Free proxy lists, explained with examples
Below is an example of a free proxy list, made for learning. The rows are illustrative examples, not live working proxies: a new set covering 18+ countries is generated each day to show how real lists are laid out. Even genuine public proxies are risky, so please don't rely on a free proxy for anything that matters. The rest of this page explains why, in plain English.
| IP | Port | Type | Anonymity | Country | Uptime | Latency | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204.47.26.64 | 40040 | SOCKS5 | Transparent | 🇩🇪 Germany | 68% | 380ms | 86m ago |
| 35.29.80.221 | 11664 | HTTP | Transparent | 🇮🇹 Italy | 58% | 330ms | 111m ago |
| 94.56.161.22 | 47787 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇮🇳 India | 50% | 1150ms | 227m ago |
| 139.201.181.241 | 38390 | SOCKS5 | Anonymous | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 94% | 291ms | 101m ago |
| 193.93.193.43 | 49747 | SOCKS4 | Transparent | 🇪🇸 Spain | 52% | 1099ms | 24m ago |
| 29.82.184.201 | 18454 | HTTPS | Anonymous | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 86% | 1354ms | 28m ago |
| 150.164.78.249 | 64377 | SOCKS4 | Transparent | 🇯🇵 Japan | 76% | 1034ms | 160m ago |
| 114.81.181.35 | 21926 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 🇨🇦 Canada | 67% | 948ms | 50m ago |
| 222.65.142.111 | 19267 | SOCKS5 | Transparent | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 69% | 214ms | 223m ago |
| 219.94.250.116 | 24155 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 🇺🇸 United States | 93% | 894ms | 119m ago |
| 197.16.174.235 | 56067 | SOCKS5 | Transparent | 🇦🇺 Australia | 66% | 535ms | 113m ago |
| 3.182.149.92 | 14283 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 🇦🇺 Australia | 92% | 271ms | 141m ago |
| 207.204.33.66 | 32807 | HTTP | Transparent | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 93% | 580ms | 54m ago |
| 187.110.245.71 | 2419 | HTTP | Elite | 🇩🇪 Germany | 50% | 222ms | 124m ago |
| 39.150.8.109 | 19851 | SOCKS5 | Anonymous | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 79% | 1109ms | 52m ago |
| 220.97.185.244 | 55280 | HTTPS | Transparent | 🇯🇵 Japan | 64% | 1139ms | 235m ago |
| 143.68.214.228 | 19186 | SOCKS4 | Transparent | 🇦🇺 Australia | 85% | 629ms | 148m ago |
| 108.183.37.38 | 23901 | HTTPS | Anonymous | 🇩🇪 Germany | 82% | 1482ms | 156m ago |
| 214.28.205.215 | 23268 | SOCKS5 | Transparent | 🇵🇱 Poland | 45% | 1435ms | 60m ago |
| 193.85.111.27 | 45349 | SOCKS5 | Transparent | 🇷🇺 Russia | 72% | 709ms | 37m ago |
| 172.240.236.197 | 30798 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇩🇪 Germany | 48% | 345ms | 66m ago |
| 175.249.234.32 | 24159 | HTTP | Transparent | 🇵🇱 Poland | 59% | 1419ms | 209m ago |
| 15.30.234.99 | 41750 | SOCKS4 | Transparent | 🇷🇺 Russia | 78% | 119ms | 18m ago |
| 159.26.146.158 | 15922 | SOCKS4 | Anonymous | 🇮🇹 Italy | 93% | 1064ms | 78m ago |
| 36.101.246.55 | 48815 | SOCKS4 | Anonymous | 🇷🇺 Russia | 94% | 1010ms | 182m ago |
| 92.202.21.230 | 29366 | SOCKS4 | Anonymous | 🇮🇳 India | 82% | 555ms | 42m ago |
| 222.195.1.186 | 61938 | HTTP | Elite | 🇨🇦 Canada | 69% | 1478ms | 182m ago |
| 154.182.159.163 | 49880 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 60% | 116ms | 214m ago |
| 215.150.75.242 | 45154 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 🇫🇷 France | 68% | 1059ms | 236m ago |
| 30.116.189.91 | 5773 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇮🇹 Italy | 85% | 1313ms | 38m ago |
| 181.239.97.73 | 51027 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇩🇪 Germany | 93% | 452ms | 156m ago |
