The top torrent sites currently include old favorites like The Pirate Bay, as well as very popular 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

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If you're new to torrents, we have two 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.

Also, be sure you're running fully updated anti-malware software before you visit any of these sites, and try one of the Best VPN Service Providers that can help keep your torrent activity, and other browsing, private and secure. Also, 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 (feedback@lifewire.com) 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. 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.
• Torrent Galaxy: 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.
• 7tor: 7tor appears to be a Russian website, though the greatest traffic to this site comes from Pakistan. However, the site is minimally maintained, and only available if enough users donate to support the monthly hosting for the site. It does appear that torrents are still being added to the site, so you may be able to find obscure titles here.
• 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.

Imagine being on the autobahn with the accelerator down and then you realize that you are driving a wrecked car. The plight is not so uncommon on the information superhighway too.

Torrent users would attest to the fact that half of our time is spent looking for ‘healthy’ torrents and the other half trying to download (and a bit of upload too) at the maximum speed. The former is mandatory; the latter thankfully is within the realm of tweaking.

If you are the one who thinks that your torrent download speeds could do with a boost then keep reading. Below, you’ll find a few tips on how to speed up torrent download speed. And if you’re new to Torrenting, don’t forget to check out the official MUO Torrent guide.

Note: MakeUseOf doesn’t condone the illegal use of torrents. Using torrents for illegal purposes is done entirely at your own risk. We assume no responsibility for any legal issues you may encounter.

Your ISP is where it starts

Check the maximum download and upload speeds allowed by your ISP. Most ISP’s have specific bandwidths for both uploads and downloads. Obviously your torrent download speed won’t cross the cap set by the ISP. Go over to Speed.io for broadband speed test and this article by Tina on ways to increase your connection speedIncrease the Speed of Your Internet ConnectionIncrease the Speed of Your Internet ConnectionRead More. There are many other bandwidth testers like DSLReports which is included in the speed test within uTorrent.

Choosing the right BitTorrent client

Use the better clients out there like uTorrent, Vuze or the BitTorrent client itself. Wikipedia lists about 51 of them supporting the BitTorrent protocol. The choice of client used should always be updated to the latest version. The screenshots here depict uTorrent. The settings should be similarly configurable for other clients too. Mac users shuld also check our Transmission vs. uTorrentTransmission vs uTorrent [Mac Only]Transmission vs uTorrent [Mac Only]Read More post

Go for healthy seeds and peers

A peer is any computer participating in the download and upload of a torrent file. A seed (or seeder) is anyone who has one complete copy of the file being shared across the torrent network. A leech (or a leecher) is the person who does not have the complete file yet but has joined the network to download it. A leecher becomes a seeder when he downloads the entire file and then shares it across the network.

For high torrent speeds, the best bet is in numbers. The greater the number of seeders, the healthier the torrent and the better the chance of higher speeds. The rule of thumb says to choose the torrent files with a high number of seeders and preferably lesser number of leechers i.e. a higher seed-leecher ratio.

Get through the firewall

Firewalls can block all incoming BitTorrent connections coming through. To ensure otherwise, a firewall should be manually configured to accept the connections and let it through the client. Windows XP has the Windows Firewall. Configure the firewall installed to accept the connections by checking the BitTorrent client on the allowed list i.e. Options – Preferences – Connection – check Add uTorrent to Windows Firewall. Also, check the Windows Firewall exception (if you keep it enabled) in your client too. Shutting down the firewall is not recommended as it leaves the computer open to attack.

Note: If the home computer is behind a router, it also should be configured through the feature called Port Range Forwarding to enable torrent traffic. The router documentation should have specific information on this.

Limit your upload rate

A peer to peer network is all about sharing alike, but an unlimited upload rate hits the download rate too. Using the speed tests, find out your maximum upload speed and then set your client’s upload rate (Global Upload Rate in uTorrent) to about 80% of your maximum upload speed. You can also try varying your upload speeds – keep it high initially and then gradually bring it down towards the middle of the download.

Note: Mind the speed units – it may be given in kilobits per second (kb/sec) or kilobytes per second (kB/sec). 1 kilobyte = 8 kilobit

Go to a different port

The default port for the BitTorrent protocol is any between port numbers 6881-6999. ISPs throttle traffic on these ports as BitTorrent sharing involves high bandwidth usage. It’s easy to configure a different port in your torrent client. Use some number above 10000 to get around ISPs and also avoid problems with other applications. By default, the uTorrent port is randomized each time it starts. Set a specific port by not enabling the Randomize Port setting.

Increase the number of Max Half Open TCP connections

This figure specifies how many connections a torrent client should attempt to establish simultaneously at any given time. Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or newer, limits this to a default of 10 as a barrier against virus multiplication. But that’s a bummer for torrent speeds as torrents too need a large number of simultaneous connections.

A patch has been available for a while from LvlLord which modifies the TCPIP.sys file in Windows to allow a higher number of TCP connections.

