Private Trackers General

• r/trackers - A subreddit for discussing public & private trackers.
• How to get started with private trackers
• getting_into_private_trackers - Helpful resource from the /r/trackers Wiki.
• A Simple Guide To A Better Ratio - A good tracker requires you to upload what you download. This guide explains many of the methods involved with keeping on top of this sometimes difficult task.
• r/OpenSignups - Open Signups - When Private Trackers Open Their Doors To The Public.
• Opentrackers.org - Private Torrent Trackers & File Sharing.
• Awesome PT - A collection of awesome PT clients, tools and scripts

The actual starting points:

• Open signups → AvistaZ / CinemaZ / ExoticaZ → PHD (The most reliable initial path)
• User invite → IPT, TL, FL (The "general tracker" route)
• Interview → MAM (The "friendly" route) | RED (The "hardcore" route)

From MAM (The easier path):

• MAM → FL, JPS, OT (Check invite forums for current availability)

From RED (The traditional power-user path):

• The RED invite forum is still powerful, but pathways are longer and requirements are stricter than the old guides claim.
• Don't expect a fast track. The goal is to reach a high user class (Power User+/Elite) and find recruitment threads for mid-tier trackers, which can then lead to others.
• Common progressions might look like: RED → GGn → (AB, HD-T, PTer) or RED → EMP. Specific requirements (account age, upload stats) change frequently.

The bottom line: The "cabal" trackers (PTP, BTN, HDB) are endgame content. Focus on building a solid foundation on reputable mid-tier trackers. The best invites often show up in unexpected places once you're a trusted member.

The established way to join RED is via IRC interview. The prep site is here. Do not cheat. The interview is designed to ensure you understand the basics of private tracking. They have sophisticated methods to detect cheating, and getting caught will result in a permanent ban. Study properly, take it seriously, and you'll get in.

Once in, the goal is to reach a high user class (like Elite) to access the invite forums. The requirements are 50 uploads, 3 months of account age, and 100GB of upload.

• The 50 uploads: You can upload content from Deezer/Qobuz, or transcode FLACs to fill gaps. Focus on quality and correctness.
• The 100GB upload: This is the real challenge. Your best bets are:
  1. Seedbox Racing: Autosnatching new popular torrents. This is highly competitive and requires a well-configured seedbox.
  2. Filling Requests: This is the most reliable method. Use the bounty system to fill requests for albums from Bandcamp, Qobuz, etc. This can net you significant upload credit.
  3. Cross-seeding: This is a key modern strategy. Use tools like cross-seed to automatically find and seed content you already have on other trackers, generating upload from your existing library with minimal effort.

The landscape has changed. While PTP is the holy grail, it is virtually inaccessible. A more achievable goal is to use RED's forum to join other high-quality trackers like GGn, EMP, and specialized HD trackers (BHD, BLU) to build a comprehensive content library.

There is no reliable path to HDB other than getting noticed by someone for being a prolific uploader, encoder, or through personal connections.

Beyond the basic "download and seed", these strategies are essential for succeeding on modern private trackers.

• Cross-Seeding: This is the most efficient way to build ratio. The practice involves using the data from a torrent you downloaded on one tracker to seed the same content on another tracker without re-downloading it. You can automate this process with software like cross-seed. This allows you to instantly seed hundreds of torrents across multiple trackers from your existing library.
• Seedbox Optimization: As noted in private tracker tuning guides, using a seedbox with a configured client that has DHT and PEX disabled is critical for both performance and compliance. Proper port forwarding can also significantly improve your connectability and speeds.
• Strategic Downloading: Focus on new, well-seeded torrents and content with a high seeder-to-leecher ratio. Use the site's bonus point systems to your advantage, often by long-term seeding of large, older torrents.

There are two kinds of trackers, content-wise: specialised and general. General trackers will often serve the majority of your needs; bigger general trackers will usually have plenty of niche content. Popular public trackers are general trackers - RARBG, 1337x and RuTracker for example. Due to their broad scope they will still never match the niche trackers in their particular area of specialty. The following is a global consensus on what is considered the best tracker in their fields, namely: Anime, Books, E-learning, Games, General, HD (yeah this gets a separate category), Movies (both mainstream and obscure), Music, Porn, Scene and TV (both mainstream and obscure)

1. "AvistaZ" network When you get on one of these you can invite yourself to the others internally
   AnimeZ, AvistaZ, CinemaZ, ExoticaZ, PrivateHD

   Banned Countries

   The people from China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Myanmar, Cambodia, and India are banned from registering to this network. The network also doesn't allow the use of VPNs during the signup, so, if you're from one of these countries, your best bet's to pick the other connected trackers or a standalone tracker.

