Everyone knows the importance of staying safe online. Amongst all the great things that the internet has brought us, it has also presented opportunities for hackers and scammers to make an illegitimate living.

There are many things you can do to stay safe online, such as using a 

 and installing anti-virus software. Despite these techniques, in the United States alone, there was a total loss of $18.7 billion, which shows just how dangerous the online world can be.

That’s why we wanted to find out the states and countries that are most at risk from cybercrime, as well as the states which have lost the most money to cybercrime. We also wanted to find out which types of cybercrime were the most common.

We’ve calculated the number of victims per 100,000 people to find out the U.S. states that are most at risk of cybercrime.

1. Nevada—556 victims of cybercrime per 100,000

In first place, with twice as many victims as any other state, is Nevada with 556 victims per 100,000 of the population. Nevada had a total of 17,706 victims of cybercrime during the 2021 year, which was the sixth highest out of all the U.S. states.

2. Iowa—275 victims of cybercrime per 100,00

In second place is Iowa, with 275 victims of cybercrime per 100,000 people in the state. The population in Iowa is actually marginally higher than in Nevada, however, Iowa’s total of 8,853 victims is less than half of that in Nevada.

3. Alaska—242 victims of cybercrime per 100,000

Completing our top three, with 242 victims of cybercrime per 100,000, is Alaska. There were a total of 1,787 cases of cybercrime in Alaska, which was almost 10 times smaller than Nevada in first place. However, Alaska has one of the smallest populations in the U.S. which explains its high ranking.

Most Common Types of Cyber Crime in the US

Cybercrime comes in all different forms. That’s why we wanted to find out the types of cybercrime that are most prevalent in the U.S.

1. Phishing/Vishing/Smishing/Pharming - 323,972 victims

Four different types of cybercrime take first place here, however, all four types of cybercrime have the same objective. Phishing is a form of cybercrime that encourages you to reveal personal and sensitive information, through a fraudulent message. Vishing is the same but through phone calls, smishing is through social media, and pharming is directing you to a fake website that will install a virus onto your device. There were 323,972 victims of these cyber attacks, who lost a combined total of $44 million.

2. Non-Payment/Non-Delivery - 82,478 victims

In second place, with 82,478 victims, is non-payment/non-delivery scams. This is where you either buy a product from a fraudulent seller, for the product not to be delivered, or you sell and deliver a product, only to not receive payment. Despite fewer victims, $337m was lost through these scams.

Personal data breaches complete our top three, with almost 52,000 victims during 2021. Personal data breaches include someone going into a device, such as a phone or a computer, and accessing sensitive information without your permission. Out of our top three, personal data breaches were the most costly, with a combined loss of $517m.

States That Have Lost the Most Money to Cyber Crime

Cybercrime can often cost you a lot of money. That’s why we’ve looked at the combined amount lost from each state as a result of cybercrime.

1. California—$1.23 billion lost from cybercrime

California takes the top spot, with twice as much lost from cybercrime than any other state. More than $1.2 billion was lost due to cybercrime, in the state of California, where there were 67,000 victims. This equates to an average loss per victim of just over $18,000.

2. Texas—$606.2 million lost from cybercrime

In second place is Texas, with over $606 million lost from cybercrime in 2021. There were a total of 41,148 victims of cybercrime in Texas in 2021, which was the third highest on our list. This averages to $14,000 lost per victim in Texas.

3. New York—$560 million lost from cybercrime

New York completes our top three with a combined loss of just under $560 million. New York had a total of 29,065 victims in 2021. This averages to $19,000 lost per victim of cybercrime.

States That Have Lost the Most per Victim

We’ve looked at the amount lost and the number of victims in each state to find out which states are losing the most money on average.

1. North Dakota—$31,642 lost per victim

North Dakota takes first place by some distance. On average, North Dakota lost over $30,000 per victim, $12,000 more than any other state. North Dakota had just 670 victims in 2021, but $21.2 million was lost.

New York takes second place, losing $19,267 per victim of cybercrime. New York lost the third-highest amount out of all states in the U.S. losing a total of $560 million. New York also had the fourth-highest number of victims.