| 148.208.200.33 | 57256 | HTTPS | Anonymous | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 70% | 1048ms | 211m ago |
| 1.160.12.48 | 42526 | HTTPS | Transparent | 🇺🇸 United States | 77% | 272ms | 203m ago |
| 141.58.218.191 | 15953 | HTTP | Anonymous | 🇫🇷 France | 49% | 601ms | 119m ago |
| 137.109.60.8 | 49157 | HTTPS | Transparent | 🇪🇸 Spain | 63% | 1314ms | 204m ago |
| 23.220.155.237 | 23642 | HTTPS | Anonymous | 🇦🇺 Australia | 45% | 987ms | 79m ago |
| 42.49.123.199 | 11521 | HTTP | Anonymous | 🇵🇱 Poland | 91% | 1237ms | 18m ago |
| 141.173.252.171 | 11921 | HTTPS | Anonymous | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 74% | 1379ms | 2m ago |
| 125.23.40.53 | 38526 | HTTPS | Anonymous | 🇫🇷 France | 92% | 120ms | 150m ago |
| 167.190.71.129 | 17026 | SOCKS5 | Anonymous | 🇮🇹 Italy | 84% | 438ms | 81m ago |
| 51.83.12.64 | 35302 | HTTPS | Transparent | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 63% | 871ms | 169m ago |
| 218.103.57.142 | 23917 | SOCKS4 | Anonymous | 🇦🇺 Australia | 67% | 534ms | 221m ago |
| 116.178.9.196 | 15973 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 84% | 1333ms | 10m ago |
| 89.215.27.151 | 40168 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 69% | 706ms | 230m ago |
| 210.239.105.68 | 56128 | HTTP | Elite | 🇮🇳 India | 87% | 916ms | 123m ago |
| 108.32.206.122 | 53264 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇨🇦 Canada | 84% | 1161ms | 172m ago |
| 218.87.24.221 | 19503 | SOCKS4 | Anonymous | 🇪🇸 Spain | 59% | 539ms | 217m ago |
| 68.43.17.227 | 24656 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇩🇪 Germany | 89% | 1310ms | 122m ago |
| 168.96.83.213 | 3263 | HTTP | Transparent | 🇪🇸 Spain | 65% | 161ms | 100m ago |
| 170.155.47.53 | 47850 | SOCKS4 | Transparent | 🇮🇳 India | 63% | 233ms | 166m ago |
| 214.42.93.145 | 27846 | SOCKS5 | Anonymous | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 75% | 1499ms | 54m ago |
| 95.144.84.191 | 17366 | SOCKS4 | Elite | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 80% | 362ms | 183m ago |
| 205.238.156.27 | 4154 | SOCKS5 | Elite | 🇨🇦 Canada | 76% | 1481ms | 107m ago |
| 18.173.50.115 | 45500 | SOCKS4 | Transparent | 🇷🇺 Russia | 46% | 856ms | 60m ago |
| 149.176.254.62 | 29182 | HTTPS | Transparent | 🇪🇸 Spain | 67% | 483ms | 1m ago |
| 78.49.102.190 | 54801 | HTTPS | Anonymous | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 46% | 371ms | 38m ago |
| 86.148.205.125 | 21476 | HTTPS | Transparent | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 83% | 1179ms | 206m ago |
| 127.147.48.28 | 49877 | SOCKS4 | Anonymous | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 51% | 1244ms | 179m ago |
| 101.226.162.23 | 51921 | HTTPS | Elite | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 66% | 531ms | 7m ago |
| 153.148.60.178 | 36148 | HTTP | Elite | 🇫🇷 France | 70% | 1408ms | 184m ago |
Every row above is an illustrative example, not a live proxy. The IP addresses, ports, uptime, latency and check times are generated for this page and change each day, so please don't try to connect to them. Real public proxies come and go within hours anyway, which is why no free list can promise that an entry still works. When you need a proxy that does connect, see our paid proxies (a 99.9% uptime target, and sub-50ms latency to most targets on datacenter IPs).
⚠️ Five things to know before trying any free proxy
- You don't know who runs a public proxy. Whoever it is can record your traffic, change the pages you load, insert adverts and capture your passwords, and many of them do.
- Expect one to be working only about 30-60% of the time. Entries stop working quickly, and lists are full of repeats.
