Private Trackers General

• r/trackers - subreddit for public & private tracker talk.
• How to get started with private trackers
• getting_into_private_trackers - useful resource from the /r/trackers wiki.
• A Simple Guide To A Better Ratio - you need to upload what you download. This explains how.
• r/OpenSignups - trackers opening their doors to the public.
• Opentrackers.org - private torrent trackers & file sharing.
• Awesome PT - a collection of PT clients, tools and scripts.

Where to actually start:

• Open signups → AvistaZ / CinemaZ / ExoticaZ → PHD (easiest path)
• User invite → IPT, TL, FL (the "general tracker" route)
• Interview → MAM (friendly) or RED (hard)

From MAM (the easier road):

• MAM → FL, JPS, OT (check their invite forums for what's currently available)

From RED (the old-school power-user road):

• RED's invite forum is still strong, but paths are longer and requirements are tougher than the old guides claim.
• Don't expect speed. Reach Power User+/Elite, find recruitment threads for mid-tier trackers, and work your way up.
• Typical chains: RED → GGn → (AB, HD-T, PTer) or RED → EMP. Requirements change all the time.

PTP, BTN, and HDB are the endgame. Don't obsess over them. Build a solid foundation on decent mid-tier trackers first. The best invites appear when you're not looking, once you're known as a good user.

You join RED through an IRC interview. Prep site is here. Don't cheat. They test basic private tracker knowledge, and they catch cheaters. If you get caught, perma-ban. Study the material, take it seriously, and you'll pass.

Once you're in, the goal is Elite (or equivalent) for invite forum access. Requirements: 50 uploads, 3 months account age, 100GB upload.

• The 50 uploads: rip from Deezer/Qobuz, or transcode FLACs to fill gaps. Quality matters. Don't upload garbage.
• The 100GB upload: this is the annoying part. Your options:
  1. Seedbox racing: autosnatch new popular torrents. You need a well-tuned seedbox and luck. It's competitive.
  2. Filling requests: more reliable. Use bounties to fill album requests from Bandcamp, Qobuz, etc. Can net serious upload credit.
  3. Cross-seeding: use tools like cross-seed to seed content you already have from other trackers. Builds upload from your existing library with minimal effort.

The landscape shifted. PTP is the holy grail, sure, but almost impossible to reach. Aim for high-quality trackers like GGn, EMP, BHD, BLU through RED's forum instead. Much more realistic.

There's no reliable path to HDB except getting noticed. Be a prolific uploader, encoder, or know someone.

Everyone says "just download and seed". That's bullshit on modern trackers with seedbox monsters. Here's what actually works:

• Cross-Seeding: the single best method. Take a torrent you already have from one tracker, seed the same files on another tracker without re-downloading. Automatable with cross-seed. You can seed hundreds of torrents across multiple trackers from your existing library. Zero extra bandwidth.
• Seedbox Optimization: you need a seedbox with DHT and PEX disabled (most trackers demand this). Set up proper port forwarding for better connectability and speeds.
• Strategic Downloading: snatch new, well-seeded torrents. Target high seed-to-leech ratio content. abuse bonus point systems by permaseeding old, large torrents.

Trackers split into two types: specialised and general. General trackers cover most needs; big ones have plenty of niche stuff. Public trackers like 1337x, RuTracker are general. But they'll never match a dedicated niche tracker in its specialty. Below is the consensus on the best tracker in each category: Anime, Books, E-learning, Games, General, HD, Movies (mainstream & obscure), Music, Porn, Scene, TV (mainstream & obscure).

1. "AvistaZ" network join one, invite yourself to the rest internally
   AnimeZ, AvistaZ, CinemaZ, ExoticaZ, PrivateHD

   Banned Countries

   China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Myanmar, Cambodia, and India are banned from registering. VPNs are not allowed during signup. If you're from one of those places, pick a different connected tracker or a standalone one.

2. HD-Torrents
   Gay-Torrents, HD-Torrents, PlayBits, SportsCult

3. IPT & Co.
   IPT, SceneTime, Speed.cd, TorrentDay

4. .click Network
   TheEmpire, TheGeeks, TheOccult, ThePlace, TheShow

• AB - AnimeBytes - anime, manga, asian live action, soundtracks, weebshit. Best of its kind by far. ASSOCIATED
• PTP - PassthePopcorn - general movies, best of its kind by a mile. Other movie trackers fill specific gaps but 95% of what you need lives here. CABAL
• BTN - BroadcasTheNet - general TV, best of its kind by a mile. Ratioless. CABAL
• KG - Karagarga - obscure, rare, arthouse, foreign, classic films. Huge archive. ASSOCIATED
• MTV - MoreThanTV - ratioless movies and TV, TV focus. Went down for a while, revived under new management. Good TV alternative, doesn't touch BTN's library.
• TVV - TV-Vault - TV that finished airing at least 5 years ago. Rare stuff you won't find elsewhere. No recruiting, user invites only. Users hand out invites on many trackers, keep an eye out. Currently above user cap, "elite" class can still invite. Some annoying old rules.
• CG - Cinemageddon - movies with no IMDB page, fewer than 1000 reviews, or score under 3/10. lots of "erotic" cinema. Sister site of TVV, same invite process. Below user cap but invites are rarer.
• ANT - Anthelion - general movies, run by Alastor (guy with a history of public meltdowns, seems calmer now). Pretty shit but easy to join.
• NBL - Nebulance - ANT's sister site, ratioless. Not terrible for newbies but still kinda shit.
• TiK - Cinematik - untouched releases of obscure/rare content, full discs, etc. Very hard to join: someone must vouch for you and request an invite in forums. Most people don't need this. ASSOCIATED
• SC - SecretCinema - ratioless obscure/weird/arthouse movies and TV. Easy join, active requests section. Users fill from PTP/KG/TIK/CG etc, good if you lack access to a specific tracker.
• THC - The Horror Channel - horror, sleaze, scifi, B movies. Boomer tracker, easy alternative to CG.
• BBT - BakaBT - old anime/manga tracker, content curated by staff so uploads are slow. IRC signups. Good for old stuff alongside Nyaa.
• ADC - AsianDVDClub - dead. "Revived" as ADC2 by solcen which was a donation scam, avoid completely.
• ACM - AsianCinema - untouched disc images and remuxes of Asian content. Relatively new, does its job. Useless if you don't need niche content.
• SDB - SDBits - HDB's sister site for SD content. NOT a path to HDB. SD is dying, so is this site. Don't waste your time.

