List of websites blocked in mainland China
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Many domain names are blocked in mainland China under the country's Internet censorship policy, which prevents users from accessing certain websites from within the country.[1]
A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted.
This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country. This page does not apply to Chinese territories that adhere to the policy of one country, two systems (Hong Kong and Macau).
Table of high-ranking websites blocked in mainland China
| Website | URL | Category | Primary language | Duration of blockage | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| www.google.com
www.google.com.hk |
Search | Multilingual | 2010–2014
(google.com.hk still available), 2014–present (completely)[2][3] |
Blocked[4][3] | |
| Poe | www.poe.com | Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | 2023–present | Blocked |
| YouTube | www.youtube.com youtu.be | Video | Multilingual | 2007 - 2008, 2009–present[5][4][6] | Blocked |
| Yandex Video | video.yandex.com | Video Sharing | Multilingual | June 2016(or earlier)-Present | Blocked |
| Namuwiki | namu.wiki | Encyclopedia | Multilingual | December 2024 – present | Blocked |
| Quora | quora.com | Question and answer | Multilingual | 2018–present | Blocked[7] |
| www.Facebook.com | Social | Multilingual | July (or earlier) 2009–present[8][9] | Blocked[10] | |
| Yahoo | yahoo.com | Search | Multilingual | 28 February 2021 – present | Unblocked (Service Not Available)[11] |
| Yahoo Hong Kong | hk.yahoo.com | Search | Multilingual | March 2011 – Present | Blocked |
| Yahoo Kimo | tw.yahoo.com | Search | Multilingual | May 2011 – Present | Blocked |
| Yahoo Japan | yahoo.co.jp | Search | Japanese | June 15–17, 2012 and September 2017 -present[12] | Partial blocked (word search, photo search blocked, but other Services such as Yahoo News and Yahoo Mail remain accessible). |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org | Encyclopedia | Multilingual | 23 April 2019 – present[13][14][6] | Blocked |
| Marxists Internet Archive | marxists.org | Encyclopedia | Multilingual | About 2005–no later than 2007[15] | Unblocked |
| www.reddit.com | Social | Multilingual | 2018–present[16] | Blocked | |
| www.xing.com | Social | Multilingual | 2011–present | Accessing the website via HTTPS | |
| Fandom | community.fandom.com | Encyclopedia | Multilingual | 2022–present | Partially blocked, sometimes can be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
| IMDB[17] | www.imdb.com | Online and offline | English | Unknown | Unblocked |
| Netflix | www.netflix.com | Entertainment | Multilingual | 2012–present | Unblocked (Service Not Available)[18] |
| Zoom | zoom.us | Videotelephony | English | 9 September to November 2019[19] | Unblocked |
| Blogspot | blogspot.com | Blog | English | May 2009–present[20][21][22] | Blocked |
| Bing | bing.com | Search | Multilingual | 23 to 24 January 2019[23] | Unblocked (Service Not Available, redirects to Chinese version - cn.bing.com)[24] |
| Ecosia | ecosia.org | Search | Multilingual | 2023–present | redirects to Chinese version - cn.bing.com |
| Crunchyroll | crunchyroll.com | Anime streaming | Multilingual | 2010s – present[citation needed] | Blocked |
| www.Instagram.com | Image Sharing | Multilingual | September 2014–present[25] | Blocked | |
| WhatsApp.com | Messaging | Multilingual | September 2017–present[26] | Blocked | |
| Twitch | twitch.tv | Streaming | English | 17 September 2018–present | Blocked[27] |
| Roblox | roblox.com | Gaming | Multilingual | December 2021 – present | Blocked
(Chinese version currently deprecated) |
| New·1984 | 1984bbs.org | News | Chinese | October 2022 – present | Blocked |
| Equestria Daily | www.equestriadaily.com | Online Community | English | April 2022 – August 2023 and August 2023 – present | Partially blocked, sometimes could be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
| Steam Store | store.steampowered.com | Entertainment | Multilingual | 25 December 2021[28][29]–present | Partially blocked, sometimes could be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