3. South Dakota—$19,032 lost per victim

In third place, losing just over $19,000 per victim of cybercrime, is South Dakota. South Dakota just beats California, the state with the highest total loss and number of victims, to fourth place. South Dakota had a total of $18 million lost, which was shared between 951 people.

Cybercrime happens all over the world. That’s why we wanted to find out the prevalence of cybercrime across the world. We’ve calculated the rate per 100,000 in each country to find out where cybercrime is happening the most.

1. United Kingdom—450 victims of cybercrime per 100,000

The country most at risk of cybercrime is the United Kingdom, with 450 victims of cybercrime per 100,000 people. The UK had the second-highest number of victims out of all the countries on our list and more than three times as many victims per 100,000 people than any other country.

2. United States—138 victims of cybercrime per 100,000

The US takes second place with 138 victims of cybercrime per 100,000 people. The US had the highest number of victims on our list at 466,501, and the third-highest population. Despite being far off the UK’s number, the US is comfortably in third, with more than nine times as many as third place.

3. Canada—15 victims of cybercrime per 100,000

Completing our top three is Canada, with a total of 15 victims of cybercrime per 100,000 people. Canada had the third-highest number of victims on our list, with 5,788, which is far from the figures for the UK and the US.

To calculate the loss per victim, we simply divided the amount lost by the number of victims.

To calculate the number of victims per 100,000 people, we divided the population by the number of victims and multiplied that figure by 100,000.

USA Cyber Crime Hotspots

There is probably more information stored on your computer than you realize. Your bank details, address, and date of birth have all been inputted into a computer at some point in your life. As scary as it may sound, this information presents a number of opportunities for hackers.

There are numerous ways you can stay safe online, creating strong unique passwords, using a 

, and installing antivirus software can help you feel secure when you’re browsing the internet.

However, this may not stop hackers from trying to get your valuable information. Employees and employers are targeted every day, all around the world. That’s why, here at Proxyrack, we wanted to find out the average cost of a data breach.

As well as looking at which countries experience the most data breaches, we’ve looked at the average cost of a data breach in countries and industries, as well as how the cost is affected by the number of remote workers to show you the financial damage these data breaches can cause.

The Countries Losing The Most Money to Data Breaches

Data breaches happen all over the world. That’s why we wanted to find where in the world they were the most costly.

1. United States - $9 million average cost of a data breach

Data breaches in the United States were the most expensive, with an average cost of $9 million. Data breaches in the US cost just over $2 million more than any other country on our list.

2. Middle East - $6.93 million average cost of a data breach

Data breaches in the Middle East are the second most costly in our list. A data breach here costs, on average, $6.93 million. The Middle East is made up of a number of different countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

3. Canada - $5.4 million average cost of a data breach

Canada completes our top three with the average cost of a data breach costing $5.4 million. Canada’s average cost of a data breach has increased by $900,000 since 2020, which is the equivalent of 20%.

The Industries Losing The Most Money to Data Breaches

For hackers, some industries will be more lucrative than others. So we found out which industries had the highest cost of a data breach.

1. Healthcare - $9.23 million average cost of a data breach

Data breaches in the healthcare industry were the most expensive with an average cost of $9.23 million. A data breach in the healthcare industry was almost $4 million more expensive than any other industry.

2. Financial - $5.72 million average cost of a data breach

The financial industry was the second most expensive, with the average cost of a data breach costing $5.72 million. The average cost of a data breach has actually decreased since 2020, going from $5.85 million to $5.72 million.

3. Pharmaceuticals - $5.04 million average cost of a data breach

Data breaches in the pharmaceutical industry complete our top three, with the average cost of a data breach sitting at just over $5 million. The average cost of a pharmaceutical data breach has narrowly decreased since 2020 when it was $5.06 million.

The Effects of Remote Working on Data Breaches

With more and more employees choosing to work from home, we wanted to find out how the percentage of remote employees affects the cost of a data breach.

Data breaches to companies with the highest percentage of remote employees were the most costly in 2021. For companies with 81% to 100% of remote employees, the average cost of a data breach was just over $5.5 million.