- Most have already been misused by other people, so big websites recognise them and turn them away, often within seconds.
- Response times are all over the place, from 80ms to 5,000ms, and nobody promises any level of service (there is no SLA, or service-level agreement).
- Speeds often top out near 100KB/s, which is too slow for video, big downloads or any job you need to finish.
Fine for: following a tutorial, quick throwaway tests, and seeing how a harmless public page looks from another country.
Never use one for: logging in to any account, collecting data from sites that don't allow it, anything involving payments, or anything you wouldn't want a stranger to read.
Who runs free proxies, and why are they free?
Almost every entry on a public list comes from one of three places:
- Servers left open by mistake - someone set up a basic HTTP proxy, forgot to lock it, and scanning tools found it on an open port.
- Honeypots (traps) - proxies made public on purpose by security researchers or attackers who want to record the traffic going through them.
- Leaked free trials - trial access to paid services, copied and posted on public lists.
You can't rely on any of these sources, and none of them is safe. Most entries last a few hours, some a few days, and a good share are run by people with bad intentions.
How you would test a real free proxy
The rows above are only examples, so they won't work. If you take an entry from a real public list and you understand the risks, test it like this:
- Copy its address and port, and set your browser or app to use
IP:PORT. - Check it first with our proxy checker - on public lists, roughly half don't respond at all.
- If you use curl (a command-line program that loads web pages), add the
--proxyoption for an HTTP/HTTPS proxy. - For a SOCKS proxy, use a program that supports SOCKS and an address starting with
socks5://. - Open our My IP tool to make sure your IP address has actually changed.
- Don't sign in to anything or type any passwords, and keep your personal email well away from it.
Signs you've outgrown free proxies
Think about paying once you find yourself doing any of these:
- Logging in to a real account, such as one for your shop or business.
- Collecting data you rely on (always within each site's terms).
- Running an automated task that loses you money when it breaks.
- Needing a location that stays put and is accurate.
- Sending more than 100 requests.
Our paid proxies start at just $2.49 per GB, and you only pay for the data you order. Once you count the hours lost to dead free proxies, that often works out as the better deal. And whatever you use proxies for, please stay within each website's terms of service and the law where you live.
Free proxy lists in plain English
It's simply a table of proxy servers that anyone on the internet can connect to. Each row usually shows an IP:PORT pair (the server's address and the numbered "door" it listens on), plus details such as the protocol, the country, the anonymity level and when it was last checked. The table at the top of this page is an illustrative example with made-up rows, refreshed daily, so you can see what these lists look like. With a real list, you point your browser or app at one of the entries and your traffic travels through that machine instead of going straight to the website.
Why do people use them? They cost nothing, and within a couple of minutes your traffic can be coming from a different IP. The catch is that "free" here really means "run by someone else, with nobody responsible": no one looks after the speed, the security, or how long an entry keeps working before it disappears. So use free lists to learn how proxies behave, not for anything you depend on. If it still needs to work tomorrow morning, a managed paid service is the honest recommendation.
How to set up a proxy, free or paid
Setting up works the same way for any proxy: you give your browser or app the address and port, plus a username and password if it's a paid one. Here's where those details go in the three places people use most.
In a web browser
Open the proxy settings, choose manual setup and type in the IP address and port. Firefox lets you enter a proxy in its own settings; Chrome and Edge use your computer's system proxy settings instead. Then save, open any page and use the tools further down to see whether your IP has changed.
In a command-line tool
In cURL (a command-line tool for fetching web pages), put --proxy http://IP:PORT in the command for an HTTP/HTTPS proxy; for SOCKS5, use --proxy socks5://IP:PORT instead. Many other command-line programs read the http_proxy / https_proxy environment variables (named settings that programs pick up from your system).
In your own code
If you write scripts, the usual tools (Python requests, Scrapy, Puppeteer, Playwright) all take the proxy as one address in the form scheme://IP:PORT. Free entries vanish all the time, so add timeouts and retries. With a paid proxy you just put a username and password into the same address.
Want step-by-step help for each tool? Our guide on how to use a proxy walks you through it. Whatever you set up, check that your IP really changed before you rely on it.
Reading the labels on a proxy list
The example table above uses the same labels you'll find on real free lists. They tell you two things: the protocol (how your app talks to the proxy) and how much the proxy reveals about you to the website. Learn them and you can read any list and pick the least risky entry for a quick test.
