The biggest free proxy lists on November 7, 2026 were two GitHub lists: Proxifly published 11,253 entries and TheSpeedX 9,091. ProxyScrape's free API returned 2,000, free-proxy-list.net shows 300, and FreeProxy.World and Spys.one show 50 and 30 a page. Size says little: the median uptime Spys.one printed for its listed proxies was 23%.
We counted every list ourselves, between 16:12 and 16:50 UTC that day, reading each published file, API answer or page through our server. Each section quotes the list's own words on how often it refreshes. Our own free proxy list, counted the same way, held 6,174 entries. New to free proxies in general? Start with when free proxies are fine, then come back for the roundup.
How we ranked the biggest free proxy lists
The ranking follows one measured number: how many entries a list published on November 7, 2026. For a downloadable list we counted the lines in its file or API answer. For a site that shows a table page by page, we counted its first page and say so. Then each section adds what the list says about its own refresh cycle and how you get the data out.
ProxyNova stays out of the count: its robots.txt refuses Claude agents on its proxy list page, so we did not read it.
Size is the least useful number on this page. A list of 10,000 dead addresses loses to 300 fresh ones, and the section on what all of them have in common shows how few answer. Read the ranking as "where the most candidates are", then test them.
1. Proxifly: the biggest file, refreshed every five minutes
Proxifly's GitHub list published 11,253 entries on November 7, 2026, of which 10,708 were distinct addresses. Its README describes the cycle: "Every 5 minutes, Proxifly fetches fresh proxies", covering HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5. The same page reported "11253 working proxies from 136 countries in the latest update (Nov 07, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC)".
The files come as JSON, TXT, CSV and YAML, so a script can pull the list without scraping a table. The word "working" is the README's. A list's own check and a real request through the proxy are two different tests, as our measurement further down shows.
2. TheSpeedX PROXY-List: 9,091 entries, updated from time to time
TheSpeedX's list on GitHub held 9,091 entries in three files: 2,688 HTTP, 2,248 SOCKS4 and 4,155 SOCKS5. Its README stamped the last update at 09:30:53 UTC on November 7, 2026. Its total matched our count exactly.
The README is candid about what the list is. It says the proxies are collected from the internet, "updated from time to time", and that the maintainer is not in charge of them. Expect a broad, unfiltered pile: plain files for HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5, with no check described.
3. ProxyScrape: the biggest free API
ProxyScrape's free API returned 2,000 entries for all protocols on November 7, 2026, or 1,974 distinct addresses. Its page says "The proxy list updates every minute", and that its GitHub mirror refreshes every 5 minutes. It covers HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5.
ProxyScrape itself recommends "the free public API or the GitHub repository instead of scraping the HTML page". Read from our server, its HTML table came back empty: the table is drawn by script in the browser. ProxyScrape also sells paid residential, datacenter and ISP plans; our price records hold them from August to October 2026.
4. monosans proxy-list: smaller, checked against a real page
The monosans list on GitHub held 976 entries. Its README promises proxies "re-checked every hour" and describes a stricter test than most: "a proxy had to fetch a real URL in full, so proxies that connect and then stall never appear."
It is the smallest of the GitHub lists here, and it carries the plainest warning: "Never send passwords, tokens or personal data through them." That line applies to every list on this page.
5. Spys.one and spys.me: 400 in a text file, 30 rows a page
Spys publishes a plain-text list at spys.me, which held 400 entries on November 7, 2026. Its main site, Spys.one, shows 30 proxies in its default view, with type, anonymity, country, network owner, latency, speed, uptime and the time of the last check.
Two things set Spys.one apart. The page text carries no port numbers, because a script writes them into the page, so a plain copy of the table gives you addresses without ports. And it prints an uptime figure for each proxy. For the 30 rows we read, the median uptime was 23%, the highest 75% and the lowest 4%. Only 5 of the 30 stood at 50% or more. Our free proxy list graveyard tracks the lists that stopped answering altogether.
6. free-proxy-list.net: 300 proxies, every 10 minutes
free-proxy-list.net is the plain HTML table many people copy from first. It describes itself in one line: "Here are the latest 300 free proxies that are just checked and added into our proxy list. The proxy list is updated every 10 minutes to keep fresh." On November 7, 2026, its raw list was stamped "Updated at 2026-11-07 16:46:01 UTC" and held exactly 300 entries.