Companies with 61% to 80% of remote employees experienced the second-highest cost of a data breach. Between this range, the average cost of a data breach was just under $4.4 million.

At the other end of the spectrum, companies with just 10% to 20% of remote workers experienced the third-highest average data breach cost. Between 10% and 20%, data breaches cost, on average, $4.21 million.

The Countries Most Commonly Targeted by Data Breaches

1. United States - 7,221,177 breaches per 1 million people

The United States takes first place with over seven million breaches per million people. A total of 2.4 billion breaches have happened in the US, with 30 million happening in 2022, and 452 million happening in the last three years.

2. France - 6,488,574 breaches per 1 million people

In second place is France, with almost 6.5 million breaches per million people. France had a total of 419 million data breaches, almost 16 million of these came in 2022, with 66 million of France’s total coming in the last three years.

3. South Sudan - 6,184,061 breaches per 1 million people

Completing our top three is South Sudan with over 6 million breaches per 1 million people. South Sudan had almost 67.5 million breaches in total, with 10 million of these coming in the last three years. 1 million of these came in 2022 alone.

’ to find out the average cost of a data breach for countries, industries, and the percentage of remote workers.

 to find out the total number of breaches for each country. This data was accurate from 07.11.2022.

To calculate the breaches per 1 million people, we used 

 to get the population. Countries with fewer than 1 million people were removed.

Cost of a Data Breach

The social media sites with the highest number of data breaches

Currently, we are very much in an age of social media, it informs many of the decisions we make and serves as a source of information and social interaction. It also serves as a platform to share news, voice opinions, and create varying types of content, locally and worldwide.

However, our reliance on social media could also be perceived as a liability. As everyone knows, when you make accounts, you usually have to put in various amounts of information, some of it rather personal. And, especially where social media platforms are concerned, data leaks are a somewhat regular occurrence. However, there are ways to better protect yourself, such as our  

, to obscure your IP address whilst you’re online.

We reveal which sites have had the most data breaches, which one’s affected the most users, and which sites people are most concerned about scams on.

Social media sites with the most data breaches

Facebook, the one that started it all, well almost. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 and owned by Meta, which was formerly Facebook, Inc. this social networking site was one of the founding fathers of social media, so to speak.

However, the site has been caught up in numerous data breaches and scandals. Most famously, there was the Cambridge Analytica data scandal of 2018, which wasn’t strictly a data breach, but it saw Facebook sell the data of 87 million users to Cambridge Analytica. This was not something that users had agreed to. Their first data breach was in 2013, with two others occurring in 2018, amidst the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The year 2019 would prove to be their worst, with a total of four data breaches, each exposing huge numbers of

LinkedIn is a social networking platform with a focus on professional networking, allowing employers to post job advertisements and job seekers to post their CVs. The first record of a data breach on the site occurred in 2012. Initially, the site claimed only 6.5 million accounts were affected, this total was updated in 2016 to approximately 165 million. The site suffered another leak in 2018, where names, work, and personal email addresses, job titles, and individual profile links were scraped, affecting around 66 million users.

Two more breaches happened in 2021, the first in April when public profiles were scraped of their data and later sold online, and the second in June, housing personal and professional data of people's accounts.

Twitter is a micro-blogging and social media network, founded in 2006 and is owned by Twitter, Inc. which previously owned Vine, a similar app to TikTok. In 2022, Elon Musk attempted to buy Twitter for around $44 billion, however, a few months after the offer was accepted, Musk terminated the deal.

In 2016, a group of Russian hackers who had already stolen data from MySpace and LinkedIn stole around 32 million user records from Twitter. Then in 2018, Twitter released a statement to its 330 million users to change their passwords as a glitch in the site's code had temporarily exposed them. The site experienced two more breaches in 2020 and 2022, both on a smaller scale than that of the 2018 glitch.

Yahoo! is an American web services provider that also runs Yahoo! Answers, a social networking service in which your Yahoo! credentials are used to log in. Yahoo! has been around since 1994, that’s a whopping 28 years.

