China blocks thousands of websites (more than 8,000 websites to date) using its notorious filtering system, “The Great Firewall”. The reason for China’s aggressive take on the Internet is to allegedly protect its citizens from outside influence and “harmful information”.

For this reason, netizens from other parts of the world who travel to China for business, leisure, or living there usually have problems keeping track of the blocked websites in the country.

Take a look below to see which of your favorite sites are blocked and go to ringroad.com.ng for more info to learn how you can unblock them.

The Top 100+ websites blocked in China:

If you’re looking for a website that isn’t mentioned in the list below, you can check if it’s blocked in China or not by using our special search tool.

Social Websites and Apps

• Facebook.com
• Twitter.com
• Instagram.com
• Pinterest.com
• Tumblr.com
• Snapchat.com
• Picasa.google.com
• Flickr.com
• plus.google.com
• hangouts.google.com
• Hootsuite.com
• pscp.tv
• xing.com
• DeviantART.combadoo.com
• plurk.com
• twister.net.co
• badoo.com
• disqus.com
• gab.ai
• tinder.com

Blogging Websites and Platforms

• Blogger.com
• WordPress.com
• fc2.com
• urbansurvival.com

Emailing Services

• google.com/gmail/

Search Engines

• Google.com
• DuckDuckGo.com
• Baidu.com
• Yahoo.com
• startpage.com

Messaging Apps

• messenger.com
• slack.com
• whatsapp.com
• telegram.org
• line.me/en/
• kakaocorp.com/service/KakaoTalk
• signal.org

Streaming Apps and Websites

• youtube.com
• netflix.com
• vimeo.com
• dailymotion.com
• twitch.tv
• pscp.tv
• vevo.com
• pandora.com
• spotify.com
• hulu.com
• SoundCloud.com
• hbo.com
• playstation.com
• fox.com
• nbc.com
• bet365.com/en/
• eonline.com
• epix.com
• fxnetworks.com
• syfy.com

News Websites

• nytimes.com
• bbc.com
• ft.com/
• wsj.com
• bloomberg.com
• reuters.com
• independent.co.uk
• lemonde.fr
• lequipe.fr
• news.google.com
• theguardian.com
• edition.cnn.com
• liveleak.com
• theepochtimes.com
• businessinsider.com
• sponichi.co.jp
• nrk.no
• yomiuri.co.jp

Cloud Storage, Information, and Sharing

• wikipedia.org
• wikileaks.org
• google.com/drive
• google.com/docs/
• google.com/calendar
• dropbox.com
• shutterstock.com
• slideshare.net
• slack.com
• istockphoto.com
• archive.org/web/
• scribd.com
• thepiratebay.org
• isohunt.com

Others

• android.com
• medium.com
• linkedin.com
• quora.com
• github.com
• T.co
• rakuten.co.jp
• amazon.co.jp
• nicovideo.jp
• ustream.tv
• radioaustralia.net.au/chinese
• boxun.com
• lesoir.be
• ntdtv.com
• radio.garden
• sonymusic.co.jp
• allmovie.com
• amnesty.org
• radioaustralia.net.au/chinese
• rsf.org
• falundafa.org
• minghui.org
• livestation.com
• cultureunplugged.com
• twister.net.co
• vpncoupons.com
• thetibetpost.com
• radiovncr.com
• atc.org.au
• tibet.net
• mendeley.com
• thecim.org
• aba.org
• jpl.nasa.gov
• mega.nz
• instafreebie.com
• rfa.org
• time.com
• bigcommerce.com
• sportkin.com
• ndr.de
• greatfire.org
• gab.ai
• pixiv.net
• quozr.com
• spiegel.de
• agnesb.fr
• gettyimages.com
• flipboard.com
• flitto.com
• hoovers.com
• kendatire.com
• monster.com
• thebodyshop-usa.com
• download.cnet.com

You Can Still Access Blocked Websites in China

Your favorite sites might be blocked, but there’s still a way to access them in China.

All you have to do is use a dependable VPN (Virtual Private Network).

VPNs can route your internet traffic through a secure tunnel and penetrate China’s filtering systems, so you can access your favorite web content in China without fear.

However, due to China’s recent crackdowns on VPNs, not all of them work well.

We keep an updated list of VPNs that work flawlessly in China here.