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Many domain names are blocked in the People's Republic of China (mainland China) under the country's Internet censorship policy, which prevents users from accessing certain websites from within the country.[1]

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).[2]

Many domain names are blocked in the People's Republic of China (mainland China) under the country's Internet censorship policy, which prevents users from accessing certain websites from within the country.[1]

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).[2]

Table of high-ranking websites blocked in mainland China

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Alexa rank Website Domain URL Category Primary language Duration of blockage Current status
1 Google google.com www.google.com
drive.google.com
hangouts.google.com
scholar.google.com		 Search Multilingual 2010 to present[2] Blocked[3]
2 YouTube youtube.com www.youtube.com Video Multilingual 2009 to present[4] Blocked[3]
4 Facebook facebook.com www.facebook.com Social Multilingual 2009, July (or earlier) to present[5][6] Partially blocked (available for tourists in Hainan)[3][needs update]
14 Wikipedia wikipedia.org wikipedia.org Encyclopedia Multilingual 2019, 3 April to present[7][8][9] Blocked
18 Reddit reddit.com www.reddit.com Social Multilingual 2018 to present[10] Blocked
20 Netflix netflix.com www.netflix.com Entertainment Multilingual Unknown to present Blocked[11]
21 Zoom zoom.us zoom.us Videotelephony English 2019, 9 September to November[12] Unblocked
24 Blogspot blogspot.com blogspot.com Blog English 2009, May to present[13][14][15] Blocked
34 Bing bing.com bing.com Search Multilingual 2019, 23 to 24 January[16] Unblocked
16 Instagram instagram.com www.instagram.com Image Sharing Multilingual 2014, September to present[17] Blocked
35 WhatsApp whatsapp.com whatsapp.com Messaging Multilingual 2017, September to present Blocked
33 Twitch twitch.tv twitch.tv Streaming English 2018, 17 September to present Blocked[18]
40 Messenger messenger.com messenger.com Messaging Multilingual 2011, August to present[5][6] Partially blocked (available for tourists in Hainan)[3][needs update]
43 Twitter twitter.com twitter.com Social English 2009, June to present[13][19][6] Partially blocked (available for tourists in Hainan)[3][needs update]
40 LinkedIn linkedin.com linkedin.com Social Multiple 2021, October to present[1][7][8] Blocked
58 Skype skype.com skype.com Social Multilingual 2017, November to unknown Unblocked
111 Tumblr tumblr.com tumblr.com Social English 2016, 25 May, to present[20] Blocked
155 Pinterest pinterest.com pinterest.com Image sharing Multilingual 2017, March to present[21] Blocked
141 SoundCloud soundcloud.com soundcloud.com Music streaming Multilingual 2013, September to unknown[22] Blocked
148 Dropbox dropbox.com dropbox.com File sharing Multilingual 2010, May to 2014, February; 2014, June to present[23] [24] Blocked
56 Pornhub pornhub.com www.pornhub.com Pornography English 2012, May to 2016, April Blocked[25]
73 WhatsApp whatsapp.com www.whatsapp.com Messaging English 2017, 26 September, to present[26] Blocked
81 Medium medium.com medium.com News English 2016, 15 April to present[27] Blocked
87 Dailymotion dailymotion.com dailymotion.com Sharing English 2007, 11 April to present[28] Blocked
91 BBC bbc.co.uk (or bbc.com) bbc.co.uk (or bbc.com) News and broadcasting English 2014, 15 October to present[29] Blocked
108 The New York Times nytimes.com nytimes.com Publication English 2012 to present Blocked[30]
178 Vimeo vimeo.com www.vimeo.com Sharing English 2009, October[31] to present[32] Blocked
128 The Guardian theguardian.com theguardian.com News English June 2019 to present[25] Blocked
139 SlideShare slideshare.net slideshare.net English June 2012 to present Blocked[33]
148 Discord discord.com discord.com Messaging Multilingual 2018, 13 July to present[34] Blocked
173 DeviantArt deviantart.com www.deviantart.com Art display English 2008, 15 December to present[35] Blocked
199 The Washington Post washingtonpost.com washingtonpost.com News English June 2019 to present[25] Blocked
219 Nico Video nicovideo.jp nicovideo.jp Sharing Japanese Unknown to 7 February 2017[36] Unblocked
223 Archive.org (Internet Archive) archive.org www.archive.org Web archiving English 2011, April (or earlier) to 2012[37] Blocked[38][39]
333 Bloomberg bloomberg.com bloomberg.com Publication English 2012, July to present[40] Blocked
348 Flickr flickr.com flickr.com Sharing English 2007, 7 June to present[41] Blocked
429 Wretch wretch.cc www.wretch.cc Blog Chinese 2007, August to 2012[42] Unblocked (discontinued)
476 HuffPost huffpost.com huffpost.com News English June 2019 to present[25] Blocked
492 DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com duckduckgo.com Search English 2014, September to present[43] Blocked
521 Scratch scratch.mit.edu scratch.mit.edu Programming, Sharing Multilingual 2020, 14 August to present Blocked[44][45][46]
577 Reuters reuters.com reuters.com News English 2015, 25 March, to present[47] Blocked
660 NBC News nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com News English June 2019 to present[25] Blocked
751 TIME time.com time.com News English Article about Xi Jinping[48] Blocked
1,062 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) cbc.ca www.cbc.ca News and broadcasting English 2014 to present[49] Blocked
1,083 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au News and broadcasting English 2018, 22 August to present[50] Blocked
1,105 Bandcamp bandcamp.com www.bandcamp.com Music English 2021, February to present[51] Blocked
1,321 Technorati technorati.com www.technorati.com Search English 2008, July to 2012[52] Unblocked
1,422 Archive of Our Own archiveofourown.org archiveofourown.org Fanfiction Multilingual 2020, March, to present[53] Blocked
1,655 Viber viber.com viber.com Messaging Multilingual 2014, October to present[54] Blocked
1,949 South China Morning Post scmp.com/asia scmp.com/asia News Chinese November 2018 to Unknown[25] Blocked
2,056 Plurk plurk.com www.plurk.com Social English 2009, April to 2012[55] Blocked
2,119 The Economist economist.com economist.com News English Article about Xi Jinping[48][56] Blocked
2,205 Heise Online heise.de www.heise.de News German 2019, November to present[57] Blocked
2,819 ABC abc.es www.abc.es News Spanish 2021, 29 November to unknown[58] Blocked
3,547 Voice of America voanews.com www.voanews.com News English Unknown to present[59] Blocked
3,691 NBC nbc.com nbc.com Broadcasting English 2019, June to present[25] Blocked
3,876 PBworks pbworks.com pbworks.com Sharing English 2011, January to 2012[60] Unblocked
4,247 The Epoch Times theepochtimes.com www.theepochtimes.com News English 2003 to present[61] Blocked
4,956 The Epoch Times (Chinese Edition) epochtimes.com www.epochtimes.com News Chinese 1999 to present[61] Blocked
5,564 HBO hbo.com www.hbo.com Entertainment English 2018, June to present[62] Blocked
12,544 WION wionews.com www.wionews.com News English 2020, July to present[63] Blocked[64]
15,570 Reason reason.com reason.com News English June 2019 to present[25][65] Blocked
23,903 Hong Kong Free Press hongkongfp.com hongkongfp.com News English 2015, November to present[66] Blocked
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