The domains in these categories were identified by keyword searches and then double-checked by hand to ensure the categorisation was accurate.
Sites relating to keywords related to | Number of blocked domains identified | Number of domains still blocked | Current ISP blocks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Addiction, substance abuse support sites | 185 | 91 | 287 | |
Charities and non-profit organisations | 98 | 17 | 24 | |
Counselling, support, and mental health | 112 | 77 | 191 | |
Domestic violence and sexual abuse support | 59 | 14 | 42 | |
LGBTQ+ sites | 114 | 39 | 121 | |
School websites | 161 | 23 | 52 |
The domains in these categories were identified by keyword searches.
Sites relating to keywords related to | Number of blocked domains identified through search | Number of domains still blocked | Current ISP blocks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Building and building supplies | 58 | 23 | 54 | |
CBD oils, CBD-related, and hemp products | 112 | 91 | 505 | |
Drainage and drain unblocking services | 99 | 2 | 2 | |
Photography sites | 1372 | 513 | 1340 | |
Religious (Christian) sites | 37 | 8 | 19 | |
Weddings and wedding photographers | 4012 | 1480 | 3152 | |
VPN sites | 23 | 15 | 55 |
In March 2019, we looked at all the domains that people had reported to an ISP through Blocked as an incorrect block. We categorised all the domains.
Category for Submitted Reports | Number of reported domains | Number of domains unblocked after reporting | |
---|---|---|---|
Counselling, Support, and Mental Health | 122 | 98 | |
Charity and non-profit | 68 | 55 | |
Advice Sites (Drugs, Alcohol, Abuse) | 52 | 44 | |
Music | 50 | 41 | |
Weddings and Wedding Photographers | 44 | 40 | |
Tech, IT and Software | 41 | 21 | |
Adult, Pornography, and Escort Services | 40 | 1 | |
LGBTQ+ | 40 | 27 | |
Alcohol-related (non-sales) sites | 36 | 8 | |
Sport and leisure | 35 | 30 | |
Arts, Crafts, and Sculpture | 32 | 24 | |
Builders and Building Supplies | 32 | 27 | |
Household, household repairs and DIY | 32 | 32 | |
Health | 25 | 19 | |
Alcohol | 23 | 4 | |
Books, Writing, and Literature | 22 | 18 | |
Shopping | 22 | 13 | |
CBD Oils, CBD-Related, and Hemp Products | 21 | 8 | |
Photography, Graphic Design, and Filmmaking | 21 | 14 | |
Religious | 21 | 19 | |
Transport and vehicles | 21 | 18 | |
Community and social media | 19 | 6 | |
Education and Academic Reference | 19 | 14 | |
Bars, Clubs, and Restaurants | 18 | 8 | |
Events and events companies | 18 | 16 | |
Parked or Inactive Domain | 17 | 5 | |
Political | 17 | 6 | |
Video and Online Games | 17 | 5 | |
Business and Services | 16 | 15 | |
Personal | 15 | 11 | |
Beauty and cosmetics | 14 | 7 | |
Industry and manufacturing | 14 | 12 | |
Regulated shooting ranges and associations | 14 | 5 | |
Travel and Tourism | 14 | 13 | |
Fashion | 12 | 7 | |
Media Streaming | 12 | 4 | |
Science and medical science | 12 | 11 | |
VPN or security tool | 12 | 2 | |
Advertising, Branding, and Communications Agencies | 11 | 9 | |
History and heritage | 11 | 8 | |
Agriculture, horticulture and agricultural supplies | 10 | 8 | |
APIs, CDNs, and Network Endpoints | 9 | 3 | |
Real Estate and Property | 9 | 9 | |
Child-related business | 8 | 7 | |
Clothing and Fashion | 8 | 5 | |
Cooking and food | 7 | 7 | |
File Sharing and BitTorrent Trackers | 7 | 0 | |
Celebrity related | 5 | 5 | |
Dating | 5 | 0 | |
Takeaway businesses | 5 | 3 | |
Wellbeing | 5 | 4 | |
Fireworks | 4 | 1 | |
Guns and Weapons | 4 | 0 | |
Humour, Comics and Entertainment | 4 | 1 | |
Languages and language learning | 4 | 4 | |