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

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

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

• AB - AnimeBytes - Anime, manga, Asian live action, soundtracks and general weebshit. The best of its kind by a wide margin. ASSOCIATED
• PTP - PassthePopcorn - General movie tracker, the best of its kind by far. Other movie trackers can fill specific niches but 95% of everyone's needs can be filled with PTP. CABAL
• BTN - BroadcasTheNet - General TV tracker, the best of its kind by far. Other TV trackers can fill specific niches but 95% of everyone's needs can be filled with BTN. Ratioless. CABAL
• KG - Karagarga - A tracker for obscure, rare, arthouse, foreign and classic films. Very large archive; does have some content missing on PTP. ASSOCIATED
• MTV - MoreThanTV - Ratioless tracker for movies and TV, though the focus is on the latter. It was down for an extended period but was revived under new management. A decent alternative for TV content, though it doesn't rival BTN's archive.
• TVV - TV-Vault - TV only content that finished airing at least 5 years ago. Has lots of rare content not found elsewhere. Will fill much of your niche content needs if you don't have BTN and sometimes even if you do. No recruiting, user invites only. Users get lots of invites to give out and they often do so on a variety of trackers so keep your eyes peeled. Currently beyond usercap though so don't expect any for some months, "elite" userclass can still invite though. Some dated rules which are irritating.
• CG - Cinemageddon - Movies with no IMDB page, or <1000 reviews, or a score <3/10. Lots of "erotic" cinema that Travis Bickle would watch in some seedy 70's wanking kinoplex. Sister site of TVV and the invite process is the same. Below usercap, but invites are given out much less frequently than TVV.
• ANT - Anthelion - General movies, run by Alastor who has a storied history of public meltdowns. Seems to have chilled out in recent years. Shit tracker though easy to join.
• NBL - Nebulance - Sister site of ANT, also run by Alastor, Ratioless. Not terrible for new users, but still pretty shit.
• TiK - Cinematik - Untouched releases of obscure and rare content. Full Discs and so on. Very difficult to join as a user must vouch for you and then request an invite in the forums. Unnecessary for most users. ASSOCIATED
• SC - SecretCinema - Ratioless tracker for obscure, weird or arthouse movies and TV. Easy to join with a very active requests section. Users often fill from PTP/KG/TIK/CG etc so it's a good source of that content for anyone without access to a specific tracker.
• THC - The Horror Channel - Horror, sleaze, scifi, B movies etc. Boomer tracker through and through. An easy to join alternative to CG.
• BBT - BakaBT - Old anime/manga tracker. Content is curated by staff so uploads come slowly. Has IRC signups. Good for old content to supplement Nyaa.
• ADC - AsianDVDClub - Asian media, dead. Was recently "revived" as ADC2 by solcen. This was a ruse to scam donation money from people, avoid at all costs.
• ACM - AsianCinema - Untouched disc images and remuxes of asian content. Relatively new tracker and good at what it does, useless if you don't need this sort of content like all niche trackers.
• SDB - SDBits - HDB sister site, for SD content obviously. NOT a path to HDB. As SD has fallen larely out of favour the site is slowly dying, don't waste your time.

• HDB - HDBits - General HD tracker with movies/TV and porn. The best of it's kind by far. The biggest HD archive as well as the largest population of knowledgeable encoders. Often encoders on other good HD trackers will also be internal and release on HDB. CABAL
• UHDB - UHDBits - Originally a Vietnamese HD tracker. Mediocre archive. Internal encoders are good.
• BHD - BeyondHD - Notable for being very fast to get remuxes. Good for 4K content. Allows un-encoded SD content if no HD version is available.
• BLU - Blutopia - Similar in quality to BHD. Has a lot of more obscure content. Also allows SD rips of content with no HD version.
• HDT - HD-Torrents - Low quality HD tracker, though easy to join for new users. Run for profit, requires users to download >15GB quarterly or get banned. Get it if you're a brand new user but don't sweat if you lose the account eventually.

• RED - Redacted - Music tracker which has solidified it's position as the WCD successor. Controversial seedbox economy and its use as an invite stepping stone into other trackers has divided community opinion. Regardless it still has over 2 million torrents. Can be joined via IRC. CABAL
• OPS - Orpheus - Formerly Xanax, Apollo (a-poo-in-loo). Music tracker with a much more user friendly economy than RED. The archive is considerably smaller than RED's but it lacks a lot of the junk uploads people vomit onto the tracker for userclass.
• JPS - JPopsuki - Music tracker for Asian content. User invites are given out like candy. Worth joining if you like this content as much of it can't be found on RED or other big music trackers.
• E** - ExigoMusic** - Ratioless autisim based music tracker. Joined for e-peen mainly, avoid.