RARBG, one of the world's largest torrent sites, has said "farewell" to millions of users. The site, which was a prominent and stable source of new movie and TV show releases, cited a variety of reasons behind its decision to cease operations. The surprise shutdown marks the end of an era.

Founded in 2008, RARBG evolved to become a key player in the torrent ecosystem.

The site didn’t only attract millions of monthly visitors from all over the globe, it was also a major release hub, bridging the gap between the Scene and the broader pirate public.

Today, the site’s fifteen year run unexpectedly came to an end. In a message posted on the site’s front page, the team says its farewells. This message has been separately confirmed by a source familiar with the matter.

RARBG cites multiple reasons behind the surprise decision, including COVID-related health problems which led to the tragic death of one of the people involved. The war between Russia and Ukraine also impacted the team, with RARBG suggesting that it had members fighting on both sides.

“The past 2 years have been very difficult for us – some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it – not being able to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe – ON BOTH SIDES,” the team writes.


The rising costs of operating from data centers in Europe also played their part. And with revenue having trouble keeping up with the rising costs, shutting down the site ultimately seemed the best solution.

“Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare. Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After an unanimous vote we’ve decided that we can no longer do it.”

“We are sorry Bye,” the message concludes.

The shutdown also marks the end of the popular RARBG releases, many of which were shared through other torrent sites as well. These high quality releases, which never included CAMs, are among the most downloaded in history.

Today’s shutdown is one of the largest in the history of torrent sites. It’s also the first major closure since the 2015/2016 period, when KickassTorrents, Torrentz, and ExtraTorrent all left the scene.

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This is a developing story, more information and details may be added.

OMG, it was daily visit for me when I was not on private trackers.

wat a loss

Saddest news of the day, I'm using this site alongside other private trackers for a very long time. For a specific type of content, this was the site I would visit first. I don't think this loss is gonna be filled... RiP

Now only TG and 1337 are left as an option. Is there any good (based on content availability and seeders) alternative you/anyone know about?

These high quality releases, which never included CAMs, are among the most downloaded in history.

Um that statement is questionable considering the group, on a tracker i use, is included in a banned list for either being of poor quality or dishonest. I am aware of the group and their "Rep" but i never downloaded their stuff. Its great though that others found them useful.

I found it very hard to beleive and somewhat surprised that the group are citing "COVID" as main reason. That word has become a bit of a MEME for me with multiple industries, politicians, etc conveninetly blaming Covid for the ills of the World. Its far more likely that the RARGB destroyed themselves from within. I could cite a bunch of examples where a tracker crumbled under its own hubris of mismanagement....

Trackers, Groups, etc Come & Go. Theres a bit of a vacuum for a while and then its gets filled again. RARGB is Dead, Long Live the King!

sorry for RARBG Very good

Partially our fault, we take existence of these services for granted, we take a lot, return too little

Sad and shocked to see them close. I was a daily visitor and this is just a big loss.

Hello guys,
We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site.
The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications,
others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all.
Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES.
Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard.
Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare.
Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket.
After an unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.
We are sorry
Bye

Never tried to know what is the full meaning of RARBG BTW?