LeakGallery by the numbers: what 7.6 million reports mean

LeakGallery is a pirate tube site. That means it presents copied video on pages built to look like a normal video site, with titles, thumbnails, and categories. For creators, the harm is simple. Work that was meant to sit behind a paywall or a private account appears in public, free to watch, on pages the creator did not approve and does not control. Understanding the scale of that problem starts with public data, not with guesses.

Google's Transparency Report records 7,633,487 URLs reported for this domain. Read that phrase carefully, because the wording matters. It means copyright owners and their agents reported more than that many web addresses to Google, at the time of the report data, asking for those addresses to be removed from search results. It is not a count of videos. It is not a count of creators. It is a count of reported URLs in copyright removal requests.

A single leak can produce many reported URLs. The same copied video may appear on a watch page, a category page, a tag page, and copies made under slightly different addresses. Each address can be reported separately. That is why the figure is so large, and why it should not be read as a count of separate works. What it shows honestly is volume. People have asked Google to act on this domain again and again, at a scale few sites reach.

Our removal guides describe LeakGallery as a site that usually ignores DMCA notices. A DMCA notice is the formal request sent to a site asking it to take copied material down. Many lawful sites act on those requests quickly. A pirate tube site often does not reply, does not remove the page, or removes one page while others stay live. That poor response is part of the pattern behind the reporting volume.

When the host will not act, search becomes the practical lever. Most viewers do not type a pirate site address from memory. They search a creator name, a stage name, or a title, and they follow what search shows them. If the LeakGallery page is removed from Google search results, that path is cut. The page may still exist on the site itself, but far fewer people will ever find it.

That process is called delisting, and it is different from takedown. A takedown removes the file or page at the source. A delisting removes the address from a search index, so the search engine no longer points people to it. For a site that ignores notices, delisting is often the faster and more reliable result. It does not excuse the source, and work can continue there too, but it reduces discovery in a direct way.

For a creator who finds work on LeakGallery, the first step is proof of ownership. Nullva verifies ownership with a bio-code before filing anything, which means placing a short code in an official account bio so the claim can be checked. Nullva then files in its own name as an authorized agent. That order matters. Search companies and hosts need to see that the person asking for action has the right to ask.

The next step is to report the exact addresses, not just the site name. A report that names the domain alone rarely helps. Each watch page and listing page that points to your work should be listed clearly, with the original work identified beside it. Keep your own records of what you sent and when. If the same material returns under a new address, that record helps you show the pattern and act again without starting over.

The honest lesson from the figure is not despair. It is strategy. A domain with this reporting history should not be handled with one hopeful email and then forgotten. Send the notice to the site, because the record matters, but put real effort into Google delisting at the same time. Check search results for your names on a regular schedule, report new addresses early, and treat each new copy as a separate findable page that needs its own report.