Onion
Onion sites are websites on the dark web that use the .onion top-level domain and are only accessible through online routing through Tor.
According to our data, Onion is present on 0.01% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
community.torproject.org
Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 46
- Market share: 0.01%
🏆 Onion Awards
- ⬆️ 46th most popular in the United States in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using Onion
We have data on 476 websites that use Onion. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Onion is 
x.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x.com |
https://twitter3e4tixl4xyajtrzo62zg5vztmjuricljdp2c5kshju4avyoid.onion/ | #12 | United States | English |
| 2 | #24 | English | |||
| 3 | https://archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion/ | #38 | United States | English | |
| 4 | https://www.guardian2zotagl6tmjucg3lrhxdk4dw3lhbqnkvvkywawy3oqfoprid.onion/us | #55 | English | ||
| 5 | #107 | English | |||
| 6 | #193 | Moldova | English | ||
| 7 | duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion | #202 | United States | American English | |
| 8 | #257 | Moldova | English | ||
| 9 | #364 | English | |||
| 10 | #382 | Moldova | English | ||
| 11 | #444 | Moldova | English | ||
| 12 | #503 | Moldova | English | ||
| 13 | #1,118 | Moldova | English | ||
| 14 | http://www.dwnewsgngmhlplxy6o2twtfgjnrnjxbegbwqx6wnotdhkzt562tszfid.onion/ | #1,178 | Germany | ||
| 15 | https://protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion/ | #1,267 | Switzerland | English | |
| 16 | https://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/index.html | #1,368 | English | ||
| 17 | #1,874 | Netherlands | English | ||
| 18 | #1,902 | English | |||
| 19 | http://zervmwoc5flabhlh3heegnspbpoebbgr3kgkaarkpnz2gtsuunlxgqyd.onion/!p4608;web/ | #2,481 | Germany | German | |
| 20 | #2,720 | Moldova | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Onion:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the General News category.
Most of the sites using Onion are from the United States, Germany, and Russia.
- United States 18.8%
- Germany 11%
- Russia 10.4%
- Netherlands 6.4%
- France 4.9%
- Moldova 4.3%
- United Kingdom 3.5%
- Sweden 3.2%
- Canada 2.9%
- Other 34.6%
Most Onion users speak English, Russian, or German.
- English 68.6%
- Russian 8.7%
- German 5.1%
- French 3.6%
- Spanish 1.7%
- Italian 0.6%
- Czech 0.6%
- Turkish 0.6%
- Thai 0.6%
- Other 9.9%
Onion is especially popular on .com, .org, and .net top-level domains.
- .com 26.9%
- .org 18.3%
- .net 6.5%
- .de 3.6%
- .ru 2.9%
- .info 2.5%
- .io 2.5%
- .to 1.1%
- .ca 0.8%
- Other 34.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Onion include general news, Internet services, and blogs and wiki.
- General News 24.3%
- Internet Services 10.4%
- Blogs/Wiki 8.3%
- Business 6.3%
- Politics/Opinion 5.6%
- Finance/Banking 4.2%
- Education/Reference 3.5%
- Software/Hardware 3.5%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 3.5%
- Other 30.4%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Which country uses Onion the most?
The majority of Onion users are from the United States.
Who uses Onion?
According to our data, Onion is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as x.com, archive.org, and
theguardian.com.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.