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Hentai Site Safety Guide — 64 Sites Scanned, the Gap Is Enormous
Updated October 2026 · Blacklight + VirusTotal · Jake R.
NSFWRanker scanned 64 hentai and manga sites with Blacklight by The Markup. 39% returned 0 trackers and 0 cookies. 15 sites use canvas fingerprinting. 2 use session recording. The category average is 2.5 trackers and 6.1 cookies per site. The worst site — Toonily — loaded 56 trackers and 186 cookies, the highest count in our entire database of 1,026 adult sites.
The hentai and manga category has the widest privacy gap of any adult category we track. The cleanest sites (Hanime, Gelbooru, Danbooru, Rule34) run at absolute zero — no trackers, no cookies, no fingerprinting, nothing. The worst site loads more surveillance code than most corporate websites. The difference between choosing the right site and the wrong one isn't marginal. It's a 56-tracker difference.
This guide covers all 64 hentai and manga sites in our database — 16 with full reviews, the rest with Blacklight data. Every number below comes from live scans, not guesswork.
Toonily — The Worst Privacy Scan in Our Entire Database
A manhwa reading site should not be loading more surveillance than a banking platform. Toonily's 56 trackers is 8× the second-worst hentai site. The 186 cookies is 10× the runner-up. Canvas fingerprinting means your device is uniquely identified even after clearing cookies. For context, the average across all 64 hentai/manga sites is 2.5 trackers — Toonily loads 22× that.
DLsite — 25 Trackers on a Paid Marketplace
DLsite is a legitimate Japanese marketplace (EISYS Inc., Tokyo, since 1996) with 93.6 million monthly visits. The scan returned 25 trackers and 50 cookies — Facebook, TikTok, X, and Google remarketing pixels all present, some bypassing cookie blockers. This is commercial-grade tracking on a site where you're paying real money for content. Visa and Mastercard suspended payments in 2024-2025. The second-worst scan in the hentai/manga category and in our entire project.
Privacy by Subcategory
Not all hentai sites are built the same way. Boorus (image boards) are consistently the cleanest. Manhwa reading sites are the worst. The business model shapes the tracking.
Safest Picks — These Scan Clean
The reviewed hentai and manga sites with the cleanest Blacklight results. Visit directly or read the full review.
Fingerprinting — 15 Sites Track Your Device
Canvas fingerprinting renders invisible graphics and measures how your hardware processes them to create a unique device identifier. It works even in incognito mode, even after clearing cookies. 15 hentai/manga sites deploy it — including 4 sites that have 0 trackers and 0 cookies, making fingerprinting their only tracking mechanism.
| Site | Trackers | Cookies | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ToonilyFP | 56 | 186 | ✓ |
| simply-hentaiFP | 1 | 13 | — |
| kimochiFP | 1 | 13 | — |
| hentai2readFP | 4 | 8 | — |
| futapoFP | 3 | 8 | — |
| hentai20FP | 2 | 9 | — |
| yandereFP | 0 | 11 | — |
| aihentaiFP | 8 | 2 | — |
| rule34-worldFP | 1 | 6 | — |
| hentaiedSR | 2 | 4 | — |
| cartoonpornoFP | 1 | 4 | — |
| lewdninjaFP | 1 | 1 | — |
| hentaikeySR | 1 | 0 | — |
| muchohentaiFP | 0 | 0 | — |
| hiperdexFP | 0 | 0 | — |
| manhuausFP | 0 | 0 | — |
| myreadingmangaFP | 0 | 0 | — |
Full Data Table — All 64 Sites
Sorted by total tracking footprint (trackers + cookies + flags). 16 sites have full reviews. The rest are scanned but not yet reviewed.
