List of Websites Blocked in Mainland China: The Internet censorship policy on the mainland China blocks several domain names, preventing users from accessing particular websites. The bulk of apps and websites are restricted because they don’t follow the Chinese government’s internet regulations on data gathering and privacy, user safety, guidelines, and content type. This list includes the most notable prohibited websites in the country (excluding autonomous territory). This page does not apply to Hong Kong and Macau, which follow the one-country, two-systems policy.
List of Websites Blocked in Mainland China
Here is the complete list of websites blocked in China. This is the latest updated list. You can check full details below:
| Website | Domain | Category | Duration of blockage | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| google.com | Search | 2010–present | Blocked | |
| YouTube | youtube.com | Video | 2007 – 2008, 2009-present | Blocked |
| facebook.com | Social | July (or earlier) 2009–present | Blocked | |
| Yahoo | yahoo.com | Search | 28 February 2021 – present | Unblocked (Service Not Available) |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org | Encyclopedia | 23 April 2019 – present | Partially blocked |
| Marxist Internet Archive | marxists.org | Encyclopedia | About 2005—no later than 2007 | Unblocked |
| reddit.com | Social | 2018–present | Blocked | |
| Fandom | fandom.com | Encyclopedia | 2022–present | Partially blocked |
| Netflix | netflix.com | Entertainment | 2012–present | Unblocked (Service Not Available) |
| Zoom | zoom.us | Videotelephony | 9 September to November 2019 | Unblocked |
| Blogspot | blogspot.com | Blog | May 2009–present | Blocked |
| Bing | bing.com | Search | 23 to 24 January 2019 | Unblocked |
| Instagram.com | Image Sharing | September 2014–present | Blocked | |
| whatsapp.com | Messaging | September 2017–present | Blocked | |
| Twitch | twitch.tv | Streaming | 17 September 2018–present | Blocked |
| Roblox | roblox.com | Gaming | December 2021 – present | Blocked (Separate Chinese version exists.) |
| Steam Store | store.steampowered.com | Entertainment | 25 December 2021 | Partially blocked |
| Steam Community | steamcommunity.com | Social | 15 December 2017 | Blocked |
| Spotify | spotify.com | Music streaming | 7 October 2008–present | Unblocked |
| Messenger | messenger.com | Messaging | August 2011–present | Partially blocked |
| X | x.com | Social | June 2009–present | Partially blocked |
| linkedin.com | Social | October 2021–present | Blocked | |
| Skype | skype.com | Social | November 2017–unknown | Unblocked |
| Tumblr | tumblr.com | Social | 25 May 2016–present | Blocked |
| pinterest.com | Image sharing | March 2017–present | Blocked | |
| SoundCloud | SoundCloud.com | Music streaming | September 2013–present | Blocked |
| Signal Private Messenger | signal.org | Instant messaging | March 16, 2021 – present | Blocked |
| Dropbox | dropbox.com | File sharing | May 2010 – February 2014; June 2014 – present | Blocked |
| Pornhub | pornhub.com | Pornography | 2012, May to 2016, April to present | Blocked |
| XVideos | xvideos.com | Pornography videos | Unknown—present | Blocked |
| Medium | medium.com | News | 2016, 15 April to present | Blocked |
| Dailymotion | dailymotion.com | Sharing | 2007, 11 April to present | Blocked |
| BBC | bbc.co.uk (or bbc.com) | News and broadcasting | 2014, 15 October to present | Blocked |
| The New York Times | nytimes.com | Publication | 2012 to present | Blocked |
| Vimeo | vimeo.com | Sharing | 2009, October | Blocked |
| The Guardian | theguardian.com | News | June 2019 to present | Blocked |
| SlideShare | slideshare.net | June 2012 to present | Blocked | |
| Discord | discord.com | Messaging | 2018, 13 July to present | Blocked |
| DeviantArt | deviantart.com | Art display | 2008, 15 December to present | Blocked |
| The Washington Post | washingtonpost.com | News | June 2019 to present | Blocked |
| Nico Video | nicovideo.jp | Sharing | Unknown to present | Blocked |
