One of the most popular torrent sites for downloading pirated and high-quality versions of movies and TV shows was undoubtedly RARBG. Unfortunately, this site is no longer available. The owners of the site announced that they were closing the website, with a statement that shocked everyone.
RARBG has been around since 2008, but a number of factors seem to have caused the people behind the site to close their virtual doors.
Those who want to visit the RARBG site now only see a short message on the site. The reasons for the shutdown of the site are explained in the message as follows:
“Hello,
We would like to inform you that we have decided to close our site. The last 2 years have been very difficult for us – some on our team died from covid complications, others still suffer from the side effects and are unable to work. Some are also fighting in Europe; on both sides…
In addition, the increase in electricity prices in data centers in Europe affected us a lot. Inflation makes our daily expenditures unbearable.
Therefore, we can no longer operate this site due to large expenses that we cannot afford out of pocket.
We have unanimously decided that we can no longer do this.
We are sad 🙁
Goodbye…”
According to website analytics tool Similarweb, the RARBG site had over 40 million visitors in April 2023. Torrent Freak had ranked it as the fourth largest torrent site in January 2023.
The shutdown was certainly sudden, but not surprising. It’s no secret that hosting costs and energy costs are increasing worldwide in general and in Europe in particular.
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