1337x1337x homepage as of July 2019[update]Type of siteTorrent index, magnet links providerArea servedWorldwideURL1337x.toRegistrationOptionalLaunched2007; 18 years ago (2007)Current statusOnlineWritten inHTML, JaScript, and PHP Part of a series onFile sharing Technologies File-hosting services Online video platform Peer to peer Usenet Web hosting WebRTC XDCC Video on demand sites 123Movies Dailymotion PeerTube Putlocker YouTube BitTorrent sites 1337x BTDigg Demonoid ExtraTorrent EZTV isoHunt FitGirl Repacks KickassTorrents Nyaa Torrents RARBG ruTracker.org TamilRockers The Pirate Bay YIFY YourBittorrent Academic/scholarly Anna's Archive ICanHazPDF Internet Archive Library Genesis Sci-Hub Shadow library Z-Library File sharing networks BitTorrent Direct Connect eDonkey Gnutella Gnutella2 Hyphanet I2P Soulseek P2P clients BitComet DC++ eMule Filetopia μTorrent LimeWire OnionShare qBittorrent Shareaza Transmission Tribler Vuze WinMX Streaming programs Butter Project Kodi Popcorn Time Torrents-Time Anonymous file sharing Anonymous P2P Darknet Friend-to-friend Private P2P Proxy server Seedbox VPN Development and societal aspects Timeline Legality BitTorrent issues By country or region Canada Japan Singapore UK USA Comparisons Comparison of BitTorrent clients Comparison of BitTorrent sites Comparison of eDonkey software Comparison of IRC clients Comparison of Usenet newsreaders vte
1337x is a website that provides a directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol.[1] It is primarily used to facilitate online piracy.[2]
According to the TorrentFreak news blog, 1337x is the second-most popular torrent website as of 2025[update].[3] The site and its variants he been blocked in a variety of nations, including Australia and Portugal;[4] at least 6.59 million takedown requests targeting the domain 1337x.to he been sent to Google.[5]
1337x has been touted as a more strictly-moderated alternative to The Pirate Bay.[6][7]
History[edit]1337x was founded in 2007 and saw increasing popularity in 2016 after the closure of KickassTorrents.[1] In October 2016, it introduced a website redesign with added functionality.[1][8]
In 2015, the site was blacklisted from Google Search;[1][8] this action was taken following a DMCA complaint by Feelgood Entertainment.[1][9] Later that year, the site moved from its older .pl domain to .to, partly in order to evade the block.[1][8][10]
Early in 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative flagged it as "one of the most notorious pirate sites".[11]
Alternative URLs[edit]1337x has a number of alternative URLs that visitors can use to circumvent firewalls and website blocking:
Type URL Official (primary) 1337x.to Official (onion) l337xdarkkaqfwzntnfk5bmoaroivtl6xsbatabvlb52umg6v3ch44yd.onion (Accessing link help) Official 1337x.st Official x1337x.cc Official x1337x.ws Official x1337x.eu Official x1337x.se See also[edit] Comparison of BitTorrent sites Leet – Online slang and alternative orthography Online piracy – Illegal use of digital copyrighted works References[edit] ^ a b c d e f "Torrent Site 1337x Hopes New Design Will Prevent Search Engine Bans". TorrentFreak. 30 October 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016. ^ "Australia blocks another 59 popular pirate sites". 18 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2025. ^ Van der Sar, Ernesto (5 April 2020). "Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2020 * Best of TorrentFreak". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020. ^ "2022 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy" (PDF). Office of the United States Trade Representative. 31 January 2023. ^ "MPA & ACE Subpoenas Target Dozens of Potential 'Burner' Pirate Streaming Sites * TorrentFreak". ^ Patel, Vinay (24 October 2016). "The Pirate Bay Alternative: Google Hits TPB With A New Block [VIDEO]; See Top Three Alternatives". www.universityherald.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016. ^ "The Pirate Bay has shut down, but users can try these alternatives". Latin Post. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016. ^ a b c "1337x Takes On The Pirate Bay As Torrentz And Kickass Torrents Alternative Unveils New Site Design". Tech Times. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016. ^ "DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google :: Notices :: Lumen". www.lumendatabase.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2016. ^ "1337x Staff Abandon "Insecure" Torrent Site, Start Over". TorrentFreak. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016. ^ Maxwell, Andy (31 January 2024). "World's Most Notorious Pirate Sites Listed in New USTR Report". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 18 June 2024. External links[edit] Official website vtePeer-to-peer file sharingNetworks,protocolsCentralized Direct Connect Soribada Soulseek XDCC Decentralized BitTorrent DAT eDonkey FastTrack Fopnu Hyphanet GNUnet Gnutella Gnutella2 I2P IPFS Kad LBRY OpenFT OnionShare Perfect Dark Retroshare Share Tribler WebTorrent WinMX Winny ZeroNet Historic Audiogalaxy CuteMX Hotline Kazaa LimeWire Morpheus Napster Scour Usenet WASTE Comparisonsof clients Advanced Direct Connect BitTorrent Direct Connect eDonkey Gnutella Gnutella2 WebTorrent Hyperlinks eD2k Magnet Metalink Uses Backup Broadcatching Disk sharing Game and video sharing Image sharing Music sharing Peercasting Seedboxes Sharing software Web hosting (Freesite, IPFS, ZeroNet) Legal aspects ConceptsPrivacy Anonymous P2P Darknet Darkweb Friend-to-friend Open music model Private P2P Tor Internaltechnologies Distributed hash table Merkle tree NAT trersal Peer exchange BitTorrent protocol encryption SHA-1 SHA-2 Super-seeding BitTorrent tracker UDP hole punching Micro Transport Protocol vteBitTorrentCompanies Rainberry, Inc. Vuze, Inc. People Bram Cohen Ross Cohen Eric Klinker Ashwin Nin Technology Glossary Broadcatching Distributed hash tables DNA I2P index Local Peer Discovery Peer exchange Retracker Protocol encryption Super-seeding Tracker Torrent file TCP UDP µTP WebRTC WebTorrent Clients(comparison, usage share) BitTorrent (original client) BitComet BiglyBT BitLord Deluge Free Download Manager FlashGet FrostWire GetRight Go!Zilla KTorrent libtorrent (library) LimeWire µTorrent Miro MLDonkey qBittorrent rTorrent Shareaza Tixati Transmission Tribler Vuze (formerly Azureus) WebTorrent Desktop Xunlei Tracker software(comparison) OpenBitTorrent opentracker PeerTracker Search engines(comparison) 1337x BTDigg Demonoid etree Nyaa Torrents TamilRockers The Pirate Bay ruTracker.org YggTorrent YourBittorrent Defunct sites(comparison) BTJunkie ExtraTorrent EZTV isoHunt KickassTorrents LokiTorrent Mininova Oink's Pink Palace RARBG Suprnova.org t411 Torrent Project TorrentSpy Torrentz What.CD YIFY YouTorrent Related topics aXXo BitTorrent Open Source License Glossary of BitTorrent terms Popcorn Time Slyck.com TorrentFreak Category Commons