Dark Web Statistics 2026

First-party live numbers from the Just Onion directory. Updated 2026-09-20 06:18 UTC.

92,068

Sites indexed

Every .onion site the crawler has ever discovered

996

Live

Currently listed in the Just Onion directory

996 (100%)

Reachable

Live sites responding in the latest crawl

1,872

Active hosts

Individual reachable .onion hostnames

51.54%

Host uptime

Share of active hosts reachable right now

1,200

New this month

883

Pending review

85,751

Removed / blacklisted

9,561

Searchable docs

Total .onion sites indexed — last 30 days

Aug 21 92,068 sites today Sep 20

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

Measured uptime — last 30 days

9.73%

Uptime 7d

10.53%

Uptime 30d

13.74%

Uptime 90d

32823.5 ms

Avg response

4,290,009

Pings (30d)

584,335

Hosts checked

Aug 22 Sep 20

Actual uptime measured by repeated reachability checks (4,290,009 checks across 584,335 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	New 30d
Uncategorized	128	128	100%	3
Links/Wiki	125	125	100%	1
Crypto	91	91	100%	3
Technology	89	89	100%	1
Search Engines	85	85	100%	2
Hosting	79	79	100%	2
Communities	69	69	100%	1
Blogs	39	39	100%	0
Privacy Tools	19	19	100%	0
News	11	11	100%	0
Email	10	10	100%	0
Educationals	4	4	100%	0

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.
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.