Yahoo! would experience its first data breach in 2012, when an SQL injection attack revealed users' usernames and passwords in plain text format. However, 2013 would see them experience their biggest data breach and one of the biggest data breaches in the world when a group of hackers revealed billions of users' personal data. Yahoo! would experience two more data breaches in 2014 and 2018.

MySpace, launched in 2003, was the precursor to Facebook. They were the first social networking site to reach a global audience, having a huge influence on technology and culture at the time.

However, like Facebook, they have also suffered a few data breaches. In 2008, they had their first and most damaging breach, when approximately 360 million users' data was stolen and later, in 2016, was sold on the web which was when knowledge of the breach became public. A hack by a Russian group in 2013, exposed similar amounts of data and again, the knowledge of this breach was immediately made public.

Social media sites that lost the most user data

Total Number of Users Affected by Data Breaches: 3,502,910,847

Yahoo! comes out on top, with its total number of users affected is over 3.5 billion. The majority of this figure is made up of the 2013 breach, which was initially thought to have exposed 1 billion users' data. This breach was first reported in 2016, during negotiations to sell themselves to Verizon and in 2017 they updated their estimate of users affected to 3 billion. With such a slow response time, it is difficult to see how anyone could trust Yahoo! with any amount of personal data.

Total Number of Users Affected by Data Breaches: 2,108,458,528

Facebook, one of the largest social networking sites of all time has suffered the most data leaks and as a consequence has leaked over 2.1 billion users' data. Their hardest-hitting year was 2019 when they suffered four different data breaches, leaking almost 2 billion users' data. And of course, there was the Cambridge Analytica scandal where Facebook sold user data without the consent of its users.

Total Number of Users Affected by Data Breaches: 1,056,457,960

And with the third most users affected by data breaches, we have LinkedIn, which has lost the data of just over 1 billion users to date. The majority of this total was from a data breach the site suffered in 2021 when 700 million users' data was exposed by a hacker and then later sold in a Dark Web forum. They also suffered a smaller scale breach in the same year, exposing around 125 million users' data. And their other two came in 2016, exposing around 165 million users' data, and in 2018 with 66 million users' data exposed.

Social media sites with the largest concern for scams

Search Term: WhatsApp scams | Google Search Volume: 397,100

WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, comes out as the social media platform where there is the highest perceived concern for scams, with 397,100 Google searches in the last year. The platform hasn’t exactly been the best at using the data of its users, as in 2021 it was fined $266 million for data transparency breaches.

Search Term: Instagram scams | Google Search Volume: 149,600

Instagram came out as the second social media site where people were most concerned about scams, with a total of 149,600 Google searches in the past year. Most people who have used the social networking site will have come across fake accounts or “bots”, usually messaging you informing you that you’ve won something too good to be true. That’s because it usually is, and such accounts should be reported indiscriminately.

Search Term: Facebook Messenger scams | Google Search Volume: 138,600

And finally, Facebook Messenger specifically comes out as the third social networking site where people are most concerned about scams. Facebook’s instant messaging app is prone to many of the same behaviors as Instagram, fake accounts messaging you telling you that you’ve won something or trying to lure personal information from you. Be cautious in accepting message requests and use common sense, if it seems risky, block immediately.

Firstly, we started by building a list of the most used social media sites, using lists such as this one from 

From there, we used multiple sources to track down how many data breaches these sites have had. Using 

 we noted down how many different breaches each site had suffered and how many users were affected each time.

as they keep a record of Facebook data breaches.

First, we ranked each site on the number of breaches they had suffered and then on which sites data breaches had affected the most users.

We then finally took each social networking site and used a search term in 

 to get an idea of which sites people are most concerned about being scammed on.

Social Media Security Report

Data breaches happen every year, and they can affect some of the biggest companies in the world. Not only can they expose sensitive information, but they can also have huge financial implications. The ripple effect that these breaches can cause could put you at risk.

Here at Proxyrack, we know a thing or two about network security with our 

That’s why we’ve looked into the most costly data breaches, the most common methods, and the companies with the most data breaches.

We’ve looked at data breaches since 2004 where more than 30,000 records were stolen or compromised.

Web-based industries have been the most targeted since 2004, with 53 data breaches to companies. Web industries potentially hold large amounts of sensitive data and information, which makes it no surprise that these are the most targeted.

