Is Deutsche Welle down or blocked? dw.com status by country
Latest availability of dw.com from about 90 countries: where it opens, where it is blocked and why.
Our latest check of dw.com ran on 14 November 2026, 19:00 UTC from 87 countries. Its server answered normally from 84 of them; signs of blocking were found in 3 (Iran, Belarus and Russia); it did not answer from 1 (China).
A new check of dw.com runs from about 90 countries at once and takes about a minute. The result below is the last saved one.
Check dw.com nowWhere dw.com has problems
| Country | Result | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| Iran | Signs of blocking | The address is answered with a wrong or local IP: typical of DNS filtering |
| Belarus | Blocked on some networks | The server answers on some networks; on others the connection is reset: blocking depends on the provider |
| Russia | Blocked on some networks | The server answers on some networks; on others a different certificate is returned: blocking depends on the provider |
| China | Does not answer | The connection times out from this country |
| Malaysia | Slow | The server answers, but the secure connection is slow |
Where the dw.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, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
No usable answer came from 4 more countries this time; they are not counted.
About Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle is Germany's international public broadcaster; dw.com publishes news in about 30 languages, including Russian, Persian, Chinese and Turkish. Because it reports on local politics in many countries in their own languages, DW is often restricted by governments that limit foreign media, and it offers mirror sites for readers in those countries. A check by country shows where dw.com opens directly and where the connection fails.
Where Deutsche Welle is blocked according to our data
Our records for dw.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.
- Iran: blocked now (DNS gives a wrong address), first seen in our data on 5 November 2026.
- Russia: blocked on some networks now (a different certificate is returned), first seen in our data on 30 October 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Deutsche Welle down right now?
Not for most of the world. In our latest check on 14 November 2026, 19:00 UTC dw.com opened from 84 of 87 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 Deutsche Welle not open in my country?
When dw.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 Deutsche Welle. 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 dw.com checked?
From measurement points in about 90 countries we look up the address of dw.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: 14 November 2026, 19:00 UTC. This page is updated after each new check.