After running the patch, you have to set the number of connections in your torrent client. For example, in uTorrent go to Options – Preferences – Advanced – net.max_halfopen. Set any number from 50 to 100. But see that net.max_halfopen is set lower than the value set in TCPIP.SYS. Always check if it is still patched because Windows updates sometimes overwrite it.

Experiment with Protocol Encryption

Some ISPs love to act like Big Brothers and constrict bandwidth for P2P protocols. Protocol Encryption in most of the torrent clients helps to override this bandwidth shaping. Enable outgoing protocol encryption and put a checkmark on Allow Incoming Legacy Connections.

With protocol encryption, ISPs find it difficult if not impossible to detect that the traffic is coming from BitTorrent. Experiment with enabled, disabled and forced options because you could be getting better speeds with encryption disabled. Non-encryption makes a torrent connection compatible with someone who is not using encryption but as a minus it makes the torrent detectable to an ISP with a bandwidth restricting policy.

Bandwidth and connections

Your BitTorrent client’s settings options will let you enter figures for ““

Global maximum number of connections gives the maximum number of connections that a BitTorrent client can make for any P2P exchange. Setting this too high does NOT mean higher speeds. Setting it too high would take up useless bandwidth and too low a figure would miss out on peers. For my 256kbps connection, I have a setting of 130.

Maximum number of connected peers per torrent Business administration books free download. gives the maximum number of peers that a BitTorrent client can connect to for any P2P exchange. Experiment by setting this number close to the available peers for a particular torrent. For my 256kbps connection, I have a default setting of 70.

Number of upload slots per torrent gives the maximum number of peers that a BitTorrent client will upload to for any P2P exchange. A low setting may affect downloads. For my 256kbps connection, I have a setting of 3.

uTorrent has a Speed Guide which handily calculates the figures for a particular connection.

Some common sense

Most BitTorrent clients allow us to view the individual files in a download. You can selectively disable the download of files you don’t think necessary.

Familiarize yourself with the customization settings of your particular client available in the Help files or at the website FAQs.

Some useful resources:

BitTorrent User Guide
uTorrent FAQ
Vuze FAQ

Optimizing the speed of torrent downloads is a lot of trial & error and a bit of patience. If your Torrent connection isn’t working at all, you may want to look into some ways you can bypass Torrent connection blocking5 Ways to Unblock Torrent Connections When a Torrent Isn't Working5 Ways to Unblock Torrent Connections When a Torrent Isn't WorkingHere are some effective ways you can bypass torrent connection blocking by ISPs to unblock and download legitimate torrents.Read More. And if you’re on the lookout for torrent sources, try these free torrent sitesTop 10 Free Torrent Alternatives to The Pirate BayTop 10 Free Torrent Alternatives to The Pirate BayThe Pirate Bay is a shadow of its former self. Head to these sites for some of the best Pirate Bay alternatives for free torrents.Read More.

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1. Is there a limit to this? What I mean is if I have a 15 mbp/s internet connection, then I am currently getting a 1.2-1.6 mbp/s downloading speed, does it get any higher? When I test my internet speed test in speedtest.com, I get around 11.7 mbp/s, it means if I divide it by 8, my maximum downloading speed will be around 1.5 mbp/s. I did the steps you've written above and I can't see any difference in speed.

2. helped me get from 0.5 mb/s to 2.5mb/s

   thanks a lot

3. lol decreased my speed from 60 kB to 10KB

4. Thanks for your time but to be honest i got nothing out of it, I'm still no better off cheers

5. o

6. is the upload speed should maximum..???
   to complete the download faster

7. WTF!!!This didn't increase my download speed but instead decreased it from 95 kbps to 1 kbps

8. Thanks for the tips..it was well written and it really helped me to increase my torrent speed..

9. thanks a lot for the tips. I really don't like the second half of the tips. so plz make them user friendly.

10. damn works!

11. Better way is to use trackers to increase torrent speed . just add them to the existing torrents . here is how to

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    enjoy .

12. Terrible guide.

13. i had 1.5 mb/s download speed but suddenly dropt to 1.0 kb/s, and is not increasing. :(

14. great guy .thnxs so much

15. Its really good,thaks

16. Thanks man, great guide. Enabling outgoing encyption instantly brought me from less than 120kb/s to a constantly 280!

17. Awesome guide ! After changing some options which you stated my DL jumped from 15kbs to 190kbs ! ! My 3gig DL isnt gonna take 2 weeks anymore. <3

18. I prefer Sharezilla.

19. Hay nice post keep it up man :)

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20. nice post. i'll try this too =)

21. i am a little new to torrents but i am running utorrent and bit torrent i use the same torrent download on both programs and split the files for both. this seems to help the files out.

22. Interesting tips.

    For movies, I'd recommend using VideoLan to watch the a partially downloaded file, so you can check what is really coming down to you hard disk.

    I remember this one time when an allegedly piece of software turned out to be a XXX movie. (Which I erased immediately, of course). Download game mirror 16 pach [english] google drive.

