Hagezi DNS blocklists
Shares rank 2 of 5 filter lists by recommenders
Free DNS blocklists that block ads, trackers and telemetry domains across a whole network, so people say most unwanted traffic is stopped before it loads.
Free DNS blocklists that block ads, trackers and telemetry domains across a whole network, so people say most unwanted traffic is stopped before it loads.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 12 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 12 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Blocks ads and trackers network-wide
“The first thing everyone should do is to use a network-wide DNS blacklist against all known trackers”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world” “I block most known advertizing/tracking domains at the DNS level”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting” “blocks Meta/Facebook/Google/Apple trackers and ads”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “The workers behind Meta's smart glasses can see everything” - Comment from 1 Jan 2026 in “Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups”
Excellent, aggressive blacklists
“I filter ads and trackers using an aggressive blacklist”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Shutting down our public encrypted DNS” “Hagezi's excellent blacklists”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector”
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| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uBlock Origin YouTube Shorts filter list | 20 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Hagezi DNS blocklistsThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 12 | — | — |
| AI uBlock Blacklist | 9 | 10 | 47% | 4 | — | — |
| StevenBlack hosts | 7 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| EasyList | 6 | 3 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“using the Hagezi blocklist”
“the relevant blacklists can be obtained from here”
“Hagezi's excellent blacklists”
“I filter ads and trackers using an aggressive blacklist”
“filtered by Hagezi's blacklists”
“Does not have to be branded adguard to work.”
“using some of the hagezi DNS block lists which is a nice sanity check”
“There are good blacklists with millions of telemetry domains”
“DNS-blocking with block-list like hegazi is IMO the best option”
“blocks Meta/Facebook/Google/Apple trackers and ads”
“Once you have the hagezi rpz files including threat information feed though you really have blocked most silliness.”
“The first thing everyone should do is to use a network-wide DNS blacklist against all known trackers”
“I haven't seen an ad or a pop-up in years.”
“together with Hagezi's blacklists to provide DNS filtering”
“I block most known advertizing/tracking domains at the DNS level”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.