RARBG was one of the most popular torrent servers on the Internet. It specializes in high quality video and has been operating since 2008 in various domains adding millions of users. He just said goodbye, as we read in TorrentFreak.

Torrent sites, like other peer-to-peer file sharing networks that we know as P2P, are not going through the best of times, although still millions of users who use them daily for its ability to distribute large files and as an alternative to a server-based distribution system.

Legal pressure from the industry due to copyright issues, reduced ranking in major search engines such as Google, and the explosion of streaming services as the preferred method of consuming multimedia content is reducing P2P usage, and although BitTorrent is the only system that still maintains large traffic numbers, the reality is that it has lost some users as well as large specialized portals.

Goodbye RARBG

Launched in 2008, this portal has become a key player in the torrent ecosystem within a short period of time. Not only did the site attract millions of visitors per month from around the world, but it was also a major startup hub, bridging the gap between the scene and the general public.

The site specialized in high quality video content, from DVD to high definition Blu-ray. Mostly pirated content so as not to deceive us, but with others in the public domain and original versions that have always maintained great picture and sound quality.

But nothing lasts forever and the page said goodbye with a short text message that can be seen on the official page citing the death of someone from the Ukrainian war team as the reasons for COVID, where they quote that “some fight on both sides”.

He also talks about economic problems to maintain these type of sites that today do not show the “millionaire” income that the industry was talking about. «Inflation makes it impossible to meet our daily expenses. Therefore, we can no longer operate these sites without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After a unanimous vote, we decided that we can no longer do this.’.

Farewell to this site marks the end of RARBG’s popular releases, many of which have been shared on other torrent sites, and is one of the biggest closures from those of KickassTorrents, ExtraTorrent or Torrentz in 2016, although in the latter case the closure was forced after the arrest of its administrator for copyright infringement. Other smaller portals will certainly take their place, but the real RARBG no longer exists.