RARBG was a website that provided torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. From 2014 to 2023, RARBG repeatedly appeared in TorrentFreak's yearly list of most visited torrent websites. It was ranked 4th as of January 2023.
On 31 May 2023, the site announced its shutdown, citing multiple reasons, including inflation, side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The full shutdown statement released by the site reads as follows:
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 [sic].
Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket.
After an [sic] unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.
We are sorry :(
Bye
I decided to make an ad-free site to allow browsing its database. The site is written in Python Flask and was took about 4 hours to make, so please excuse any rough edges! As always, i'd appreciate any feedback/thoughts.
On 31 May 2023, the site announced its shutdown, citing multiple reasons, including inflation, side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The full shutdown statement released by the site reads as follows:
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 [sic]. Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After an [sic] unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it. We are sorry :( Bye
I decided to make an ad-free site to allow browsing its database. The site is written in Python Flask and was took about 4 hours to make, so please excuse any rough edges! As always, i'd appreciate any feedback/thoughts.