torrent-dht
Nyaa
The leading torrent index for anime and East Asian media. Its RSS feed doubles as a simple keyless query API, and results link out to the torrent pages. The place to look for old fansubs, out-of-print releases and Japanese media that never got a Western edition. As with any torrent index, treat results as links of varying legality.
Why it’s useful & how it works
Nyaa is the de facto standard torrent index for anime and East Asian media, used by fans, subtitle groups, and archivists worldwide. It is the first place to look for fansub releases, out-of-print Japanese titles, and media that never received a Western distribution. Echo surfaces results through Nyaa's RSS feed, which acts as a simple keyless query API returning torrent entries with titles, file sizes, and seeder counts. Results link to individual Nyaa torrent pages where you can download a .torrent file or copy a magnet link.
What’s inside
A large focused index built over more than a decade, covering anime series and films, manga scans, Japanese music, and related East Asian media. It attracts tens of millions of visitors per month, reflecting the breadth of material available.
API access
https://nyaa.si/?page=rss&q= <query> (XML)
What we measured
Our own probes, not the archive’s own claims. Re-run periodically; every reading below is dated.
Reachability
- Direct request
- Responded HTTP 200 312 ms
- Through a datacenter proxy
- Responded HTTP 200 876 ms
- API, direct
- Responded HTTP 200 523 ms
- API, through a proxy
- Responded HTTP 200 1 s
Did a real search return anything?
Returned results · 37 results for the sample query · median 11.3 s · flaky across runs
Slow: budget for long waits, or call it asynchronously.
Benchmark coverage
Found 4 of 10 test items (40%) in the Torrents cluster. Median response 920 ms.
By how well known the item is: 2/2 well-known, 2/6 mid, 0/2 obscure .
Reachability measured 2026-08-22. Search checked 2026-08-22. Benchmark run 2026-08-22.
Access
Programmatic API access (a key may be required, see the API tag).
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