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IP AddressPortCountry ProtocolAnonymitySSLGoogleSpeed Uptime Updated
206.123.156.178 Click to copy20344
Germany Germany
SOCKS5Elite
277ms
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206.123.156.228 Click to copy6370
Germany Germany
SOCKS5Elite
441ms
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206.123.156.201 Click to copy4350
Poland Poland
SOCKS5Elite
357ms
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139.180.142.71 Click to copy10818
Philippines Philippines
SOCKS5Elite
6950ms
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157.66.57.98 Click to copy8010
Indonesia Indonesia
SOCKS5Elite
2761ms
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47.83.243.232 Click to copy1111
China China
SOCKS5Elite
1753ms
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132.145.125.61 Click to copy1080
Japan Japan
SOCKS5Elite
1337ms
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117.82.50.2 Click to copy8989
China China
SOCKS5Elite
2199ms
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130.61.203.78 Click to copy443
Germany Germany
SOCKS5Elite
78ms
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206.123.156.189 Click to copy17282
Netherlands Netherlands
SOCKS5Elite
463ms
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110.232.85.196 Click to copy7080
Indonesia Indonesia
SOCKS5Elite
5935ms
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27.66.196.233 Click to copy51647
Vietnam Vietnam
SOCKS5Elite
1384ms
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206.123.156.229 Click to copy9174
France France
SOCKS5Elite
261ms
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43.230.192.242 Click to copy1080
Cambodia Cambodia
SOCKS5Elite
2724ms
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102.69.146.59 Click to copy7080
Nigeria Nigeria
SOCKS5Elite
3626ms
96%19 minute(s)
119.148.47.166 Click to copy22122
Bangladesh Bangladesh
SOCKS5Elite
8940ms
75%19 minute(s)
202.40.190.74 Click to copy1080
Bangladesh Bangladesh
SOCKS5Elite
1265ms
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213.226.126.100 Click to copy1080
Russia Russia
SOCKS5Elite
7542ms
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80.67.218.53 Click to copy1080
Russia Russia
SOCKS5Elite
7380ms
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186.26.95.249 Click to copy61445
Brazil Brazil
SOCKS5Elite
7041ms
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103.165.128.74 Click to copy1080
Indonesia Indonesia
SOCKS5Elite
6749ms
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27.147.255.146 Click to copy1080
Bangladesh Bangladesh
SOCKS5Elite
6478ms
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213.27.29.153 Click to copy51000
Russia Russia
SOCKS5Elite
2696ms
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115.127.112.178 Click to copy1080
Bangladesh Bangladesh
SOCKS5Elite
4460ms
100%19 minute(s)
103.150.206.77 Click to copy1080
Pakistan Pakistan
SOCKS5Elite
4263ms
100%19 minute(s)
188.242.163.28 Click to copy21
Russia Russia
SOCKS5Elite
3595ms
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47.238.79.105 Click to copy1080
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
3375ms
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223.25.109.163 Click to copy8199
Indonesia Indonesia
SOCKS5Elite
1967ms
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154.26.178.63 Click to copy1080
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
1222ms
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178.208.91.18 Click to copy1080
Netherlands Netherlands
SOCKS5Elite
482ms
97%19 minute(s)
212.58.132.5 Click to copy1080
Singapore Singapore
SOCKS5Elite
1083ms
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102.36.127.231 Click to copy1080
South Africa South Africa
SOCKS5Elite
977ms
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104.233.195.149 Click to copy1080
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
749ms
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37.49.224.243 Click to copy1080
Netherlands Netherlands
SOCKS5Elite
161ms
98%19 minute(s)
5.255.103.55 Click to copy1080
Netherlands Netherlands
SOCKS5Elite
381ms
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184.178.172.18 Click to copy15280
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
7919ms
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174.75.211.222 Click to copy4145
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
8200ms
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125.24.156.113 Click to copy7080
Thailand Thailand
SOCKS5Elite
6894ms
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43.106.21.170 Click to copy1080
Singapore Singapore
SOCKS5Elite
6253ms
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98.182.171.161 Click to copy4145
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
5907ms
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154.219.125.240 Click to copy58367
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
6681ms
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185.37.166.48 Click to copy1080
Russia Russia
SOCKS5Elite
6234ms
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95.80.103.216 Click to copy1080
Russia Russia
SOCKS5Elite
6340ms
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158.179.173.238 Click to copy1080
South Korea South Korea
SOCKS5Elite
4111ms
97%19 minute(s)
5.255.99.75 Click to copy1080
Netherlands Netherlands
SOCKS5Elite
5204ms
100%19 minute(s)
141.105.68.238 Click to copy1080
Russia Russia
SOCKS5Elite
4428ms
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184.185.2.12 Click to copy4145
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
2909ms
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174.77.111.198 Click to copy49547
United States United States
SOCKS5Elite
3530ms
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103.144.127.117 Click to copy1080
Indonesia Indonesia
SOCKS5Elite
3114ms
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8.210.54.203 Click to copy1080
Hong Kong SAR China Hong Kong SAR China
SOCKS5Elite
2886ms
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Summary 579 proxies · 48 countries · verified every 10 min

