bit.ly
Mixed
Results vary across bit.ly: of 352 URLs tested, 197 are blocked, 45 are disrupted some of the time, 63 load normally and 47 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall resets the connection, blocks the connection outright and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 10,036 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-07, the most recent on 2026-08-10.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://bit.lyas of 2026Blockedhttps://bit.lyNot blockedPages and subdomains (78)
http://bit.ly/acas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/6663as of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/dWDsx9Blockedhttp://bit.ly/GC5mV1Blockedhttp://bit.ly/AjZgM0as of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/MwpzTfas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/U8Ys7nas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/PUYyhPas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/RRjqHWas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/9Df8yOas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/OYgnscas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/ZEoLG9Blockedhttp://bit.ly/sd1122Blockedhttps://bit.ly/_H365as of 2026Not blockedhttp://bit.ly/5688ccas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/6663ccBlockedhttps://bit.ly/GC5mV1as of 2026Not blockedhttps://bit.ly/N3ufROas of 2026Not blockedhttps://bit.ly/KhDUnKNot blockedhttps://bit.ly/LK1QvMas of 2026Not blockedhttps://bit.ly/Ngri1das of 2026Not blockedhttps://bit.ly/9Df8yONot blockedhttps://bit.ly/M7ha80Not blockedhttps://bit.ly/UXH6raNot blockedhttps://bit.ly/ZGn3kBNot blockedhttp://bit.ly/183NZzBBlockedhttp://bit.ly/14vWjAtBlockedhttp://bit.ly/12dWp5MBlockedhttp://bit.ly/107o9m7Blockedhttp://bit.ly/16EF1Xras of 2026Blockedhttps://bit.ly/4klbg8Not blockedhttp://bit.ly/1arKRcUBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1eR6uHPas of 2026Intermittenthttp://bit.ly/1dhCg34as of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1c4wOzxBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1cWAkr6as of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1lLueQVas of 2026Intermittenthttp://bit.ly/1kS9U0gBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1mdKyuwas of 2026Blockedhttps://bit.ly/RRjqHWas of 2026Intermittenthttp://bit.ly/1kRdBUiBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1nl8JdKBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1jnSWD9Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1iOTodSBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1jLqostBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1lQiRbxas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1f7tpmnBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1pvknkUas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1pVFltqas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1A01UjdBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1qKhHkgas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1rO8U4das of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1DhEL0hBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1a9QWxdBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1zwR0Tdas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1zCRBmaas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1zMovk4Intermittenthttp://bit.ly/1xtbA9Pas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1Evca71Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1LcfYO4as of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/17RZlsZas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1KdQU75Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1LoPtWEas of 2026Intermittenthttp://bit.ly/1LZV9pGas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1CZQ5juBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1EJI8OMBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1L6tm9Uas of 2026Intermittenthttp://bit.ly/1EI708iBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1bnmO70Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1CQjoppBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1C3Nt1cBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1y5VG0Xas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1NiamkGas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1CBqdcqBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1MKmaBkas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1ya0sQAas of 2026Blockedhttp://bit.ly/1vveuuFBlockedhttp://bit.ly/1E8mdgLas of 2026BlockedShowing 80 of 352 tested URLs under this domain. See them all
About bit.ly and the Great Firewall
Results vary across bit.ly: of 352 URLs tested, 197 are blocked, 45 are disrupted some of the time, 63 load normally and 47 have no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall resets the connection, blocks the connection outright and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 10,036 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-07, the most recent on 2026-08-10.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://bit.ly is blocked, https://bit.ly is not blocked. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks bit.ly. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.
Elsewhere on the site
bit.ly is ranked #110 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).
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