| Steam Community | steamcommunity.com | Social | Multilingual | 15 December 2017[30][31]–present | Blocked |
| Spotify | www.spotify.com open.spotify.com |
Music streaming | Multilingual | 7 October 2008–present | Unblocked (Web version
Service Not Available)[32] |
| Messenger | messenger.com | Messaging | Multilingual | August 2011–present[8][9] | Blocked |
| X | x.com twitter.com t.co | Social | English | June 2009–present[20][33][9] | Blocked |
| linkedin.com | Social | Multilingual | October 2021–present[1][13][14] | Blocked (Separate Chinese version exists) | |
| Skype | skype.com | Social | Multilingual | November 2017–5 May 2025[34] | Blocked (Service stopped) |
| Tumblr | tumblr.com | Social | English | 25 May 2016–present[35] | Blocked |
| pinterest.com | Image sharing | Multilingual | March 2017–present[36] | Blocked | |
| SoundCloud | SoundCloud.com | Music streaming | Multilingual | September 2013–present[37] | Blocked |
| Signal Private Messenger | signal.org | Instant messaging | Multilingual | March 16, 2021 – present[38] | Blocked |
| Dropbox | dropbox.com | File sharing | Multilingual | May 2010 – February 2014; June 2014 – present[39] | Blocked |
| Pornhub | www.pornhub.com | Pornography | Multilingual | 2012, May to 2016, April, to present | Blocked[40] |
| XVideos | xvideos.com | Pornography videos | Multilingual | Unknown – present | Blocked |
| Medium | medium.com | News | English | 2016, 15 April to present[41] | Blocked |
| Dailymotion | dailymotion.com | Sharing | English | 2007, 11 April to present[42] | Blocked |
| BBC | bbc.co.uk bbc.com | News and broadcasting | English | 2014, 15 October to present[43] | Blocked |
| The New York Times | nytimes.com | Publication | English | 2012 to present | Blocked[44] |
| Vimeo | www.vimeo.com | Video Sharing | Multilingual | 2009, October[45] to present[46] | Blocked |
| The Guardian | theguardian.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[47] | Blocked |
| SlideShare | slideshare.net | Slide hosting service | English | June 2012 to present | Blocked[48] |
| Hidive | www.hidive.com | Anime streaming | English | 2017 – present | Partially blocked, sometimes could be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
| Discord | discord.com | Messaging | Multilingual | 2018, 13 July to present[49] | Blocked |
| DeviantArt | www.deviantart.com | Art display | English | 2008, 15 December to present[50] | Blocked |
| The Washington Post | washingtonpost.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[47] | Blocked |
| Nico Video | nicovideo.jp | Sharing | Japanese | Unknown to present[51] | Blocked |
| Archive.org (Internet Archive) | www.archive.org | Web archiving | English | 2011, April (or earlier) to Present[52] | Blocked[53][54] |
| Bloomberg | bloomberg.com | Publication | English | 2012, July to present[55] | Blocked |
| Flickr | flickr.com | Sharing | English | 2007, 7 June to present[56][57] | Blocked |
| Wretch | www.wretch.cc | Blog | Chinese | 2007, August to 2012[58] | Blocked (discontinued) |
| HuffPost | huffpost.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[47] | Blocked |
| The Wall Street Journal | wsj.com | News | English | No later than 22 September 2015 to present[59][60] | Blocked |
| DuckDuckGo | duckduckgo.com | Search | English | 2014, September to present[61] | Blocked |
| Scratch | scratch.mit.edu | Programming, Sharing | Multilingual | 2020, 14 August to present | Partially Blocked (Not accessible)[62][citation needed][63] |
| Reuters | reuters.com | News | English | 2015, 20 March, to present[64] | Blocked |
| NBC News | nbcnews.com | News | English | June 2019 to present[47] | Blocked |
| TIME | time.com | News | English | 2016. 9 April to present[65] | Blocked |
| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) | www.cbc.ca | News and broadcasting | English | 2014 to present[66] | Blocked |
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | www.abc.net.au | News and broadcasting | English | 2018, 22 August to present[67] | Blocked |
| Bandcamp | www.bandcamp.com | Music | English | 2021, February to present[68] | Blocked |
