# 1337x

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/1337x/

5 people recommended 1337x in Hacker News comments and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a well-run public torrent index that shows seeder and leecher counts to gauge popularity. The caveat is that it is annoying to use at times and some recent episodes are missing.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 5 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Shows seeder and leecher counts (1 comment in the sample): "Use literally any torrent indexer (I use 1337x) and you'll be able to see # of seeders/leechers to determine popularity." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46201941))
- Well-run public tracker (1 comment in the sample): "a competently run public tracker like 1337x" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112505))
- Preferred over other public sites (1 comment in the sample): "there are better public sites too, like 1337x" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49592334))

## What people warn about

- Annoying to use at times (1 comment in the sample): "and even 1337x is too annoying to use at times compared to RuTracker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47784015))
- Missing newest season episodes (1 comment in the sample): "only individual episodes on 1337 (of which none are from the newest season" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380419))

## Other torrent trackers people recommend

- [The Pirate Bay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pirate-bay/): 22 recommend, 11 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Rutracker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rutracker/): 13 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Bitmagnet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitmagnet/): 6 recommend, 3 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "1337x", https://hackerapproved.com/p/1337x/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.