If you want a privacy focused VPN then Mullvad is great.
If you want one for torrents then it's no good.
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2026
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Why's that? I used it for torrents a few weeks ago and at least speeds were fine. Definitely slower but not terrible.
Does it leak data or something?
They don't offer port forwarding so it sucks for seeding. It works but it severely limits the clients you can seed to.
You can’t seed with it in a reliable and anonymous way
Why is it not anonymous?
They don’t allow port forwarding: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/removing-the-support-for-forwarded-ports Meaning if you want to seed you’re extremely limited - meaning you’d have to turn off the VPN to seed. So it’s not like Mullvad itself is non-anonymous, but you can’t do what you want with it anonymously
Why does a torrent client need to be port forwarded? I keep searching and getting ai slop. Why not just whatever port it's already on?
Don't expect to use torrents with it