What are the safest torrent download sites

Everything You Need to Know about Torrent to get a deeper insight into the torrent and learn how to protect yourself from now on. The Pirate Bay is the legend. As one of the oldest torrent sites, The Pirate Bay has gone through a lot of ups and downs. But it is still standing strong today as the most popular torrent site in the world, spreading out millions of torrents each day.

Besides the torrent file, magnet links are also available. Visit Website. And you will not concern the risk of downloading torrents here because they are all uploaded by verified users , which, in turn, means it will have a smaller library size compared to other similar sites. But you are allowed to download them all free of charge. This site is simple to use as well. In the contest to be the best torrent site, X is a competitive candidate.

Providing also a massive library of torrents of all categories , X does not put you at a loss as to where to start, rather, it inspires you in the specially-curated sections like Christmas Movies , Bollywood , Trending Torrents , etc. And the torrents, on a large scale, are of excellent quality. Moreover, we like the streamlined display of the detailed information of the torrent file the real-time number of seeders and leechers, encode information, etc.

With the most-visual web design , the sleek user interface , etc. It is a good thing as it saves you time to identify and compare torrents one by one yourself.

And since you would download the smallest file, you will lay less pressure on your device space. And it covers both the old and new televisions.

The best part is that it has a countdown list showing all the upcoming TVs of the year so that you can keep up with your favorite shows timely. All the torrents are added by the EZTV team and hence are all verified. Apart from the torrents, magnet links are also available. KickassTorrents has the same destiny as many other torrent sites — being shut down and banned many times but kept emerging under new domains.

And this is one of those domains that KisckassTorrents claimed. It continues to provide a huge amount of torrents in various categories and attracts millions of visits per month.

Plus, the whole site is extremely easy to use, and it also gives the most-clear information of the torrent file on the download page. LimeTorrents makes another good and reliable torrent site. There are a number of VPN services with servers in Spain.

IPVanish is one of our favorites , thanks to their zero-logs policy , and incredibly fast speeds. However, there are several legal opinions that seem to legalize downloading for private use. Generally speaking, these are countries with no clear policy, or no enforcement mechanism for p2p downloaders.

Regulators and lawmakers in Mexico have mostly ignored the rise of file-sharing. Torrents in Mexico are not blocked by most ISPs nor monitored in any official capacity. In all that changed, but the Netherlands still has a relatively free internet and minimal enforcement of p2p downloads.

Countries like Slovakia, Greece and Romania largely ignore filesharing. An exception is Russia, which has forced ISPs to block numerous torrent sites.

The bulk of countries fall into this category, but not all are created equal. Some like the U. Learn More: Torrenting in Australia. Canada overhauled their copyright law with the Copyright Modernization act.

Critics say this opens the door for trolls and extortion letters. Learn More: Torrents in Canada. England and the UK have been on the hard edge of p2p enforcement from the beginning. The U. There was very little direct enforcement of torrent violations by US-based ISPs, other than throttling torrent downloads.

Instead, most monitoring and enforcement activity is handled by rightsholders or companies that merely claim to hold the rights. This means the U. Fortunately, some jurisdictions are wising up, after the Prenda Law scandal , and making it much harder for bad actors to extort downloaders.

Digital file-sharing has exploded with worldwide as broadband speeds have become globally accessible. Torrent type and variety are also important when choosing which torrent sites to use.

Ad intrusion is also important when deciding what torrent site to use. If you have to go through eight ads just to browse for a file, it might be time to find a new torrent site. In our research, there were about 3 to 4 popular torrent sites that we decided not to include due to the ad intrusion level.

Security is very important when downloading torrents. After all, there are plenty of shady torrenting platforms on the internet that could compromise your online security. Website: Visit a working Pirate Bay Mirror. Attention: The Pirate Bay is blocked in many countries even mirror sites , so you might need a VPN to change your virtual location and unblock the Pirate Bay.

The Pirate Bay has been a crowd favorite for many years. However, considering the number of mirrors and blocking attempts, that number may be skewed , and 20 to 60 million visits a month is perhaps a bit more accurate.

The Pirate Bay is popular for its large community, which ensures at least one seeder on almost any torrent on the site, no matter the age. We tried downloading obscure titles from even over a decade ago, and we found that there were still happy seeders to help out. You can also look at our list of Pirate Bay alternatives for more options.

RARBG is a large directory of torrents, famous for a very active community of seeders and high-quality torrents. Its library size is decent, and it gets updated often, meaning that you have a high chance of finding new torrents on the site.

The only difference is that ad intrusion is more annoying on RARBG, so take that into account when choosing one of the two. There are a lot of phishing scams going around with RARBG-looking sites, so make sure you learn about secure browsing. Website: X website. Some people use it to browse for game torrents as well, but from our research, it does look like both RARBG and The Pirate Bay have more torrents in that category, especially for older titles.

A few years ago, X was a bad choice for torrenting since it was clunky to navigate and it posed a lot of security risks. Since then, it went through an entire site revamp , making it seamless to browse and a lot safer. For shows and movies, you also have improved browsing functionalities, like searching by award nomination. The creators only make money through bitcoin donations from what we can see. Mirrors: x. Website: Torrentz2 website.

While this is not that big of a torrent site — only amassing million users a month and unable to sport much of a library for general torrents — Torrentz2 is very good for finding music. Not to mention, any type of browsing options — like searching by album, artist, or song — would be greatly appreciated. Second, ad intrusion is minimal, and the interface is beautiful. Lastly, classics are readily available on the platform.

If you want high-definition episodes of your favorite shows, EZTV is the place to go. We searched for older titles like Two and a Half Men, and it had a decent library of options. We even tried going for more obscure titles, like the British show Midsomer Murders. EZTV has a large variety of torrents for the new releases in that series, plus a packages of older episodes.

We tried browsing for older titles, and it has a good library, both for PC and consoles. You can subscribe to different categories or titles and get a feed of new torrents for them.

Update: Despite recent claims to the contrary, Zooqle still seems to be up and running. For instance, we received a remark from one of our French readers that Zooqle has been shut down, so we checked with a VPN if it was blocked in France. In all three instances, we were successful.

Therefore, we conclude that, as of now, Zooqle is accessible to, at least, a great portion of internet users. Needless to say, we will check this regularly and keep you updated! LimeTorrents is very good for new releases. Mirrors: limetorrents. Not a torrent site per se, Torrends.