Protocol labels
Made for everyday web pages and simple API calls, and easy to set up. The connection between you and the proxy isn't encrypted, so a dishonest owner can read everything you send.
Passes encrypted (TLS) connections through without being able to read what's inside them. For a looked-after version, see our HTTPS proxies.
A lower-level kind of proxy that can carry any TCP traffic, and UDP too with SOCKS5, not just web pages. Handy for apps other than browsers. Read about our SOCKS5 proxies.
Anonymity labels
Hides your real IP and gives no sign that a proxy is being used, so it's the label that promises the most privacy. The trouble is that on a free list you can't check whether that promise is true.
Hides your real IP, but adds headers (extra lines of information sent with each request) that show a proxy is involved. Good enough for a quick look at a page from another country, though any website can tell you're using a proxy.
Your real IP is sent to the website in the request headers, so there's next to no privacy. Only useful for caching or a rough connection test, and never for anything sensitive.
For a fuller, beginner-friendly look at each protocol, read proxy protocols explained.
The downsides of free proxies, honestly
Free proxies come with real risks, and the trade-offs are big. Know exactly what you're giving up before anything important passes through a stranger's computer.
Someone else can see your traffic
A free proxy is somebody else's computer sitting between you and the internet. Whoever owns it can save everything you send, add adverts or even malware to the pages you open, and read whatever you type. In fact, some lists exist only to catch people's data this way (these traps are called honeypots).
They stop working without warning
Public entries are typically up only 30–60% of the time and often disappear within hours. There's no SLA, dead entries aren't replaced and nobody tells you, so a list that worked at breakfast can be mostly useless by lunch.
Slow and unpredictable
Speeds are often limited to around 100 KB/s, and response times swing from 80 ms to several seconds. That makes video, big downloads and any high-volume work impractical.
Too many people share them
Thousands of people use the same free IPs, and some of them send spam. Websites notice, flag those addresses and block them again and again, so you end up looking at error pages instead of the content you wanted.
No one to ask for help
When something breaks, there's nobody to contact: no dashboard, no support tickets, no instructions. You're left with a dead IP and a list nobody may ever update.
The country label may be wrong
Country tags on free entries are often inaccurate and can change without notice. If you need to appear in a particular place, don't count on them.
If you do try one: six safety habits
Read the risks and still want to experiment with a real free proxy? That's your call. These habits help stop a learning exercise turning into a security problem on your own computer:
- ✓Never sign in, type a password or enter card details while connected through a free proxy.
- ✓Only visit HTTPS websites (look for the padlock in the address bar), so your traffic stays encrypted even if the proxy's owner is up to no good.
- ✓Skip anything marked transparent. Prefer elite or anonymous entries, and don't take the label on trust: test it with the anonymity tools further down this page.
- ✓Use a separate browser profile or container, so cookies and history stay apart from your everyday browsing.
- ✓Assume everything you send is being recorded, and send nothing you wouldn't be happy to see published.
- ✓The moment a task starts to matter, stop using free proxies and move to a managed service you can rely on.
Free or paid? A quick comparison
They're made for different jobs. Free proxies are for learning and tests you'll throw away afterwards; paid ones are for anything you rely on.
| Factor | Free public proxies | Our paid proxies |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime | About 30–60%, with no promises | 99.9% target |
| Speed | Often throttled and unpredictable | Dedicated bandwidth with steady speeds |
| Security | Run by strangers who may log your traffic | No traffic logs; encrypted connections |
| IP reputation | Shared by many and often blocked | Clean pools, sourced with consent |
| Support | None | Real people, 24/7 |
| Cost | No charge, but no reliability either | From $2.49/GB; pay only for what you order |
For the full picture, read our beginner's guide to free vs paid proxies.
Check any proxy before you trust it
On a real free list, plenty of entries are dead or leak your details, so testing isn't optional. Our free tools tell you within seconds whether a proxy responds and how much it really hides.
Proxy tester
Type in an IP:PORT and it tells you whether the proxy responds, which protocol it runs and roughly how quick it is, so you don't waste time on a dead one.
Anonymity check
See whether a proxy leaks your real IP or gives away that it's a proxy. Use it to find out whether an "elite" label is honest or the proxy is really transparent.
