# Is there an image hosting site as good as Imgur that works in the UK (or everywhere)? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 16, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-image-hosting-site-as-good-as-imgur-that-works-in-the-uk-or-everywhere/1026738 "2026-01-16T05:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-image-hosting-site-as-good-as-imgur-that-works-in-the-uk-or-everywhere/1026738/9 "2026-01-17T17:12:03Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > We typically use ImgBB because of the problem with imgur in the UK. I took your advice and used ImgBB in this post: > [@Encryption: If it is based off prime numbers why not just have a great big list of prime numbers to break the codes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encryption-if-it-is-based-off-prime-numbers-why-not-just-have-a-great-big-list-of-prime-numbers-to-break-the-codes/1026772/5): > > For Christmas someone gave me the book below. I get a Mersenne Prime is a subset of all primes but still…it made me think we have a great big list of all primes. I would guess someone has the record for the biggest prime number ever found which means we have a list of all smaller primes. Instead of showing the pic in the thread it made a link to it with a thumbnail I prefer Imgur since it just displays the pic. Also, when you click on the pic, it is mighty slow at loading the image (I guess it is loading the orignal many MB image instead of the smaller and faster JPG image). Reaaaaalllly slow. And I have very fast internet. Boo to ImgBB (my $0.02) ETA - Here they are in comparison: > **[PXL 20260117 170259162 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/JFvCjYP1)** > > Image PXL 20260117 170259162 hosted on ImgBB Versus… [![](https://i.imgur.com/fesJfVs.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/fesJfVs.jpeg) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-image-hosting-site-as-good-as-imgur-that-works-in-the-uk-or-everywhere/1026738)._