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Report for Hianime.to

Report Date
October 8, 2025
Recommendation
Avoid
Overall Summary
Scam
  Why we think so? 

HiAnime.to is a very high-traffic anime streaming site (~199M monthly visits, global rank ~#183) that multiple news outlets and anti-piracy groups identify as a major piracy platform. The site uses Cloudflare and common ad/analytics vendors (so the site looks technically mature), but reporting and security scans flag heavy ad networks, unverified ownership, and legal actions against the operators — overall it presents substantial legal and safety risks ⚠️.

Confidence Score
13%

Risk Insights

⚠️

High traffic, low legitimacy

  • ~199M monthly visits and global rank ~#183.
  • Large audience does not mean licensed or safe.
  • Popular pirate sites often use the same ad networks that can deliver malicious redirects.

Contradictory Signals

Site passes automated blacklist checks today but is still an explicit target of anti-piracy enforcement and carries ad/malware risk.

Signal A: Not blacklisted by Google Safe Browsing

Signal B: Multiple industry and news reports label the site as a major piracy platform with active enforcement

Category Scores

Red Flags & Warnings

  • Widely reported as a major piracy site and placed on enforcement watch lists by industry and government.
  • Numerous ad networks and trackers detected; independent reports describe scammy/malicious ads and risky redirects.
  • WHOIS information absent and no contact emails/phone numbers found on the site, reducing accountability.
  • Subject of active DMCA subpoenas and anti-piracy legal actions, increasing takedown and operator-tracing activity.
  • Content appears unlicensed; using or linking to it may expose users to legal or security risk.

🔎 Detailed Checks & Analysis

Domain tech & infrastructure

Score: 60/100
Passed

"Cloudflare nameservers and A/AAAA records are present; SSL certificate valid (issued 2025-10-07). The site exposes many advertising and analytics vendors which increases the attack surface and ad-driven risk."

Reason: Uses Cloudflare CDN, valid TLS, and a broad ad/analytics stack; technically modern but designed for scale rather than trust.

Traffic volume & audience signals

Score: 80/100
Passed

"SimilarWeb reports ~199 million visits in the most recent month and a global rank near #183; top country share is ~37% United States and the site averages ~5.8 pages per visit."

Reason: Extremely high traffic and low global rank indicate a large, persistent audience.

Contact details & transparency

Score: 20/100
Failed

"Website contact scraper found only social profiles (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube) and no corporate email or phone number, limiting direct accountability or support channels."

Reason: No official contact emails or phone numbers found on the site; only social links are listed.

WHOIS and registrar data

Score: 10/100
Failed

"The WHOIS response included no registrant entries in the provided evidence; DNS points to Cloudflare which can hide origin infrastructure and operator details."

Reason: WHOIS registrant data not returned in evidence, suggesting privacy/obfuscation.

Trademark & brand impersonation

Score: 70/100
Passed

"USPTO search returned zero matching elements for 'hianime.to'. This means there is no clear registered trademark claim detected in the provided evidence, but it does not imply legitimacy of content."

Reason: No matching USPTO trademarks found for the domain; no registered trademark conflicts surfaced in the dataset.

Blacklist / Safe Browsing status

Score: 60/100
Passed

"Scans returned no matched threats and the crypto scam sniffer did not mark the domain as blacklisted. However, absence of a block does not guarantee safety given other signals."

Reason: Google Safe Browsing and the provided crypto-scanner show no active blacklist flags in the evidence set.

News & legal risk

Score: 50/100
Failed

"Multiple news sources and industry reports (TorrentFreak, IGN, Screen Rant, MPA/ACE filings) list HiAnime as a major piracy site and subject it to DMCA subpoenas and watchlists, creating legal risk for operators and potentially for users."

Reason: Documented by industry and news sources as a priority piracy target; active enforcement actions have been taken.

Your Next Steps

  • 1

    Avoid using or signing up on the site and do not click ads or download files from it.

  • 2

    If you already visited, run a full antivirus/malware scan and clear browser data (cache, cookies, extensions).

  • 3

    Use legal, licensed streaming services for anime to avoid piracy and reduce security risk.

  • 4

    Report malware or scam ads encountered on the site to your browser provider and to anti-piracy authorities if relevant.

  • 5

    If you must research content, rely on reputable aggregators and verified social channels rather than downloading or streaming from unlicensed sites.

Evidence & Citations

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