What is a free proxy and how does it work?

A proxy server sits between your device and the internet. When you connect through one, the site you visit sees the proxy's IP address instead of yours, and traffic is relayed back and forth through that server. The proxies listed here are aggregated automatically from public sources — free to use, with no account or payment required.

Is it safe to use the free proxies listed here?

The list is compiled automatically from public sources and not independently vetted for who operates each server. It's fine for low-risk tasks like checking geo-specific content or testing, but avoid using any free proxy — from this list or elsewhere — for logging into important accounts or entering payment details, since an unencrypted (HTTP) proxy operator can potentially see that traffic.

How often is the proxy list updated?

The system automatically syncs new proxy data every 15 minutes from multiple public sources, merges and de-duplicates them, and replaces the list — so what you see is always close to current.

What's the difference between HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies?

HTTP proxies handle plain web traffic; HTTPS proxies add TLS encryption for the connection to the proxy, useful when that leg needs to stay private. SOCKS4/SOCKS5 work at a lower level and can relay almost any TCP connection, not just web traffic — SOCKS5 additionally supports authentication and UDP. Filter by protocol above to match what your task needs.

What do "elite," "anonymous," and "transparent" anonymity levels mean?

Elite proxies hide both your IP and the fact that a proxy is being used at all. Anonymous proxies identify themselves as a proxy but withhold your real IP. Transparent proxies pass your original IP along to the destination, so they don't hide your identity — pick the level that matches what the task actually requires.

Why do free proxies stop working so quickly?

Free proxies are typically run on shared, unmanaged, or misconfigured servers with no guaranteed uptime, so they can go offline, get overloaded, or be reassigned at any time — sometimes within minutes. That's also why this list refreshes automatically every 15 minutes and why it's worth checking uptime and response time before relying on any one entry.

Can I use these proxies for web scraping?

Yes, rotating through multiple free proxies is a common way to distribute scraping requests and avoid a single IP getting rate-limited or blocked. Keep expectations realistic though — free proxies are slower and less reliable than dedicated scraping infrastructure, so build in retries and don't depend on any single proxy staying alive.

Can a proxy help me access content restricted to another country?

Yes — connecting through a proxy located in a specific country makes your traffic appear to originate there, which is commonly used to check how a site, price, or search result looks from that location. Filter the list by country to find one in the location you need.

Do I need to create an account to use TOPFreeProxyList.com?

No. The proxy list, filters, and every tool on this site — including the Proxy Checker — are free to use with no registration, login, or personal information required.

How do I filter the list by country, protocol, or quality?

Use the filter bar above the proxy table: choose a country, protocol (HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS4/SOCKS5), minimum anonymity level, or minimum uptime, then sort by fastest response, highest uptime, or most recently updated. You can also browse dedicated pages for any country or protocol directly.

What do "uptime" and "response time" mean in the list?

Uptime is the percentage of recent checks where a proxy successfully responded — higher means more reliable. Response time is how long it took to connect, in milliseconds — lower means faster. Proxies with low uptime are sorted toward the bottom of the default "fastest response" view, since a fast proxy that's frequently down isn't actually useful.

Does TOPFreeProxyList.com log or monitor traffic sent through these proxies?

No. TOPFreeProxyList.com only aggregates and republishes proxy server details (IP, port, protocol, and similar metadata) from public sources — it does not operate the proxies themselves and has no visibility into traffic that passes through them. See the Privacy Policy and Disclaimer for more detail.

Can I use a free proxy for streaming video?

Technically yes, but it's rarely a good experience — free proxies typically have limited bandwidth and inconsistent speed, and many streaming services actively detect and block known proxy/datacenter IP ranges. They work better for quick checks (like confirming region-locked availability) than for sustained streaming.

What's the difference between a proxy and a VPN?

Both route your traffic through another server, but a VPN typically encrypts all traffic from your device at the operating-system level and is meant for consistent, ongoing use, while a proxy is usually configured per-application (like a browser) and, unless it's an HTTPS/SOCKS5 proxy, doesn't necessarily encrypt the connection to itself. Proxies are generally lighter-weight and better suited to one-off or task-specific use.

How do I check whether a proxy is actually working before I use it?

Use the free Proxy Checker tool — paste in one or more proxies, pick the protocol and format, and it will connect through each one in real time and report back whether it's alive, its exit IP, country, city, and response time.