The columns are IP address, port, country code, country, anonymity, Google, HTTPS and last checked. A "Get raw list" button opens the 300 as plain text, which is the easy way to copy them. It is small next to the GitHub lists.
7. FreeProxy.World: 50 a page, no total shown
FreeProxy.World calls itself a "Worldwide free proxy list. Free fresh working proxy, including HTTP/SOCKS/SSL". Its first page held 50 proxies, each with port, country, city, speed in milliseconds, type, anonymity and the time since the last check. The first rows we read had been checked 2 minutes earlier.
The table is paged, and the site prints no total, so we could not count it whole. The city and speed columns help you choose which rows to try first; test each one before use.
The biggest free proxy lists compared
| List | Entries | Refresh, in its own words |
|---|---|---|
| Proxifly | 11,253 | every 5 minutes |
| TheSpeedX | 9,091 | from time to time |
| ProxyScrape | 2,000 | every minute |
| monosans | 976 | every hour |
| spys.me | 400 | not stated |
| Free Proxy List | 300 | every 10 minutes |
| FreeProxy World | 50 a page | not stated |
| Spys.one | 30 a page | not stated |
Entries are our count of each list as published on November 7, 2026; Free Proxy List is free-proxy-list.net, and FreeProxy World is FreeProxy.World.
What all of them have in common
Every list here carries public proxies, run by strangers and shared by everyone who found the same list. They die fast. Our engine has discovered 589,918 proxies over 129,131,311 checks; 34,114 were alive within 48 hours and 4,023 were alive on 2026-08-11. Our free proxy data study explains the method.
94% fewer than Unique proxies discovered
88% fewer than In the working pool
A list's own word "working" is a weak guide. On September 5, 2026, we tested one GitHub list whose README claimed 2,326 working proxies, validated every five minutes. Of the 2,211 entries in its file, 1,770 answered a connection and 306 relayed a real page fetch, or 13.8%. Among its HTTP entries, 52 of 1,569 did (3.3%). Our free proxy list page publishes that test in full.
They share a safety profile too, which no list page mentions. When Christian Haschek tested 443 free proxies in 2015, 199 answered at all. Of those, 79% refused HTTPS, which keeps traffic readable to the operator. 16.6% changed the HTML of pages, and 8.5% changed JavaScript (Christian Haschek, "Analyzing 443 free proxies"). Never route a login or anything private through one, whichever list it came from.
The way out is your own test. Run each entry through a checker just before you use it, because "it was on a big free proxy list" says nothing about the next request. Our walkthrough on how to check if a proxy is working gives the exact steps.
Where HProxy fits
Our free proxy list held 6,174 entries at 16:48 UTC on November 7, 2026. It draws on 116 sources, is re-checked around the clock, and is published to GitHub every couple of minutes and served as a keyless API at hproxy.com/v1/proxy-list.
Our free proxy checker tests any entry, from our list or anyone else's. When a login, a payment or a paid job enters the picture, free proxies stop being an option. Our residential proxies start at $0.23/GB, pay as you go: free for disposable work, residential when it has to hold.
The short version
For the most candidates, take Proxifly's or TheSpeedX's file from GitHub. For a free API, use ProxyScrape. For a quick handful, copy free-proxy-list.net's raw list. Whatever you take, test each entry before you trust it: on Spys.one's own figures, the median listed proxy was up 23% of the time.
What this page could not check
We did not test the proxies on these lists for this page; their sizes and refresh cycles come from our count and their own words. FreeProxy.World and Spys.one print no total, so we counted their first page only. ProxyNova was not read, because its robots.txt refuses Claude agents. Every count comes from one reading on one afternoon, and list sizes move by the minute: our own list read 6,174, then 6,179 on a second request. All of it is due for a recount by December 7, 2026.
Sources
- Proxifly, free-proxy-list README and list file, read November 7, 2026.
- TheSpeedX, PROXY-List README and its HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 files, read November 7, 2026.
- monosans, proxy-list README and list file, read November 7, 2026.
- ProxyScrape, free proxy list page and free API, read November 7, 2026.
- Spys, spys.one free proxy list and spys.me text list, read November 7, 2026.
- free-proxy-list.net, home page and raw list, read November 7, 2026.
- FreeProxy.World, home page, read November 7, 2026.
- Christian Haschek, "Analyzing 443 free proxies", 2015.
- HProxy, free proxy list page, API and published test of September 5, 2026; engine counters; price records; read November 7, 2026.