My IP
See the IP address and location that websites see for you, first without a proxy and then with one, so you know it's working.
You'll find every free check we offer on the proxy tools page.
Fair, low-risk uses for free proxies
Free proxies do have a place, as long as little is at stake and you stay within each site's terms of service and the law. Good uses include:
- ✓Learning the basics — following a beginner tutorial and seeing a website report a different IP for you.
- ✓Quick connection checks — finding out if a page opens when you connect through a different network or region.
- ✓Simple location checks — seeing how a public page looks from another country.
- ✓Practising the setup — trying out proxy settings in an app before you pay for a proxy.
Research, checking adverts, SEO and price tracking at any real scale need more than free entries can give, so use a managed service for those. And whatever you're doing, stick to publicly available data and to the rules of each site you visit.
Is it time to pay? A quick checklist
Here's a simple test: once the result matters, free proxies cost you more in time and trouble than they save. Switch when you:
- →Need results you can count on, because a failed run wastes your time or money.
- →Need a steady, accurate location while testing or checking something.
- →Send more than a handful of requests.
- →Want your traffic kept private, by a provider that doesn't log it.
- →Want a real person to help when something goes wrong.
Because you pay as you go, switching is cheap and simple. Use the proxy calculator to estimate your cost, then buy only the data you need.
What you get when you pay us
Four proxy types, each with one clear price per GB, on a network built to stay up. Every plan works over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5, lets you sign in with a username and password or an IP whitelist, and is delivered instantly with a fixed 30-day validity.
Datacenter
from $2.49/GB
Quick, low-cost server IPs for collecting data from open websites, uptime checks and repetitive automated jobs.
Datacenter proxies →Residential
from $3.98/GB
Real home IPs you can target by country or city. A good match for checking adverts, search rankings and market research.
Residential proxies →Mobile (4G/5G)
from $4.98/GB
IPs from real 4G/5G phone networks, which websites tend to trust. A natural fit for managing social media accounts and testing apps.
Mobile proxies →Residential Premium
from $6.99/GB
Our selected residential pool, kept for difficult websites where you want fewer retries.
Premium proxies →Where our IPs come from, and why we keep no logs
The main difference between our paid network and a free list is where the addresses come from. Our residential and mobile IPs belong to real home connections and real phone-network devices, shared under consent-based agreements. That's why websites tend to trust them and sessions stay steady, and it's something an anonymous free proxy simply can't offer.
Just as important, we keep no traffic logs: the sites you visit and the data you send are your business, and we neither record nor sell them. Add encrypted HTTPS and SOCKS5 connections and IP whitelisting, and you get far more privacy than a stranger's free proxy can give. We're a new brand, so we won't claim certifications we don't have. What we do offer is ethical sourcing that's fair to everyone involved.
Beginner questions about free proxies
No. The rows are illustrative examples generated for this page, not live, working proxies, and a new set is made each day to show what a free proxy list looks like. Real public proxies also appear and vanish within hours, so if you try one from a real list, test it with our proxy checker first.
Only for low-risk tests you can throw away. A stranger runs each free proxy and can record or change whatever passes through it, so never sign in, enter a password or pay for anything over one. For anything private, use a managed service that keeps no logs.
Free IPs are shared by huge numbers of people, misused by some of them and looked after by almost nobody. Websites flag them and many go offline. On a typical day, much of any real free list simply doesn't work, so test an entry before trusting it.
A transparent proxy passes your real IP on to the website. An anonymous one hides your IP but still shows that a proxy is in use. An elite proxy hides both. You cannot confirm these labels on a free list yourself, so run an entry through our anonymity check before believing it.
Using a proxy is legal in most countries. What can get you into trouble is what you do through it: that still has to follow the law where you are and the terms of service of every website you visit, so stick to publicly available data.
When the result matters: when you need proxies that stay up, a fixed location, decent speed, more volume, better security or someone to help. Our paid proxies start at $2.49/GB and you only pay for the data you order, so moving up is cheap and quick.
Still wondering about something? Our main FAQ covers lots more.
Ready for a proxy that actually connects?
Our paid proxies come with a 99.9% uptime target, steady speeds, consent-based sourcing, no traffic logs and real people on hand 24/7. Plans begin at $2.49/GB with instant delivery, and the data you order is the only thing you pay for.