Free SOCKS5 Proxy List (Updated in Real-Time)

3,799 free SOCKS5 proxies, averaging 75.2% uptime, refreshed automatically every 15 minutes.

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IP : Port	Country	City	Protocol	Anonymity	Org : ASN	Speed	Uptime
128.69.178.28:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS8402	263 ms	98.5%
135.136.191.5:9050	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	FIRST SERVER, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA : AS204997	265 ms	52.7%
98.170.57.231:4145	US	Atlanta	SOCKS5	Elite	Cox Communications : AS22773	265 ms	94.6%
188.19.202.254:1080	RU	Perm	SOCKS5	Elite	Dynamic distribution IPs for broadband services : AS12389	265 ms	100.0%
89.40.233.13:1080	KZ	Astana	SOCKS5	Elite	Telenet Consulting SRL : AS205516	266 ms	55.7%
89.35.130.48:1080	DE	Frankfurt am Main	SOCKS5	Elite	Aurorix Gaming Solutions Limited : AS214309	266 ms	85.7%
143.198.90.221:1088	SG	Singapore	SOCKS5	Elite	DigitalOcean, LLC : AS14061	266 ms	100.0%
43.110.40.117:8888	US	Minkler	SOCKS5	Elite	Alibaba.com LLC : AS45102	268 ms	99.3%
91.204.57.48:8989	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	Yunta Ltd : AS47363	270 ms	92.2%
178.57.102.50:1080	RU	Cherepovets	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS61403	270 ms	100.0%
80.87.102.161:1080	RU	Yekaterinburg	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS44128	271 ms	100.0%
45.38.198.127:1080	LV	Riga	SOCKS5	Elite	EGIHosting : AS211273	271 ms	98.3%
45.74.31.46:9265	NL	Eygelshoven	SOCKS5	Elite	Internet Security - AU : AS219326	271 ms	87.9%
1.12.220.206:2080	CN	Guangzhou	SOCKS5	Elite	Tencent cloud computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. : AS45090	272 ms	95.2%
168.138.219.12:8081	JP	Tokyo	SOCKS5	Elite	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (ap-tokyo-1) : AS31898	273 ms	99.6%
2.26.112.72:1080	DE	Frankfurt am Main	SOCKS5	Elite	u1host ltd : AS213877	275 ms	97.1%
188.128.86.74:1080	RU	Ulan-Ude	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS12389	275 ms	100.0%
89.188.114.156:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS29076	278 ms	98.8%
58.144.196.192:39105	CN	Chongqing	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS4837	278 ms	100.0%
185.209.223.153:1080	FR	Lauterbourg	SOCKS5	Elite	Contabo GmbH : AS51167	280 ms	100.0%
188.232.115.151:8083	RU	Omsk	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC "ER-Telecom Holding" Omsk Branch : AS41843	281 ms	100.0%
45.74.31.47:9411	NL	Eygelshoven	SOCKS5	Elite	Internet Security - AU : AS219326	284 ms	90.9%
47.83.134.196:1011	HK	Hong Kong	SOCKS5	Elite	IPXO LLC, Zenlayer Inc, Delta Centric LLC : AS45102	287 ms	89.9%
159.65.158.30:8888	IN	Bengaluru	SOCKS5	Elite	DigitalOcean, LLC : AS14061	288 ms	99.9%
154.26.154.47:1080	AU	Sydney	SOCKS5	Elite	Contabo Asia Private Limited : AS141995	289 ms	98.6%
118.70.44.223:1080	VN	Hanoi	SOCKS5	Elite	Vietnam Internet Network Information Center : AS18403	289 ms	100.0%
77.51.182.67:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS25515	290 ms	100.0%
91.201.182.78:1080	UA	Kharkiv	SOCKS5	Elite	City Information Centre : AS44383	294 ms	99.1%
203.24.88.96:1080	US	Los Angeles	SOCKS5	Elite	5G NETWORK OPERATIONS PTY LTD : AS35916	301 ms	100.0%
81.200.158.126:10808	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	JSC "TIMEWEB" : AS9123	309 ms	99.0%
168.138.210.69:1080	JP	Tokyo	SOCKS5	Elite	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (ap-tokyo-1) : AS31898	311 ms	98.5%
91.240.45.70:1080	RU	Samara	SOCKS5	Elite	LLC Trans Media : AS58290	312 ms	100.0%
194.190.80.85:1080	RU	Ufimtsevo	SOCKS5	Elite	Joint Stock Company System Telecom : AS50776	315 ms	99.7%
47.82.70.53:1011	HK	Hong Kong	SOCKS5	Elite	Alibaba.com LLC : AS45102	320 ms	95.8%
47.237.64.190:1011	SG	Singapore	SOCKS5	Elite	Alibaba.com LLC : AS45102	321 ms	69.1%
198.8.84.3:4145	US	Los Angeles	SOCKS5	Elite	Total Server Solutions L.L.C : AS46562	327 ms	100.0%
176.35.25.216:1080	GB	Rugby	SOCKS5	Elite	Wavenet Limited : AS5413	328 ms	98.7%
84.42.102.18:1080	RU	St Petersburg	SOCKS5	Elite	B2B of Korporativniy Centr : AS12389	330 ms	99.6%
95.84.160.232:8443	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS42610	335 ms	100.0%
141.11.187.9:10800	NL	Amsterdam	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS16276	336 ms	90.5%
85.122.114.135:10808	MD	Chisinau	SOCKS5	Elite	AlexHost SRL : AS200019	336 ms	99.8%
199.102.105.242:4145	US	Beverly Hills	SOCKS5	Elite	ZeroLag Communications : AS46562	338 ms	100.0%
34.71.5.82:1081	US	Council Bluffs	SOCKS4 SOCKS5	Elite	Google LLC : AS396982	339 ms	100.0%
88.222.220.216:1081	DE	Frankfurt am Main	SOCKS5	Elite	UAB INIT : AS47583	344 ms	100.0%
94.156.114.45:1080	DE	Frankfurt am Main	SOCKS5	Elite	Play2go International Limited : AS215439	347 ms	98.6%
140.99.254.124:1080	US	Ashburn	SOCKS5	Elite	Ipxo LLC : AS63023	351 ms	93.3%
193.221.203.192:1080	FI	Helsinki	SOCKS5	Elite	Baykov Ilya Sergeevich : AS41745	354 ms	51.7%
185.171.83.65:49153	NL	Amsterdam	SOCKS5	Elite	Timeweb, LLP : AS210976	356 ms	95.1%
45.86.155.139:9100	DE	Frankfurt am Main	SOCKS5	Elite	Luxvps : AS58087	357 ms	98.5%
45.132.185.56:1080	RU	Moscow	SOCKS5	Elite	Baykov Ilya Sergeevich : AS41745	360 ms	100.0%