Live-verified free SOCKS5 proxy list. 579 SOCKS5 proxies across 48 countries, re-probed on a rolling 10-minute window. Every entry publishes its anonymity level (elite, anonymous, transparent), latency in milliseconds, lifetime uptime, and whether it currently reaches Google. Download as JSON, CSV, or plain text no API key required. Methodology: how we verify every entry. Safety: are free proxies safe?

About Free Proxies

Understanding Free Proxy Lists

Learn how free proxies work and when to upgrade to premium proxies for reliability and security.

What is a Free Proxy List?

A free proxy list is a directory of publicly available proxy server IP addresses anyone can use. Each proxy is verified for uptime, speed, and protocol support and refreshed every 10 minutes. Dead proxies are removed automatically so you always get working addresses.

Free vs. Premium Proxies

Free proxies provide basic anonymity but are shared among many users, slower, and frequently go offline. For web scraping at scale, ad verification, or geo-targeted tasks, Databay's premium proxies offer dedicated IPs, 99.9%+ uptime, 200+ country coverage, and 24/7 support.

Live Uptime Verification

Every proxy in this list is checked automatically every 10 minutes. Each entry includes its last verified timestamp, latency, and protocol details so you can make informed decisions about which proxies to use for your workload.

Proxy Fundamentals

Understanding Proxy Servers

A complete guide to proxy servers, protocols, use cases, and how to use them effectively.

HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 & SOCKS5 Protocols

Protocol Layer Encryption Best For
HTTP Application None Basic browsing, data collection
HTTPS Application SSL/TLS Secure sites, login pages
SOCKS4 Transport None Plain TCP forwarding, legacy clients
SOCKS5 Transport Optional All traffic (TCP/UDP/FTP)

HTTP proxies handle standard web traffic and work well for basic browsing and data collection from HTTP websites. They operate at the application layer and can interpret web requests directly.

HTTPS proxies (also called SSL proxies) support encrypted connections. When you access a site over HTTPS through one of these proxies, the connection between your browser and the proxy is tunneled, so the proxy cannot read the encrypted payload. Use these for any site that requires a secure connection.

SOCKS4 proxies tunnel raw TCP at the transport layer with a minimal handshake. They do not support authentication, UDP, or remote DNS resolution, but they remain useful for legacy clients and cases where the simpler protocol is enough. SOCKS4a is a backwards-compatible extension that adds remote hostname resolution.

SOCKS5 proxies are the most versatile. They operate at a lower network layer and are protocol-agnostic, they can tunnel any TCP or UDP traffic including web, FTP, SMTP, and game traffic. SOCKS5 also supports authentication and IPv6. For anything beyond basic web browsing, SOCKS5 is the preferred choice.

Common Use Cases for Free Proxies

  • Geo-restriction bypass Access content that is blocked in your country by routing through a proxy in a different region.
  • Basic web scraping Collect publicly available data from websites that rate-limit by IP address. Rotating through multiple proxies prevents blocks on small-scale scraping jobs.
  • Privacy and anonymity Hide your real IP address from websites you visit for casual browsing. Note that free proxies do not guarantee zero logging.
  • Testing and QA Developers and QA engineers use proxies to test how their applications behave when accessed from different countries or network conditions.
  • Academic research Researchers collecting publicly available data from multiple regions can use proxies to gather geographically diverse samples.