Architecture and Design | 3 | 2 | |
Body piercing and tattoos | 3 | 2 | |
Directory Services and Advertisements | 3 | 3 | |
Financial | 3 | 3 | |
Flower shops | 3 | 2 | |
Kitchens and Interior Design | 3 | 2 | |
Lotteries and gambling | 3 | 1 | |
Regulated UK gunshops | 3 | 1 | |
Spam or Hijacked | 3 | 2 | |
Web designers | 3 | 3 | |
Antiques and Collectibles | 2 | 2 | |
Drug Paraphernalia | 2 | 0 | |
Movies and TV | 2 | 2 | |
Spirituality and non-conventional beliefs | 2 | 2 | |
Vineyards | 2 | 0 | |
Care homes | 1 | 1 | |
E-cigarettes | 1 | 0 | |
Energy and environment | 1 | 0 | |
Gardening | 1 | 1 | |
News | 1 | 1 | |
Tobacco paraphernalia and collectibles | 1 | 0 | |
Tobacco sales | 1 | 1 |
Network/Year | Unresolved non-policy block count | Unresolved policy block count | Resolved & blocked against policy | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BT | ||||
2017 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
BT-Strict | ||||
2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Cloudflare family | ||||
2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
EE | ||||
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
O2 | ||||
2017 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
2018 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
OpenDNS | ||||
2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Plusnet | ||||
2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Sky | ||||
2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T-Mobile | ||||
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TalkTalk | ||||
2017 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |
2018 | 27 | 25 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Three | ||||
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
VirginMedia | ||||
2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 10 | 15 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Vodafone | ||||
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Network/Year | Reports Sent | Total replies received | Avg reply interval |
---|---|---|---|
BT | |||
2017 | 168 | 0 | |
2018 | 223 | 107 | 72 days |
2019 | 161 | 304 | 14 days |
2020 | 106 | 197 | 12:18:01.580780 |
2021 | 6 | 9 | |
BT-Strict | |||
2017 | 12 | 0 | |
2018 | 115 | 54 | 84 days |
2019 | 146 | 275 | 25 days |
2020 | 102 | 204 | 13:20:20.002081 |
2021 | 7 | 11 | 1 day |
Cloudflare family | |||
2020 | 18 | 3 | |
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
EE | |||
2017 | 38 | 0 | |
2018 | 106 | 45 | 108 days |
2019 | 98 | 190 | 109 days |
2020 | 56 | 77 | 2 days |
2021 | 5 | 6 | 2 days |
O2 | |||
2017 | 58 | 0 | |
2018 | 99 | 0 | |
2019 | 82 | 65 | 3 days |
2020 | 63 | 59 | |
2021 | 6 | 4 | |
OpenDNS | |||
2020 | 32 | 140 | |
2021 | 4 | 14 | |
Plusnet | |||
2018 | 21 | 0 | |
2019 | 66 | 0 | |
2020 | 38 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
Sky | |||
2017 | 144 | 0 | |
2018 | 152 | 50 | 106 days |
2019 | 141 | 175 | 136 days |
2020 | 70 | 102 | |
T-Mobile | |||
2020 | 1 | 1 | |
TalkTalk | |||
2017 | 34 | 0 | |
2018 | 230 | 0 | |
2019 | 185 | 154 | 110 days |
2020 | 110 | 111 | 3 days |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
Three | |||
2017 | 27 | 0 | |
2018 | 80 | 16 | 97 days |
2019 | 135 | 207 | 57 days |
2020 | 79 | 161 | 8 days |
2021 | 2 | 4 | 16:26:03.143284 |
VirginMedia | |||
2017 | 27 | 0 | |
2018 | 99 | 6 | 11 days |
2019 | 93 | 21 | |
2020 | 125 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
Vodafone | |||
2017 | 44 | 0 | |
2018 | 59 | 17 | 21 days |
2019 | 118 | 126 | 0:16:28.984477 |
2020 | 89 | 88 | 54 days |