[[!img tor/tor.png link="no" class="svg" alt="A Tor connection goes through 3 relays with the last one establishing the actual connection to the final destination"]]
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Tor is the anonymity network with the largest user base. More than 42 000 000 users connected to Tor daily in 20235. Being adopted by such a large audience proves its maturity, stability, and usability.
Tor is the anonymity network with the largest user base. More than 2 000 000 users connected to Tor daily in 2025. Being adopted by such a large audience proves its maturity, stability, and usability.
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An extract of a Top Secret appraisal by the NSA characterized Tor as "[the King of high secure, low latency Internet anonymity](https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity)" with "no contenders for the throne in waiting".
An extract of a Top Secret appraisal by the NSA characterized Tor as "[the King of high secure, low latency Internet anonymity](https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity)" with "no contenders for the throne in waiting".
[I2P](https://geti2p.net/) is another anonymity network and alternative to Tor.Tails used to include I2P until 2017. We removed I2P in [[Tails 2.12|news/version_2.11]] because it was too costly to maintain.
We have no plans to add I2P back in Tails because I2P hasn't yet become popular and usable enough to make a real difference for our [[target audience|contribute/personas]].