Imgur Hosting Complaints

Users complain about Imgur's issues like redirecting direct image links to ad-heavy pages, blocking by networks and VPNs, mobile browser crashes, and censorship, while suggesting alternatives or self-hosting.

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Sample Comments

sdevonoes Jan 8, 2021 View on HN

What's the downside of sharing the url of the image instead?

mahouse Feb 6, 2014 View on HN

Try linking to "img.imgur.com" instead.

samoa42 Dec 23, 2020 View on HN

please consider not using imgur.it does not return the image even if the url directly points to it and does not work correctly with a lot of browsers.ty

Fogest Nov 2, 2014 View on HN

I'd host those images on something other than Imgur, some of the images there are missing.

finnn May 26, 2016 View on HN

"direct" links to an image uploaded sometimes/usually redirect to imgur page, with lots of ads and shitty content, obnoxious, animated overlays that block out part of the image on mobile, etc

oftenwrong Dec 15, 2012 View on HN

http://imgur.com/ is guilty of this

aboardRat4 Dec 26, 2025 View on HN

Don't use imgur, it blocks half of the Internet.

aboardRat4 Dec 26, 2025 View on HN

Don't use imgur, it blocks half of the Internet.

15457345234 Feb 19, 2024 View on HN

Could you kindly rehost those on imgur for people that don't want to play in walled gardens?

searchableguy May 7, 2020 View on HN

You should avoid using Imgur. Their links don't work on mobile correctly. It crashes my browser.