X Yify Online

: These are currently the most popular "unofficial successors".

: YIFY revolutionized piracy by prioritizing bandwidth efficiency . Their encodes, often ranging from 700MB to 2GB , allowed users with slow internet to download 720p and 1080p movies quickly. X YIFY

The original YIFY/YTS group has operated since 2015. Any sites currently using the YIFY or YTS brand are imitators/clones . : These are currently the most popular "unofficial

: The group was started in 2010 by Yiftach Swery , a computer science student from New Zealand. The original YIFY/YTS group has operated since 2015

: At its peak, the YTS website reached the Alexa Top 600 and garnered over 1 million visitors monthly. However, after a multi-million dollar lawsuit from the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) in 2015, the original group officially shut down. Swery eventually settled out of court and agreed to cooperate with authorities. Current Status: Clones and Successors