5 Best Torrent Search Engines

As you know, a lot of content just isn’t available with a quick Google search. There’s a lot that Google refuses to index or show in its search engine, maybe because the content isn’t family-friendly, or they don’t want to serve websites that are dishing out copyrighted content. There’s a myriad of reasons as to why they won’t show something, and those two are just a couple; however, if you’re looking for a way around that, and are looking to download copyrighted content, you can use a torrent search engine.

Torrent search engines aren’t “true” search engines. These are generally sites where torrent files are hosted, but have a search function that can give you a list of the files on the site, or a list that’s as close to your search terms as possible.

So what torrent search engines should you use? Let’s dive right in.

Be wary

Before getting involved in torrent search engines, it’s important to realize just how illegal downloading copyrighted content is. Your ISP can see what you’re doing when you browse the Internet, which is why you need to use a VPN when using a torrent search engine. We here are The Droid Guy certainly don’t endorse downloading copyrighted content, as it’s wrong and can get you in a lot of trouble.

It’s also worth noting that, we’re going to show you five of the best options you can use today; however, they may not be available tomorrow. Torrent search engines are taken down by governments all the time because of the illegal nature of their business.

On top of taking them down, they also seize all the data and can see who was using the website (by IP address), so once again, you’ll want to be wary.

So without further ado, here are the best torrent search engines available today:

UTorrent Search

UTorrent Search comes in at number five. It’s a little bit confusing as to what this search engine is called exactly because of a difference between the search engine name and the page URL; however, the function remains the same. Simply enter your query into the search box, and press the Enter key to start your search. The list of search items come up on another page, as close to your query as possible.

Torrentz2

Torrentz2 is another excellent torrent search engine. It’s essentially the same thing as the original Torrentz torrent engine, but since that was taken down, Torrentz2 has taken its place. Like other torrent search engines, simply enter your query and hit Enter on your keyboard. Torrentz2 is one of the faster torrent search engines on the market, and can get you results from 60+ million torrents on the World Wide Web.

Torrents.me

Coming up as third on our countdown, we have Torrents.me. This is one of the more feature-rich options on our list. You can type in a search query in the text field, and press Search. Torrents.me will allow you to then exclude or include specific torrent sites during the search, optimizing your search for the best results.

Torrent Project

Torrent Project comes in as number two on our countdown. It doesn’t index nearly as many torrent files as Torrentz2; however, it does have 10 million files that it indexes. That said, you should get some pretty good search results that you ‘net files you can actually use. Like the others, just type in your search query and press Search or press Enter on your keyboard.

The Pirate Bay

Finally, coming in as our number one choice, we have The Pirate Bay, one that nearly everyone will be already familiar with. The Pirate Bay is regularly taken down by various governments all over the world, but it always seems to rise from the ashes. It has powerful search functions inside, and it has a massive database of files that you can download. The Pirate Bay, being as popular as it is, is also one of the first sites that show up on many other search engines. As far as browsing the “Dark Web” goes, this is probably the site that you’ll have the most luck with as far as credible torrents go.

Verdict

These are the top five torrent search engines for finding the files that you’re looking for, whether that be an episode from a TV show that just aired or for a long-lost game you owned years ago.

Do you have a favorite torrent search engine? Sound off in the comments.