| Site | T | C | FP | SR | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanime.tv | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8.3 | Visit ↗ |
| Rule34.xxx | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7.2 | Visit ↗ |
| pixiv-fanbox | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Danbooru | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7.8 | Visit ↗ |
| exhentai | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| FAKKU | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7.4 | Visit ↗ |
| Gelbooru | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7.8 | Visit ↗ |
| hentaimanga | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| hentainexus | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| hentaistream | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| hentaiyes | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| kohentai | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| manhwahentai | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| rule34-xxx | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| uncensoredhentai | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| xbooru | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| e621 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7.6 | Visit ↗ |
| kissmanga | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| mangapark | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| mangareader | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| multporn | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Rule34Video | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7.2 | Visit ↗ |
| E-Hentai | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7.8 | Visit ↗ |
| 3dhentai | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| hentai-foundry | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| mangabuddy | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| manhwaworld | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| hentaifreak | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| hentaigasm | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| hentaipulse | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| thehentaiworld | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Manhwa18 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.4 | Visit ↗ |
| mangagamer | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| HentaiHaven | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | Visit ↗ |
| nhentai | 1 | 4 | — | — | 7.2 | Visit ↗ |
| hentaicity | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| muchohentai | 0 | 0 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| rule34-paheal | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| hiperdex | 0 | 0 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| mangafox | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| manhuaus | 0 | 0 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| myreadingmanga | 0 | 0 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| Hentai Heroes | 2 | 4 | — | — | 6 | Visit ↗ |
| HentaiFox | 3 | 4 | — | — | 6.2 | Visit ↗ |
| lewdninja | 1 | 1 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| ohentai | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| asmhentai | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| doujins | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| cartoonporno | 1 | 4 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| hentaikey | 1 | 0 | — | ⚠ | — | |
| Pixiv | 6 | 6 | — | — | 7.6 | Visit ↗ |
| imhentai | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| rule34-world | 1 | 6 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| aihentai | 8 | 2 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| hentaied | 2 | 4 | — | ⚠ | — | |
| futapo | 3 | 8 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| hentai20 | 2 | 9 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| yandere | 0 | 11 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| hentai2read | 4 | 8 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| simply-hentai | 1 | 13 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| kimochi | 1 | 13 | ⚠ | — | — | |
| luscious | 8 | 17 | — | — | — | |
| DLsite | 25 | 50 | — | — | 6 | Visit ↗ |
| Toonily | 56 | 186 | ⚠ | — | 4.4 | Visit ↗ |
How to Browse Hentai Sites Safely
The simplest protection is site selection — Hanime, Gelbooru, Danbooru, and Rule34 are all at 0/0 with no flags. If you use those four, the rest of this section is overkill. But if you browse more widely, layer these three tools:
Hides your IP address from the site. Your ISP sees a VPN connection, not the domain you visited. Non-negotiable if privacy matters.
Blocks third-party trackers, ads, and most fingerprinting scripts. Free browser extension. Turns Toonily's 56 trackers into approximately zero.
Deletes cookies when you close the window. Doesn't hide your IP (that's the VPN's job) and doesn't block trackers (that's uBlock's job). But it prevents cookies from persisting.
Check Any Hentai Site Yourself
Our Privacy Score tool has Blacklight data for 64+ hentai and manga sites — type a name, see the trackers.
Open Privacy Score Tool →Frequently Asked Questions
Are hentai sites safe?
We scanned 64 hentai and manga sites with Blacklight. 39% loaded zero trackers or cookies — that's cleaner than most mainstream categories. None contained active malware (VirusTotal clean). The real risk is the outliers: Toonily (56 trackers, 186 cookies, fingerprinting) and DLsite (25 trackers, 50 cookies) are dramatically worse than the rest of the category.
Which hentai site has the most trackers?
Toonily loaded 56 third-party trackers and 186 cookies in our Blacklight scan — the worst result across all 1,000+ sites in our entire database. That's 22x the category average of 2.5 trackers. DLsite is second-worst at 25 trackers and 50 cookies.
Do hentai sites use fingerprinting?
15 of the 64 hentai and manga sites we scanned use canvas fingerprinting. This generates a unique device identifier by measuring how your hardware renders invisible graphics. Notable: some fingerprinting sites have 0 trackers and 0 cookies (like MuchoHentai) — fingerprinting is a separate technique.
What's the safest way to browse hentai?
Use a VPN to hide your IP address. Install uBlock Origin to block trackers and ads. Use incognito mode to prevent cookies from persisting. Stick to the clean sites: Hanime, Gelbooru, Danbooru, and Rule34.xxx all returned perfect 0/0 scans. Avoid Toonily and DLsite entirely unless you accept the tracking.
Is nhentai safe to use?
nhentai loaded 1 tracker and 4 cookies — moderate tracking, not dangerous. No fingerprinting, no session recording, VirusTotal clean. The 4 cookies are mostly ad-related. uBlock Origin strips the tracker. It's not as clean as Hanime or the boorus, but it's orders of magnitude safer than Toonily or DLsite.
Are booru sites safe?
Boorus (image boards like Gelbooru, Danbooru, xbooru) are the cleanest subcategory of hentai sites. Gelbooru and Danbooru both returned perfect 0/0 Blacklight scans. Danbooru is ad-free entirely. The tagging-based architecture means less need for ad-funded infrastructure compared to streaming or reading platforms.