# Anyone else getting "Content Not Viewable In Your Region" from imgur.com?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293
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**Created:** [December 1, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293 "2025-12-01T15:28:04Z")
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### Author: ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293/21 "2026-01-06T18:33:21Z")

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There’s plenty of other free image hosts available.

> **[Image Hosting, Upload Image and Share](https://freeimage.host/)**
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[![](https://iili.io/fO0XRpt.webp) ](https://iili.io/fO0XRpt.webp)

> **[Postimages — free image hosting / image upload](https://postimages.org/)**
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> Provides free image uploading and hosting integration for forums. Free picture hosting and photo sharing for websites and blogs.

[![](https://i.postimg.cc/1txp4fSW-/portrait-of-einstein-in-style-of-picasso-blue-period-cubist-painting-all-in-shades-of-blue.webp) ](https://i.postimg.cc/1txp4fSW-/portrait-of-einstein-in-style-of-picasso-blue-period-cubist-painting-all-in-shades-of-blue.webp)

No need to register or create albums with either of them.

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### Author: ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293/22 "2026-01-06T18:33:53Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> I saw your Coastguard image just fine.

As I said:

> [@Atamasama](#):
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> It eventually showed the image. I think the servers at ImgBB are probably garbage. I’ve also noticed people who post an image from ImgBB will be blank in a thread for a while then eventually appear.

Like I said, it sucks. But I found a working alternative on Shutterfly, and I’ve been using that.

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### Author: ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293/23 "2026-01-06T19:50:28Z")

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The other problem with ImgBB is that direct image links seem to expire relatively fast. Maybe that’s changed, I haven’t really looked too closely lately.

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### Author: ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293/24 "2026-01-08T14:46:59Z")

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You can set a delete time, from 5 minutes to 6 months. But you can also set to “don’t autodelete”

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