YTS review

YTS (YTS.bz) is the most visited movie torrent site in the world – it topped TorrentFreak’s list of the most popular torrent sites again at the start of 2026. It is known for one thing: small, good-quality movie files in 720p, 1080p and 2160p (4K), with a clean, poster-based design.

What is YTS? YIFY and YTS explained

The original YIFY / YTS release group shut down in 2015 after legal pressure from the film industry. Soon after, a new site took over the name and the encoding style. Today’s YTS is that unofficial successor: it has nothing to do with the original group, but it kept releasing compact movie encodes under the YTS brand and became the reference point for “YIFY movies”.

What can you find on YTS?

Only movies – no TV shows, games or software. Each film has a page with poster, synopsis, IMDb rating, trailer and the available versions (720p, 1080p, 2160p, sometimes 3D) with their size. The files are small, which makes them quick to download, but the video and audio are more compressed than larger releases you find on general torrent sites.

• browse by genre, quality, year and rating;
• download a .torrent file or a magnet link for every version;
• no account needed to download – an account only adds comments and a watchlist.

Is YTS safe?

The site itself has few ads compared with most torrent sites, but there are two things to know. First, in 2020 the operator signed a settlement in a US court case and handed over user data (email and IP addresses of registered users) to film studios, and some users later received legal claims. Second, the name is so popular that there are dozens of fake YTS sites with similar addresses that push ads or malware. On a public torrent your IP is visible to everyone, so use a VPN that allows torrenting and don’t register with your real email.

YTS down? New official domain, mirrors and proxies

YTS changes address often. It moved from YTS.ag to YTS.am, YTS.lt and then YTS.mx, which suddenly stopped working in November 2025. In January 2026 it moved to YTS.bz, and YTS.lt redirects there. In May 2026 the site was also down for more than two days before coming back. Our YTS status page checks the official domain automatically, so you can see if it is up or down right now. Be careful with “YTS proxy” lists: most of them are copies, not mirrors. Our guide on how to spot fake clone sites explains what to look for.

YTS alternatives: sites like YTS

If you want better-quality files or TV shows, 1337x and The Pirate Bay have far more releases, and private trackers such as TorrentLeech offer the cleanest copies. Our list of YTS alternatives ranks them all by score.

Our YTS verdict

YTS is the easiest place to grab a movie quickly: a clean site, small files and every popular title. It is not the place for top quality, its past with user data is a real warning, and you should only use the official domain and a VPN.