Dark Web Statistics 2026

First-party live numbers from the Just Onion directory. Updated 2026-11-01 06:17 UTC.

95,672

Sites indexed

Every .onion site the crawler has ever discovered

1,554

Live

Currently listed in the Just Onion directory

1,554 (100%)

Reachable

Live sites responding in the latest crawl

1,584

Active hosts

Individual reachable .onion hostnames

99.11%

Host uptime

Share of active hosts reachable right now

2,543

New this month

147

Pending review

88,399

Removed / blacklisted

114,761

Searchable docs

Total .onion sites indexed — last 30 days

Oct 2 95,672 sites today Nov 1

Daily snapshot of the Just Onion directory, re-computed every night from the crawl.

Measured uptime — last 30 days

16.41%

Uptime 7d

11.95%

Uptime 30d

13.13%

Uptime 90d

31681.4 ms

Avg response

1,798,277

Pings (30d)

500,302

Hosts checked

Oct 3 Nov 1

Actual uptime measured by repeated reachability checks (1,798,277 checks across 500,302 hosts in the last 30 days). Bars are colored by daily uptime: green ≥ 90%, amber ≥ 70%, red below.

Live sites by category

Category	Live	Reachable	Uptime	Clicks
Uncategorized	108	108	100%	26,552
Links/Wiki	76	76	100%	32,817
Technology	73	73	100%	28,974
Crypto	72	72	100%	9,889
Search Engines	71	71	100%	63,132
Communities	65	65	100%	46,037
Hosting	61	61	100%	33,585
Blogs	38	38	100%	11,004
Privacy Tools	10	10	100%	2,020
News	9	9	100%	1,544
Email	7	7	100%	483
Educationals	5	5	100%	363

How we count

Indexed — every .onion site the crawler has ever discovered.
Live — currently listed in the Just Onion directory.
Reachable — live sites responding in the latest crawl.
Active hosts — individual reachable .onion hostnames.
Host uptime — share of active hosts reachable right now.
Measured uptime — actual uptime from repeated reachability checks over 7/30/90 days, plus average response time.
New this month — sites first discovered in the last 30 days.
Clicks — all-time clicks on the category's sites in our search results (325,440 recorded in total).
Pending review — discovered sites still awaiting moderation.
Removed / blacklisted — sites disabled by our moderators (spam, illegal or dangerous content).
Searchable docs — documents available through Just Onion search.

All numbers are computed from the Just Onion directory database, updated nightly by our crawler. Snapshots are recorded every day so the trends reflect real growth.