    Not really a speed-up tip itself, but can save your time and bandwith for other downloads.

    By the way.. What is it with all this CSI fever about which text is hiding in the blurred image?

    DM

    • Thanks..I follow the tip you mentioned..though I preferably do not download split and rar-ed files.

23. y'all should try Deluge. it's an underappreciated but kickass torrent client. fast, lightweight core functionality with extensibility via optional plugins. its claim to fame is being notably resistant to Comcast's torrent throttling.

24. number three shows some blurred out text. It's not blurred out good enough. The movie is Seven Pounds and the one with the highest seeds reads 'Seven Pounds[2008]DvDrip-aXXo'

    Not that it's a surprise that the highest seeds of a dvdrip belong to aXXo. Point is blur a little more guys

25. Biggest help for torrent downloading behind a router, open the port you're using in step #6 on your router. This can mean the difference between 60 and 600KBps easily.

26. The item number 7, Increase the number of Max Half Open TCP connections, is only for windows XP.

    For vista see the following:

    aadhu.com/2008/01/09/increase-vista-tcpip-max-connections/

    mydigitallife.info/2008/12/31/tcp-z-free-download-half-open-tcpip-memory-patcher-for-x86-and-x64-windows-7-vista-and-xp/

27. Good work! But does anyone have tips about how to tweak Vuze under Leopard?

    I found Vuze to be much faster than any other client i use on Mac, but i don't know why.

28. It's funny, you have a section at the end called 'some common sense' but haven't used any when making your guide. Specifically point 7.

    But that’s a bummer for torrent speeds as torrents too need a large number of simultaneous connections.

    is the bas assumption
    It does, yes, but 8 connections being established at any one time is PLENTY. At best, you'll gain by this 5-8 seconds over the ENTIRE torrent, all in the first 60 seconds. On the other hand, the amount of people that need help with their system, because they've applied this 'patch' (needlessly) and its screwed up their TCP stack, means theres often quite a few every day that come to the µTorrent IRC channel, looking for help.

    This 'patch' doesn't help, and isn't needed, unless your connection is over 50Mbit upload, where it MIGHT be needed.

    Go ahead giving bad advice though, because what does it matter to you? Its people like me, and the utorrent support staff that end up cleaning up your mess.

29. Something to note, though most modern torrent clients allow 'selective downloading' of files (I.E. pick what you want only) - this hurts the torrent life as a whole..for example, if everyone is just loading up the latest 'Boy Band torrent, and selecting to download only 'That Hit Song They Heard on MTV'...

30. Use the new utorrent 1.9 beta. with UTP.. Very Fast!.

31. Protocol encryption won't help. The nature of the traffic itself identifies the protocol. It's a bit like having a stealth fighter with a radar signal the size of a seagull, but how many seagulls travel at over mach one?

32. rtorrent

33. Teehee DSL Reports. it hasn't been called that for years! It's BroadbandReports.com now, and has been for a good 3-4 years :P

34. If you are using Utorrent set your upload speed to 6kbps, setting it to 5 will limit your download speed but 6kbps won't.

    • I hope you turn the UL speed back to 'unlimited' or whatever after the download is finished otherwise it's not a very nice tip ;)

35. For point #1, you might make use of the recently made public M-Lab tools. You can test your ISP for speed and protocol limiting.

    404techsupport.com/2009/01/29/m-lab-isps-finally-with-metrics

36. Another great post by the team. Thanks guys! :D

    I used Tip #9 and it inmediately boosted my download speed from 26kbps to 32kbps.

    Thanks!

37. is this a joke? A patch from LvlLord is a freaking virus.
    awesome

    • That's what is called a false positive according to the site and many forums too.This is what the site itself says -
      Some AntiVir Software vendors added the patcher into their virus-definitions. The patcher is often detected as 'Tool/EvID'. But as a first info:
      The patcher ist NO VIRUS.
      Some virus and trojanwriter uses the same technique to increase the limit. After that its easier for them to spread to other computers in the internet. This runs without knowledge of the user. So he is not informed about what's going on.
      With the patcher here, every user can decide on his own if he wants to change the file and if yes how high the limit should be. Also the user will be warned if he chooses to high limits, as already infected machines will spread existent viruses and trojans easier to the net. So everybody can choose on its own and is not forced to. The patcher itself does not contain malware.
      The virus-notification therefore should be seen as an information that this program contains the functionality to increase the limit. If that program is not known or has not been installed you can delete it.

38. The torrents in your screenshot are for Seven Pounds with Will Smith. Next time try solid blocks of color to obscure text.

    • is this james bond? how did you decipher such a complex code

      Pokemon ash adventure gba download. no one cares

39. Thanks for posting those tips. I have been looking for such tip from quite some time. It would be helpful if post similar article on viewing Youtube videos faster also.

    • That's an idea. Thanks Vansy..will work on that.

40. This is a great guide, should help out the newbies definitely!