Top 10 dark web links & Tor websites for 2022 – Surfshark

2022, January 26 7 min read

If you have ever heard of the dark web networks that exist on the internet but require specific tools to access you have heard of Tor. Its named after the acronym of the project that started it the The Onion Router. Thats because the security that makes Tor so anonymous resembles the layers of an onion. So if youre looking for dark web links, you are looking for Tor websites. And were going to hook you up.

Before you start, lets go through your dark web checklist real quick:

Yes, search engines exist on Tor, but their reliability is questionable. DataProt, a website dedicated to advising on cybersecurity, has a great looking infographic explaining how Tor works.

Tor sometimes has websites made exclusively for the network. These usually come as onion links with the .onion domain. To find the best dark web links on Tor, you have to use a website list just like the one below. Here are ten cool dark web links to paste into your Tor browser today!

The Hidden Wiki is usually presented as your one-stop-shop for dark web links. Thats not the case. Many of the links present in The Hidden Wiki are of dubious (if not criminal) nature. Many more dont work. As far as resources go, its somewhat useless. Which is why we recommend Daniel.

Daniels website lists 7,000 .onion addresses. They are separated into several categories to make browsing easier. Moreover, Daniels site has an in-built test functionality. This means you can have the website check if any given Tor website is online. The list shows the last time a website was checked and whether it was online. This makes Daniels website an excellent first step in exploring Tor.

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ProPublica is an investigative journalism outfit. Their 2016 reporting on sexual abuse won the Pulitzer Prize that year. ProPublica is accessible on the clearnet that is, the regular internet youre using right now. Yet it also maintains a Tor website. Accessing it via a Tor browser gives you a layer of anonymity and security, as well as allows you to bypass country blocks.

As a bonus, ProPublica is one of the most polished web experiences youll have on the dark web. Its also not the only one to have a dark web link: you can also use Tor to read The New York Times and other news sites or use their SecureDrop integration for whistleblowing purposes.

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I still maintain that going into Tor without having dark web links already in your hand is a fools errand. But some people insist on search engines, and several Tor engines do exist. Im going to recommend Ahmia.

While its hard to tell which engine works the best, Ahmia presents itself as a hidden service search engine, and thats what it does. It also works to remove child abuse content from their search results, which is both the morally right thing to do and a good service for those who want to trawl the dark web.

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Google collects a lot of your information. Its search results tend to be biased. DuckDuckGo, however, was built on the idea of not collecting user data. The results that this search engine shows you are always neutral. Its similar to the Surfshark Search feature offered by Surfshark.

Youre most likely to find DuckDuckGo useful outside of the dark web. Indeed, it doesnt search for Tor websites. This is a bit of a bummer since the popular Tor search engines are all ugly and uncomfortable to use. DuckDuckGo has a presentation similar to Google. And unlike the Tor search engines, it wont lead you to quite so many illegal websites after a simple search.

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Riseup provides email and chat services that keep no records of your activity. It is also protected from malicious attacks. It also has no intention of cooperating with any government unlike, say, Google.

Riseup supports the causes of human liberation, the ethical treatment of animals, and ecological sustainability. Thats why Riseup also provides organizational tools, mailing lists, and more.

However, knowing the dark web link isnt enough you need an invitation code to create a Riseup account. But you can still browse the security section! It has excellent tips on how to add a dash of information security to your daily life.

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Hidden Answers is one of those dark web links that keep making their way onto these lists. The reason for that is simple. Hidden Answers is the dark web version of Quora, Yahoo Answers, and Reddit.

Once you access the site, youll soon notice that the questions on Hidden Answers touch upon a variety of topics. When people have the ultimate anonymity the internet can offer, they still ask where your nickname comes from or would you have your head cryo-frozen after death.

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The dark web is a curious subject: its not that easy to use, and it seems to be popular among shady people. But what if we put all that activity into numbers?

Tor Metrics is the website that measures who and where uses the network. Surprisingly enough, about 20% of daily users come from Russia. The US is in second place, with around 18% of the share.

Aside from revealing just how widely not-used Tor is (data suggests barely more than 1.5 million daily users), you can also see the scope of the network. Metrics record slightly more than 60,000 unique .onion addresses.

We already established that many of the dark web links you find on link aggregators are offline. Thus, it paints a picture of the tiny world of Tor websites.

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Just like clearnet, Tor has its utility websites. ZeroBin is one of them. If you use the Tor network regularly, you will want a way to share stuff with your dark web friends. ZeroBin allows you to do that with complete safety and privacy.

One of its selling points is that even ZeroBin servers dont know what you pasted. The data encryption takes place on your browser before it goes to the server. Options for sharing include password protection. And, of course, the pastes will be deleted sometime later.

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Tor website lists like to harp about Sci-Hub. They miss two vital points: its down (at the time of writing), and a clearnet version exists you dont need Tor to use it.

Sci-Hub is mostly useful for academic types who know the PMID, DOI, or URLs of papers they want to access. At the same time, websites like the Imperial Library of Trantor store stuff thats interesting to the broader public.

Imperial Library is a public depository of scanned books. As a bonus, its administered by a guy with a Riseup email address. To date, nearly four hundred thousand books have been uploaded.

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Interested in comic books instead? Theres also the Comic Book Library, with entries dating back to the 1930s. Of course, like any such effort, the scans are of dubious legality.

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And for the end, a slice of something completely different. Some of the more famous Tor websites are about exploring the tunnels in American universities.

Infrastructure like that is both dangerous and illegal to access. Thats why urban explorers hosted their blogs on Tor. It also helps that said universities are heavily tech-related.

IIT Underground focused on Illinois Tech is the smaller of the blogs. Beneath VT thats Virginia Tech is more prominent. It provides more details on the tunnels as well as the dangers associated with them.

The websites are a step above the usual Tor website design, too. They still look like something from the early aughts, though.

The dark web is the Wild West of the internet exciting to explore but can also be dangerous. Here are some threats you might run into:

And even if youre getting something thats not illegal, theres no reason for a vendor to ever remain in the dark web. In short, its bad for traffic and sales.

Thats why, even if you use The Onion Router, its a good idea to use Tor over a VPN.

So if you want to experience the dark web, these Tor websites are a good starting point. But you should be aware of the security dangers involved in using the Tor network.

The fact that youre using Tor is not hidden from your ISPs (Internet Service Provider) records. Keep your Tor browsing a secret by using Surfshark (its called Tor over VPN)! If necessary, it can even hide the fact that youre using a VPN.

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Pijus Jaunikis

A privacy worrier with a knack for translating tech stuff into human language

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