| Archive.org (Internet Archive) | archive.org | Web archiving | 2011, April (or earlier) to Present | Blocked |
| Bloomberg | bloomberg.com | Publication | 2012, July to present | Blocked |
| Flickr | flickr.com | Sharing | 2007, 7 June to present | Blocked |
| Wretch | wretch.cc | Blog | 2007, August to 2012 | Blocked (discontinued) |
| HuffPost | huffpost.com | News | June 2019 to present | Blocked |
| The Wall Street Journal | wsj.com | News | No later than 22 September 2015 to present | Blocked |
| DuckDuckGo | duckduckgo.com | Search | 2014, September to present | Blocked |
| Scratch | scratch.mit.edu | Programming, Sharing | 2020, 14 August to present | Partially Blocked |
| Reuters | reuters.com | News | 2015, 20 March, to present | Blocked |
| NBC News | nbcnews.com | News | June 2019 to present | Blocked |
| TIME | time.com | News | 2016. 9 April to presen | Blocked |
| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) | cbc.ca | News and broadcasting | 2014 to present | Blocked |
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | www.abc.net.au | News and broadcasting | 2018, 22 August to present | Blocked |
| Bandcamp | bandcamp.com | Music | 2021, February to present | Blocked |
| Technorati | technorati.com | Search | 2008, July to Present | Blocked |
| Archive of Our Own | archiveofourown.org | Fanfiction | 2020, March, to present | Blocked |
| Viber | viber.com | Messaging | 2014, October to present | Blocked |
| South China Morning Post | scmp.com | News | 2016 to present | Blocked |
| Plurk | plurk.com | Social | 2009, April to Present | Blocked |
| The Economist | economist.com | News | April 2016 – present | Blocked |
| ABC | abc.es | News | 29 November 2021 – present | Blocked |
| Voice of America | voanews.com | News | Unknown—present | Blocked |
| Radio Free Asia | rfa.org | News, broadcasting | Unknown—present | Blocked |
| NBC | nbc.com | Broadcasting | June 2019 – present | Blocked |
| PBworks | pbworks.com | Sharing | January 2011-present | Blocked |
| The Epoch Times | theepochtimes.com | News | 2003–present | Blocked |
| The Epoch Times (Chinese edition) | epochtimes.com | News | 1999–present | Blocked |
| HBO | hbo.com | Entertainment | June 2018 – present | Blocked |
| WION | wionews.com | News | July 2020 – present | Blocked |
| Hong Kong Free Press | hongkongfp.com | News | November 2015 – present | Blocked |
| Apple Daily | hk.appledaily.com | News | Unknown: 2021 (closed) | Blocked |
| TikTok | tiktok.com | Social | June 2020 – present | Blocked |
| ChatGPT | openai.com | Artificial Intelligence | 2023–present | Blocked |
| Rockstar Games | rockstargames.com | Gaming | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| GitHub | github.com | Web tools | June 2020 – present | Partially blocked |
| Hugging Face | huggingface.co | Artificial Intelligence | 2023–present | Blocked |
| Flipkart | flipkart.com | Online Shopping | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| Zomato | zomato.com | Food Service | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| Clubhouse | clubhouse.com | Social | February 2021 – present | Blocked |
| Swiggy | swiggy.com | Food Service | Unknown–present | Blocked |
| Truth Social | truthsocial.com | Social Media | February 2022 – present | Blocked |
| National Weather Service | weather.gov | Weather | Unknown | Unblocked |
| Kanzhongguo(English) | visiontimes.com | Newspaper | Unknown-present | Blocked |
| Kanzhongguo(Chinese) | secretchina.com | Newspaper | Unknown-present | Blocked |
| Microsoft Copilot | Copilot.microsoft.com | Artificial Intelligence | October 2024 – present | Blocked |
| Telegram | telegram.org | Messaging | July 2015-present | Blocked |
| Voice of America(Chinese) | voachinese.com | Newspaper | Unknown-present | Blocked |
| Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher(by a famous anti-CCP Twitter poster) | lilaoshibushinilaoshi.com | Blog | June About 2023-present | Blocked |
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