safe? Should I use a VPN?
With an increased activity on behalf of law enforcement authorities, torrent downloading without added protection is becoming more dangerous with each passing day. That’s why the use of VPN services to hide IP addresses is increasing. Some of the recommended VPN services for privacy protection are ExpressVPN, Private Internet Access VPN, and IPVanish.
Update (May 18, 2017, 1:40 pm IST): Defunct website Extratorrent removed from the list and Torrentz2.eu was added.
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