• HDB - HDBits - general HD, movies/TV/porn. Best of its kind by far. Biggest HD archive, most skilled encoders release here. CABAL
• BHD - BeyondHD - very fast remuxes, good 4K. Allows unencoded SD if no HD version exists.
• BLU - Blutopia - quality similar to BHD, more obscure content. Allows SD rips of stuff with no HD version.
• HDT - HD-Torrents - low-quality HD tracker, easy join for new users. Run for profit, forces 15GB+ download per quarter or you get banned. Fine for starters, don't stress if you lose it later.

• RED - Redacted - the WCD successor. Seedbox economy is controversial, and its use as an invite stepping stone annoys purists. Still over 2 million torrents. Join via IRC. CABAL
• OPS - Orpheus - used to be Xanax, Apollo. Much friendlier economy than RED. Smaller archive but lacks the garbage uploads people spam for user class.
• JPS - JPopsuki - Asian music. Invites handed out like candy. Worth joining if you like that stuff, lots of it doesn't appear on RED or other big music trackers.
• E** - ExigoMusic - ratioless, obsessive quality standards. Mainly for e-peen, skip it.

• IPT - IPTorrents - largest general tracker. Sysop runs multiple trackers for profit, DDoSed cabal trackers in the past. Many trackers ban giving out IPT invites. Worth joining, just don't give them money.
• FL - FileList - Romanian general tracker with strong international userbase. Interface mostly Romanian but recognizable, has English forum sections. Announced shutdown Oct 2023, revived months later by a returning founder. Currently operational. Mirrors a lot of HDB content.
• AR - AlphaRatio - middling tracker, frequent downtime (sometimes days). More cabal-associated than other general trackers.
• TL - TorrentLeech - smaller, less scummy alternative to IPT. Rare open signups, constant freeleech makes ratio easy.

• OT - Oppaitime (DEAD) - was a JAV and hentai tracker. Shut down around 2021.
• GGn - GazelleGames - video games and related (artbooks, soundtracks). Best of its kind. Other cabal members hate the loli/shota freeleech from known pedo users. ASSOCIATED
• Sows - Bemaniso - rhythm games and music.
• EMP - Empornium - general porn, best of its kind by far. Dedicated coomer userbase buys onlyfans packs to share. ASSOCIATED
• BiB - Bibliotik - ebooks, audiobooks, some comics (new uploads banned). Obsesses over retail quality ripping methods. Strict rules, uptight admins, users get banned and cry on r/trackers (endlessly entertaining). Terrible economy, but ebooks are tiny so the initial 2GB upload credit covers more reading than a human lifetime. ASSOCIATED
• MAM - MyAnonamouse - ebooks, comics, audiobooks, radio, sheet music, etc. Excessively friendly community, almost cultish. Naughty language banned. IRC signups twice a week, one of the best trackers for a brand new user.
• S - Sinderella (STATUS UNKNOWN) - Korean porn tracker, actually run by Koreans (porn is illegal in Korea). Recruited again in early 2020, had frequent JAV uploads. Current status unclear, may be dead. Be careful.
• MyS - MySpleen - obscure cartoons and nostalgia: 90s TV cartoons with original commercials, that sort of thing. Closed, but user count ticks up occasionally, maybe joinable with enough effort.
• AOM - Art of Misdirection - private community for magicians and cardists, requires proof of serious involvement (like a performance video). Legit niche, not a meme tracker.
• RUT - RuTracker - semi-public, entirely Russian. Unusually good quality with an enormous archive, some content not found on private trackers. Always useful when you're desperate or don't want to seed.
• LDU - general tracker with obscure content, including animal porn.

Worth 👍

• MTeam - 450k+ torrents, lots of JAV & Hentai packs, raw blurays from popular Chinese groups
• GPW - relatively new (Dec 2020), 10k+ movie titles, Gazelle-based movie-only tracker, growing fast
• PTer - nice alongside AvistaZ, English-friendly
• U2 - 2nd best anime tracker after AB, massive collection of raw blurays you can't find anywhere else, plus encodes

Not worth 👎

• TTG - focuses on Japanese and Korean drama, but AvistaZ is better because of English subs
• CHD - mostly raw blurays with Chinese audio and subs
• HDC - mostly Chinese TV shows
• HDS - mostly Chinese TV shows

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New / Current owner - Clara
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