Free Proxies vs. Premium Proxies

Free Proxies
  • Shared infrastructure
  • Unreliable uptime
  • Slow speeds, high latency
  • Often offline within hours
  • Hundreds of concurrent users
Premium (Databay)
  • 34M residential IPs
  • 99.9%+ uptime
  • Auto-rotation & sticky sessions
  • 200+ countries covered
  • 24/7 dedicated support

For any production workload, price monitoring, ad verification, market research, or large-scale scraping, premium proxies are the only reliable option.

How to Use a Proxy

Most tools accept a proxy in the format host:port or host:port:username:password. Copy the IP and port from this list, then configure:

cURL
curl -x http://IP:PORT https://target.com
Python
import requests

proxies = {"http": "http://IP:PORT"}
requests.get("https://target.com", proxies=proxies)
Browser
Settings > Network > Proxy Configuration
Enter IP, Port, and select HTTP, SOCKS4 or SOCKS5

For premium rotating proxies from Databay, the endpoint is gw.databay.co:8888 with your credentials using the format countryCode-XX:sessionId-YY.

Methodology

How We Verify These Proxies

An open look at how Databay discovers, probes and scores every entry in this list.

Every proxy on this page is an IP and port harvested from publicly known proxy sources and then put through a continuous verification loop. Fresh batches land on this page within seconds of being re-probed, and every candidate is re-verified on a rolling 10-minute window. Any proxy whose most recent check is older than 6 hours is dropped from this list entirely, stale entries never appear, regardless of how the upstream feed behaves.

For each probe we open a real connection, issue a lightweight HTTP request and a targeted HTTPS request, and measure the end-to-end round-trip. The result drives three public columns:

  • Speed is the median latency in milliseconds of the last successful request. We bucket it into Fast (<500 ms), Medium (<1500 ms) and Slow.
  • Uptime is the percentage of successful probes across the full lifetime of each IP:port pair. Entries with consistent failures are removed, not merely hidden.
  • Google-passed means the proxy successfully completed a probe against google.com without receiving a block page or CAPTCHA. A large share of free proxies are permanently blacklisted by Google.

Anonymity level is detected by inspecting the headers the proxy forwards. Elite proxies strip every identifying header (no Via, no X-Forwarded-For, no Forwarded); Anonymous proxies hide the client IP but still announce themselves via one of those headers; Transparent proxies pass the real client IP through to the origin and offer no privacy benefit. HTTPS support is reported in three states, full (valid certificate chain), loose (works only with SSL verification disabled), and unsupported (HTTP destinations only).

Dead proxies are not kept on the page to inflate the count: if an entry stops responding, it disappears on the next cycle. That is why the list size shifts throughout the day. Machine-readable copies of this dataset (with the same fields) are available at /api/v1/proxy-list in json, csv and plain-text formats.

