bitly.com

Mixed

Results vary across bitly.com: of 24 URLs tested, 2 are blocked, 16 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The site itself, https://bitly.com, loads normally. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright, returns empty responses and resets the connection. 1,188 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-07-08, the most recent on 2026-06-24.

24URLs tested
2blocked
1,188tests all-time
2011first tested
1 mo agolast tested

The site itself

http://bitly.comNot blockedhttps://bitly.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://bitly.com:80Not enough datahttp://www.bitly.comNot blocked

Pages and subdomains (20)

http://bitly.com/Qrn8FPNot blockedhttp://bitly.com/pd5109Blockedhttps://bitly.com/ttdd9Not enough datahttp://bitly.com/1TqkQ6tNot blockedhttp://bitly.com/1MhKBjhNot enough datahttp://bitly.com/1qxPbqkas of 2023Not blockedhttp://bitly.com/teindaaaas of 2025Not blockedhttps://bitly.com/1N3Qeo3Not enough datahttps://bitly.com/shortenNot blockedhttp://bitly.com/1GsPu5WeNot blockedhttps://bitly.com/1SHXRS7Blockedhttps://bitly.com/feelingsas of 2026Not blockedhttp://bitly.com/te_close2uNot enough datahttp://bitly.com/cm-cancro250415Not enough datahttp://app.bitly.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://blog.bitly.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://app.bitly.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://cname.bitly.comNot blockedhttp://www.bitly.com?main=as of 2026Not blockedhttps://app.bitly.com/Bj2bmv9eloc/bitlinks/2KKF1zYNot blocked

About bitly.com and the Great Firewall

Is bitly.com blocked in mainland China?

Results vary across bitly.com: of 24 URLs tested, 2 are blocked, 16 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The site itself, https://bitly.com, loads normally. The Great Firewall blocks the connection outright, returns empty responses and resets the connection. 1,188 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-07-08, the most recent on 2026-06-24.

How can I reach bitly.com from mainland China?

A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks bitly.com. 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

Most-blocked .com domainsEvery tested URL under bitly.com

Each URL's status is its verdict over the last 90 days, the same one its own page headlines.