r/PrivateInternetAccess is a subreddit with 150k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses vpn, pia, android, wireguard, and macos, and they frequently recommend/review vpn and vpn service.
A place to post privacy-related content and discuss privacy, censorship, surveillance, cyber security, encryption, VPN's & more, brought to you by Private Internet Access VPN.
Popular Themes in r/PrivateInternetAccess
#1
Solution Requests
: "Is Private Internet Access worth getting, and how does it compare to the usual commercial VPNs?"
10 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone else get annoyed by how easily PIA is blocked by streaming services?"
7 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "My Honest Review After Trying 4KIV IPTV - Finally a Service That Actually Works 🤩"
3 posts
#4
News
: "Anyone heard about 4Chan being fined for refusing to share internal moderation data?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/PrivateInternetAccess
#1
Vpn
: "Best Free Vpn to Try in 2025? Worth it or better to pay?"
176 posts
#2
Pia
: "Pia blocks me from websites more and more"
133 posts
#3
Android
20 posts
#4
Wireguard
: "Wireguard vs OpenVPN which do you prefer on PIA?"
19 posts
#5
Macos
: "Macos 15 and 26"
16 posts
#6
Server
: "Anyone noticing issues with some Servers? Specially east coast?"
14 posts
#7
Connection
: "App Privacy Report shows thousands of Connections while VPN is off?"
12 posts
#8
Privacy
: "Running PIA + Tor with temp emails and phone numbers for logins, It feels like a mini Privacy bubble"
11 posts
#9
Speed
: "Decided to Give 3.7.0 a Try - Speed Increase was Amazing"
11 posts
#10
Issues
: "Anyone noticing Issues with some servers? Specially east coast?"
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/PrivateInternetAccess
Vpn
9 reviews
#1
Mullvad
3.8★ from 4 reviews
#2
Private Internet Access
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
PIA
4.0★ from 1 review
Vpn Service
8 reviews
#1
ProtonVPN
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Surfshark
2.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
NordVPN
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/PrivateInternetAccess
#1
HELP
: "Using PIA but still seeing targeted ads everywhere?"
49 posts
#2
HELP - WINDOWS
: "qbPortWeaver 1.6.0 just released"
38 posts
#3
DISCUSSION
: "I stopped sharing my birthday on profiles and something weird happened"
25 posts
#4
QUESTIONS
: "Is Private Internet Access worth getting, and how does it compare to the usual commercial VPNs?"
22 posts
#5
HELP - ANDROID
: "Best free VPN for Android this 2026?"
13 posts
#6
HELP - macOS
: "Is PIA just... broken now?"
12 posts
#7
FEEDBACK
: "Welp... after 12 years of PIA, I think it's time to finally abandon ship."
8 posts
#8
HELP - LINUX
: "Web traffic throttled or completely blocked but torrents / port-forwarding working fine - why?"
7 posts
#9
HELP - iOS
: "App Privacy Report shows thousands of connections while VPN is off?"
7 posts
#10
HELP - APPLICATION FEATURE/SETTINGS
: "Isn't the desktop client suppose to notify you of new versions?"
5 posts
Member Growth in r/PrivateInternetAccess
Yearly
+9k members(6.6%)
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Last updated: July 23, 2026