FAQ

Free Proxy List - Common Questions

What is a free proxy list?
A free proxy list is a directory of publicly available proxy server IP addresses and ports. These proxies are open to use by anyone and are tested regularly for uptime, speed, and protocol compatibility. Our list supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies and is updated every 10 minutes.
Are free proxies safe to use?
Free proxies provide basic anonymity but come with risks. They are shared among many users, may log your traffic, and lack the security guarantees of commercial services. For sensitive tasks, consider our premium residential proxies which offer dedicated, encrypted connections with no logging. Learn more: Are Free Proxies Safe?
How often is this list updated?
Our free proxy list is verified and refreshed automatically every 10 minutes. Each proxy is tested for responsiveness, latency, and SSL support. Proxies that fail uptime checks are removed and replaced. The "Updated" column in the table shows the exact time each proxy was last verified. Learn more: Our free proxy list methodology.
What is the difference between HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies?
HTTP proxies handle standard web traffic. HTTPS proxies add SSL/TLS encryption for secure connections. SOCKS4 is a lightweight TCP-only tunnel without authentication or UDP support, useful for legacy clients or simple TCP forwarding. SOCKS5 proxies are the most versatile - they work at a lower level and support any TCP/UDP traffic, authentication, IPv6, and remote DNS, not just web browsing. For web scraping, HTTP and HTTPS are the simplest to use, for non-HTTP traffic prefer SOCKS5 over SOCKS4.
How do I use a proxy from this list?
Copy the IP:Port using the copy button next to any proxy in the table. For cURL, run curl -x http://IP:PORT https://example.com. For Python, use requests.get(url, proxies={"http": "http://IP:PORT", "https": "http://IP:PORT"}). In your browser, go to Settings > Network > Proxy and enter the IP and Port. Proxies marked “HTTPS” work with secure websites. Proxies marked “HTTP” only work with non-secure (http://) websites, if a proxy doesn’t seem to work, check whether you’re connecting to an HTTPS site with an HTTP-only proxy. Full setup walkthroughs: How to use a free proxy (cURL, Python, Node.js, Scrapy, Playwright).
What do Elite, Anonymous, and Transparent mean?
These are anonymity levels that describe how much information a proxy reveals about you. Elite (also called high anonymity) proxies completely hide your real IP and do not reveal that you are using a proxy at all. Anonymous proxies hide your IP address but websites can detect you are using a proxy via HTTP headers like Via or X-Forwarded-For. Transparent proxies forward your real IP address to the destination server, they provide no anonymity and are mainly used for caching. Learn more: Proxy anonymity levels explained.
What does the SSL column mean?
The SSL column indicates whether the proxy can access HTTPS websites (sites starting with https://). This is about the destination site, not the proxy connection itself. A proxy marked with a checkmark can tunnel encrypted traffic to HTTPS sites. A proxy marked with a lock icon works with HTTPS but requires you to disable SSL verification in your client (verify=False in Python, -k in cURL). A cross means the proxy only works with plain HTTP sites.
What does "Google Passed" mean?
The Google column shows whether the proxy can successfully access Google without being blocked or receiving a CAPTCHA. Many free proxies are blocked by Google due to abuse. If you need proxies for Google-related tasks (SERP scraping, Google Ads verification), filter for proxies with a green checkmark in the Google column.
Do you offer a free API?
Yes. Our free proxy list API is available at https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list. It supports filtering by protocol, country, anonymity level, speed, and Google compatibility. Output formats include JSON, CSV, and plain text. The API is rate limited to 50 requests per second with 10-second caching. See the API documentation section below for details.
Why should I upgrade to premium proxies?
Databay's premium proxies offer 34M+ dedicated IPs across 200+ countries with 99.9%+ uptime, rotating and sticky sessions, geo-targeting by country/city/carrier, and 24/7 support. Free proxies are unreliable for production use - they are frequently offline, slow, and shared with unknown users. For any serious automation or scraping workload, premium proxies are the right tool.
Statistics

Proxy Distribution

Real-time breakdown of our 579 active proxies by protocol, anonymity, and country.

By Protocol

HTTP
0
SOCKS5
557
SOCKS4
0
HTTPS Support
392

By Anonymity

Elite
557
Anonymous
0
Transparent
0

Top Countries

United StatesUnited States
121
RussiaRussia
69
NetherlandsNetherlands
41
GermanyGermany
40
CambodiaCambodia
37
BangladeshBangladesh
37
IndonesiaIndonesia
35
ChinaChina
19
FinlandFinland
15
SingaporeSingapore
14

Of 557 currently-live free proxies, 557 support SOCKS5, 0 support SOCKS4, 0 support HTTP, and 392 tunnel encrypted HTTPS traffic. 557 are classified as Elite (high-anonymity), 0 as Anonymous, and 0 as Transparent. The list spans 48 countries, led by United States (121), Russia (69), Netherlands (41), Germany (40), Cambodia (37). Last verification completed 631 seconds ago.

Free API

Proxy List API

Access our free proxy list programmatically. Rate limited to 50 requests per second with 10-second caching.

API Endpoint

Base URL
GET https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list
cURL Examples
# Get all proxies (JSON)
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list"

# Filter by protocol and country
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?protocol=socks5&country=US"

# Get elite proxies as CSV
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?anonymity=elite&format=csv"

# Get fast, Google-compatible proxies as plain text
curl "https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?google=true&speed=fast&format=txt"
Python
import requests

# Fetch elite SOCKS5 proxies
resp = requests.get("https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list",
    params={"protocol": "socks5", "anonymity": "elite"})
data = resp.json()

for proxy in data["data"]:
    print(f"{proxy['ip']}:{proxy['port']} - {proxy['anonymity']}")

Query Parameters

Parameter Type Default Description
protocol string all http, https, socks4, socks5
country string all ISO 2-letter code (US, DE, etc.)
anonymity string all elite, anonymous, transparent
ssl string all strict (valid cert), loose (any HTTPS)
google bool all true = Google-compatible only
speed string all fast, medium, slow
format string json json, csv, txt
limit int 500 1-1000 proxies per page
page int 1 Pagination page number
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