Is BBC down or blocked? bbc.com status by country
Latest availability of bbc.com from about 90 countries: where it opens, where it is blocked and why.
Our latest check of bbc.com ran on 12 November 2026, 07:01 UTC from 85 countries. Its server answered normally from 80 of them; signs of blocking were found in 4 (Russia, Belarus, Iran and Vietnam); it did not answer from 1 (China).
A new check of bbc.com runs from about 90 countries at once and takes about a minute. The result below is the last saved one.
Check bbc.com nowWhere bbc.com has problems
| Country | Result | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | Signs of blocking | A different security certificate is returned: typical of filtering |
| Belarus | Blocked on some networks | The server answers on some networks; on others the connection is reset: blocking depends on the provider |
| Iran | Blocked on some networks | The server answers on some networks; on others DNS gives a wrong address: blocking depends on the provider |
| Vietnam | Blocked on some networks | The server answers on some networks; on others the connection times out: may depend on the provider |
| China | Does not answer | The connection times out from this country |
Where the bbc.com server answers normally
Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czechia, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan.
No usable answer came from 6 more countries this time; they are not counted.
About BBC
BBC is the British public broadcaster; bbc.com is its international news website, with language services such as BBC Russian, BBC Persian and BBC Chinese. Because it reports on many countries in their own languages, the BBC is often restricted by governments that limit foreign media. The BBC publishes mirror sites and runs an onion address on the Tor network for readers in such countries. A check by country shows where bbc.com opens directly.
Where BBC is blocked according to our data
Our records for bbc.com start on 27 October 2026, so blocking may have started earlier than the first date we saw it.
- Belarus: blocked on some networks now (the connection is reset), first seen in our data on 27 October 2026.
- China: did not answer in the latest check (the connection times out), first seen in our data on 6 November 2026.
- Iran: blocked on some networks now (DNS gives a wrong address), first seen in our data on 5 November 2026.
- Russia: blocked now (a different certificate is returned), first seen in our data on 27 October 2026.
- Vietnam: blocked on some networks now (the connection times out), first seen in our data on 6 November 2026.
Check other services
CNN, The New York Times, Deutsche Welle, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Meduza, Proton. Any other website can be checked with the Global Availability Checker; country profiles are in website availability by country.
Frequently asked questions
Is BBC down right now?
Not for most of the world. In our latest check on 12 November 2026, 07:01 UTC bbc.com opened from 80 of 85 countries. If it does not open for you, the cause is more likely local: your provider, your network or a restriction in your country. Run a new check to see the current result for your country.
Why does BBC not open in my country?
When bbc.com works in other countries but not in yours, there are three usual reasons: a restriction ordered by authorities, filtering by your provider, or a network problem between your provider and BBC. A different security certificate, a reset connection or a wrong address from DNS are typical signs of filtering; a timeout can be either filtering or a network fault.
How is bbc.com checked?
From measurement points in about 90 countries we look up the address of bbc.com with the local DNS and open a secure connection to it, checking that the site returns its own certificate. We do not load the page content, and we do not publish which networks the measurements came from.
Last check: 12 November 2026, 07:01 UTC. This page is updated after each new check.