Although, these torrenting 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.

Anyways, here is the list of the top 10 Torrent Websites for 2017:

1. ThePirateBay.org

Alexa Rank: 83

Known For: Torrents in 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: 277

Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.

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. Extratorrent.cc

Alexa Rank: 297

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.

4. YTS.ag

Alexa Rank: 304

Known For: Movie torrents.

Earlier known as YIFY, this torrent searche engine is mainly for hosting copyrighted 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 theirs platform. YTS also suffered the impact MPAA’s takedown campaign.

5. 1337x.to

Alexa Rank: 760

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 help it reach an Alexa rank of 783 from 4500s in April last year.

7. EZTV.ag

Alexa Rank: 1566

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 indexing website after the takedown of KickAss. EZTV.ag isn’t as visually appealing as other torrent websites and 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: 2053

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: 2882

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: 3829

Known For: Torrents in various categories of content.