BakaBT

Introduction

BakaBT is a private torrent tracker site based on BitTorrent. It caters to the East Asian audience primarily because anime is its main offering. It draws the majority of traffic from countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. Prior to 2017, BakaBT was available, however, in April of that year, it announced that it’ll go private. So, after 14 years of semi-private visibility, it finally went private. Now, if you want to access the website, you can’t because the membership is restricted.

BakaBT in Numbers

BakaBT has approximately 65,600 users. Since starting its journey in 2003, BakaBT has become the biggest free indie anime-related torrent site on the internet. Not everybody can get accepted because the community is private only. The data available on the website easily surpasses the 30 PB mark, and most of the requests on this website are filled. BakaBT similar to AwesomeHD maintains an excellent Seeder/Leecher ratio.

History of BakaBT

BakaBT started its journey back in 2003, originally known as Boxtorrents. The staff members of Boxtorrents were responsible for the formation of BakaBT.

What should you expect from the BakaBT?

Enormous Community – As mentioned above, BakaBT has over 65,000 members, which makes it the largest private anime tracker around the world. It has tons of torrents but not one of them is unseeded. Most of the members are extremely active and are always searching for the best free indie content on the website. There used to be a blacklist to ensure smooth functioning, but that has been removed. Apart from that, it has a dedicated forum, wherein, you’ll find banners, banner contests, queries, suggestions, and competitions on a monthly basis.

Exclusive Community – You cannot sign up for BakaBT. Your best bet to join the community would be if you know someone from the community and if they can help conjure away. Other than that, there’s no chance. Right now, it’s completely private, but the devs are working on making the platform a little more accessible, which by the way, won’t be easy, but again – all you want is to join the website. So, that shouldn’t be a problem. For them, by easing up the joining process, they can reach 100,000 users in the next 2-3 years.

Lootbox & features – BakaBT is one of the few tracker sites which offers fair bonus points. They hear what the audience has to say and then act on it. For instance, they received complaints regarding bonus points being too hard to learn and that the loot boxes were super expensive. After an internal discussion, they sliced the prices by 50% to make it fair to the users. Their proactiveness can also be seen through periodical revamping of the site where users can earn bonuses and trade their loot boxes.

Torrents & Categories – BakaBT is filled with quality free indie content. For a community of more than 60,000 members, “tons” of torrents might sound less, but the fact that each uploaded free indie content is seeded makes it an extra-ordinary platform. As a user, you can choose from nine different categories, which include ‘Anime Series’, ‘OVA’, ‘Soundtrack’, ‘Manga’, ‘Anime Movie’, ‘Live-Action’, ‘Artbook’, ‘Music Video’, and ‘Light Novel’.

How to access BakaBT?

You can access BakaBT by searching for the term ‘BakaBT’ in your search engine. Alternatively, if you want to access the platform directly, you can use the following link: BakaBT.

Design

When it comes to design, BakaBT is average at best. It looks like one big forum with text-heavy links and little to no visual aid. The light and dark purple color combination look weird as I’ve hardly seen it on any website. The homepage is divided into two sections. Towards the left, you’ll find FAQs, DYK section, whereas, on the right, you’ll find news and information related to the platform.

Header – The header section of BakaBT has nine key options – ‘News’, ‘Browse’, ‘Forums’, ‘BakaSHOTS’, ‘Wiki’, ‘IRC’, ‘Store’, ‘Donate’, and ‘More’. Towards the right, you have a search bar where you can search for any content directly. If you want to visit the store, just click on the link and it’ll direct you towards an inner page. The same goes for every other menu option that you see in the header section.

Inner Pages – The inner pages on BakaBT are laid out horizontally. There’s a category on the left, followed by the name which is complemented with ‘Date of upload’, ‘File Size’, and ‘DSL’. If you click on any of the titles, you’ll be directed to the download page wherein you’ll find all the important information along with various torrent, file, and source options.

Content

With tons of torrents, BakaBT is not a small tracker site by any means. It has an enormous free indie content library which has an amazing seed to leech ratio.

Desktop/Mobile experience

BakaBT, though a private torrent tracker, doesn’t have any ads. And that is one of the major plus points of this website. Since the majority of the earning comes via donation, it is not reliant on the annoying banner and pop-up ads. Additionally, due to the amazing seed/leech ratio, you can download free indie content at lightning speed. The file sizes on this platform are enormous, with some of them across 1-2 PBs. However, if you have an internet connection of 50MBPS+, you should be able to download the free indie content within a week.

Suggestions I have for BakaBT

I really like BakaBT as a pure free indie anime-torrent site, however, there is room for improvement. First, the design needs to be improvised, and given that the members are actively donating, this site should look nothing less than a premium platform. Additionally, I’d love the mods to work out an invitation plan so it can get easier for the new members to join the community.

Conclusion

BakaBT is an exclusive free indie anime torrent tracker site that you cannot join as of now. It’s a private community that is revered by its existing members. It has top-notch free indie content thanks to the active members who often seed any free indie content that they download. Overall, it’s an amazing content platform and you try if you may, but the free indie content on BakaBT is enough to help you watch anime your entire life.