| Technorati | www.technorati.com | Search | English | 2008, July to Present[69] | Blocked |
| Archive of Our Own | archiveofourown.org | Fanfiction | Multilingual | 2020, March, to present[70] | Blocked |
| Viber | viber.com | Messaging | Multilingual | 2014, October to present[71] | Blocked |
| South China Morning Post | scmp.com | News | English | 2016 to present[72] | Blocked |
| Plurk | www.plurk.com | Social | Multilingual | 2009, April to Present[73] | Blocked |
| The Economist | economist.com | News | English | April 2016 – present[74][75] | Blocked |
| ABC | www.abc.es | News | Spanish | 29 November 2021 – present[76] | Blocked |
| Voice of America | www.voanews.com | News | English | Unknown – present[77] | Blocked |
| Radio Free Asia | rfa.org | News, broadcasting | Multilingual | Unknown – present[78][79] | Blocked |
| NBC | nbc.com | Broadcasting | English | June 2019 – present[47] | Unblocked |
| PBworks | pbworks.com | Sharing | English | January 2011 – present[80] | Blocked |
| The Epoch Times | www.theepochtimes.com | News | English | 2003–present[81] | Blocked |
| The Epoch Times (Chinese edition) | www.epochtimes.com | News | Chinese | 1999–present[81] | Blocked |
| HBO | www.hbo.com | Entertainment | English | June 2018 – present[82] | Blocked |
| WION | www.wionews.com | News | English | July 2020 – present[83] | Blocked[84] |
| Hong Kong Free Press | hongkongfp.com | News | English | November 2015 – present[85] | Blocked |
| TikTok | www.tiktok.com | Social | Multilingual | June 2020 – present | Blocked[86] |
| ChatGPT | chatgpt.com
chat.openai.com |
Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | 2023–present | Blocked[87] |
| Rockstar Games | www.rockstargames.com | Gaming | Multilingual | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| GitHub | github.com | Code hosting | English | Jan 2013 – present[88] | Partially blocked, sometimes could be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible |
| Gist (GitHub) | gist.github.com | Pastebin | English | Dec 2014 – present | Blocked |
| Hugging Face | huggingface.co | Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | 2023–present | Blocked[89] |
| Flipkart | www.flipkart.com | Online Shopping | Multilingual | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| Zomato | www.zomato.com | Food Service | English | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| Clubhouse | www.clubhouse.com | Social | English | February 2021 – present | Blocked[90] |
| Swiggy | www.swiggy.com | Food Service | English | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| Truth Social | www.truthsocial.com | Social Media | English | February 2022 – present | Blocked[91][92] |
| National Weather Service | www.weather.gov | Weather | English | Unknown | Unblocked |
| Kanzhongguo
(English) |
www.visiontimes.com | Newspaper | English | Unknown-present | Blocked[93] |
| Kanzhongguo
(Chinese) |
www.secretchina.com
pdf.secretchina.com |
Newspaper | Chinese | Unknown-present | Blocked[94] |
| Microsoft Copilot | Copilot.Microsoft.com | Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | October 2024 – present | Blocked[95] |
| Telegram | telegram.org | Messaging | Multilingual | July 2015 – present | Blocked |
| Voice of America
(Chinese) |
www.voachinese.com | Newspaper | Chinese | Unknown-present | Blocked |
| Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher
(by a famous anti-CCP Twitter poster) |
lilaoshibushinilaoshi.com | Blog | Chinese | June About 2023–present | Blocked |
| Discogs | discogs.com | Database and Online Shopping | Multilingual | Unknown-present | Blocked |
| JioSaavn | jiosaavn.com | Music streaming | Multilingual | Unknown-present | Blocked |
| Pincong | pincong.rocks h.pincong.rocks |
Social | Chinese | Unknown-present | Blocked[96][97] |
| China News Digest | cnd.org | News | Chinese, English | 1997–present | Blocked[98] |
| Circle 19[99] | www.circle19.org | News | Chinese、English | July 2025 – present | Blocked |
| Sora | www.sora.com | Artificial Intelligence | Multilingual | 2024 – 24 April 2026 | Blocked (Service stopped) |
