KickAssTorrents (KAT) has been one of the most famous websites for downloading various content from torrent links. Whether we’re talking about music, games, movies, or ebooks, this website has pretty much everything a person could dream about. As it was expected, the US authorities have managed to take down the website.
Although we’re absolutely sure that none of our readers would ever download files from torrent websites, we need to speak a bit about such controversial corners of the internet for educational purposes. Whether we like it or not, torrent websites still play a major role in the lives of many of those who constantly want to get their hands on music, movies, or games without paying for them.
It was also the same for KickAssTorrents. But even though the website has been taken down, there are lots of discussions on forums and blogs that it might come back. Well, that wasn’t the case so far, but there are still plenty of “clones” out there.
KickAssTorrent is not dead. It’s transforming
Technically speaking, we can say that KickAssTorrents is dead. The website has been shut down. But there are too many alternatives out there that look exactly like the real deal. Many people are nostalgic about the original KAT, so they try to mimic it as much as possible.
Here are some of the alternatives to KAT:
- kat.am
- kickasstorrent.cr
- kickasstorrents.pw
- katcr.to
- kickasstorrents.unblockninja.com
- kickass.torrentbay.net
- kickass.sx
- kickasstorrents.cr
If, by some chance, you decide not to play by the rules and are willing to access such websites, you must keep in mind that you will need a VPN. In this way, your identity will be hidden.
Will the real KickAssTorrents ever come back?
This is the million-dollar question: will the original KickAssTorrents ever come back? The truth is that there are no hints out there that the website will ever come back in its original form. There have already been more than seven years since the website’s domain was seized by the US government, which means that it wouldn’t be too rational to bet on a true ‘revival.’ Otherwise, there are plenty of clones that are bombarded with DMCA reports by various companies that are mad at those websites for offering access to copyrighted materials.
KickAssTorrents: a bit of history
The original KickAssTorrents torrent website was established a long time ago, in 2008. The founder is Artem Vaulin, and his website gathered notoriety relatively fast. One of the reasons behind the huge popularity of KAT was that the platform was available in multiple languages. Even though English was the primary language, KAT was available in a total of more than 30 languages.
To be more precise, KAT became the most popular BitTorrent directory in the entire world in 2014. That means only six years after it was founded. The website even became more popular than The Pirate Bay.
Throughout its history, KAT evolved across a few different domains, and the operators planned to do so every six months. That’s because the US authorities were constantly trying to shut down the website.
Surely, in the end, those who are die-hard fans of the KickAssTorrents website might say that there’s nothing like the real deal, and perhaps they’re right. But still, exploring the alternatives to the original website can still be useful for educational purposes.