This page lists free SOCKS5 proxy servers from around the world, automatically collected and refreshed every 15 minutes. It currently contains 3,799 proxies, filterable by country and anonymity level. It currently ranks #1 of 4 tracked protocols by proxy count.

In terms of quality, this list averages 4443ms response time and 75.2% uptime. By anonymity level, that breaks down to 3797 elite, 1 anonymous, and 1 transparent proxies.

SOCKS5 proxies extend SOCKS4 with authentication support and UDP relaying, making them the more capable choice for applications that need more than basic TCP forwarding. SOCKS5's optional authentication and UDP support make it the better default for torrent clients, game servers, or any tool that needs more than plain TCP — check the specific client's SOCKS5 settings for username/password fields if the server offers them.

Elite proxies hide the fact that a proxy is being used at all, anonymous proxies identify themselves as a proxy but withhold the original IP, and transparent proxies pass the original IP along — pick the anonymity level that matches what the task actually requires. Since this list is sourced from public, free servers, response times and reliability vary; always test a proxy before relying on it for anything important, and avoid using free proxies for sensitive logins or financial transactions.

No need to check back constantly: this page automatically pulls a fresh batch every 15 minutes, so it always reflects the current data as of the last sync.

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How to Use SOCKS5 Proxy Free

1

Choose a proxy

Browse the SOCKS5 proxies listed above and pick one based on protocol, uptime, and anonymity level (elite, anonymous, or transparent) that fits what you need it for.
2

Add it to your device

Copy the IP address and port, then enter them into your device's or browser's proxy settings (Windows/macOS network settings, a browser extension, or an app's connection settings both work — the exact steps depend on what you're using it in).
3

Connect and check the status

Save the settings and try loading a page. If it doesn't connect, the proxy may already be offline — free proxies come and go, so pick another from the list and try again.
4

Use it to protect your original IP

Once connected, sites you visit see the proxy's IP address instead of your own — useful for basic anonymity, checking how a site looks from another location, or keeping your real IP address private.

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