Healthcare industries were the second most common industry targeted by hackers, with 47 data breaches. There were four data breaches to healthcare companies in 2021, with Apple Health Medicaid and Health Service Executive among the four which were hacked.

Completing our top three is the financial industry which has suffered 38 data breaches since 2004. With finance companies holding information regarding bank accounts, there is no surprise that these are in the top three for most targeted industries.

You’d hope that after the first hack, companies would strengthen their online protection to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Unfortunately for some companies, that’s not quite worked out. We’ve discovered which companies have received the most data breaches since 2004.

Facebook has had the most data breaches since 2004 with a total of five, two more than any other company. Three of the five data breaches Facebook experienced were in 2019, with the other two in 2018 and 2013. Facebook's most recent hack was their most costly with 540 million records either stolen or compromised. Poor security was the social networking site’s main problem, causing three of its data breaches.

AOL take second place with three hacks since 2004. A total of 114.4 million records were stolen or compromised during the three hacks AOL suffered, which happened in 2004, 2006 and 2014. All three data breaches were through different methods. In 2004, it was an inside job that caused what was also their most costly breach, with 92 million records stolen or compromised. In 2006, 20 million records were accidentally published and in 2014 it was a hacking that caused 2.4 million records to be stolen or compromised.

Also, with three hacks since 2004 is Citigroup who were hacked in 2005, 2011, and 2013. The data breaches to the finance company weren’t as severe as second place, with just over 4.4 million records stolen or compromised. The methods used were lost/stolen media, hacking, and poor security, with poor security being the most recent method.

There are a number of ways in which hackers try and steal data from companies. We’ve looked at the most common methods that are used.

The most common cause of data breaches is hacking, which has occurred 193 times since 2004. Whether it’s through password abuse, or tempting you to click on a fake link, there are a number of ways that a hacker can hack someone.

Poor security was the second most common way people gained unauthorized access to sensitive information, happening on 44 occasions since 2004. This shows just how important it can be to invest in internet security.

Completing our top three is lost or stolen media which was the third most common data breach method, happening 33 times since 2004. The most recent hack of this kind happened in 2017 to Advocate Medical Group where 4 million records were stolen.

We’ve looked at which data breaches have been the most costly to the companies that were hacked.

The most expensive data breach was the hack of Epsilon which cost the company a huge $4 billion. The marketing company’s hack was huge, where the names and addresses of 60 million people were stolen after the email system was breached.

Our second most costly breach was Equifax, which caused damages of $700 million. Equifax is a finance company which offers credit monitoring services for free. When it was hacked, the private information of 160 million accounts was exposed, and Wall Street lowered the company’s valuation by $4 billion.

3. US Office of Personnel Management - $500 million

Our third most costly data breach was the US Office of Personnel Management, which cost the company $500 million. OPM deals with personal data for millions of employees, and when they were hacked, the information of 4 million employees was compromised. The hack happened whilst updating their security.

 to discover the most targeted industries and companies, as well as the most common methods of data breaches.

  to find out the most costly data breaches.

Exposed Industries

Do you want to scrape data from the Wayback Machine but don’t know how to do it without getting detected? Just know it’s easy, and you can do so without any coding skills. Keep scrolling to discover how.  

Wayback Machine is a digital archive founded by the Internet Archive. It was created in 1996 but was launched in 2001 and since then it has provided “universal access to all knowledge”. 

Also, it has allowed users to view historical versions of websites by providing them with archived copies of extant and defunct web pages. 

Apart from web pages, it also houses books, images, audio recordings, software programs, videos, and television news programs. It is used worldwide except in China and Bahrain. 

The Wayback Machine, working with more than 950 libraries and partners, had over 728 billion web pages saved as of August 2022. 

With Wayback Machine, you can find dated news reports, social media pages, changes to website content, and even dead websites. Over the years, content from the Wayback Machine has been used to expose lies, hold the media and politicians accountable, create content, make references, or for verification. 

The data available on this archive are freely accessed by everyone including scholars, historians, and researchers. However, if you want to extract data from it, you will have to scrape the website. 

The good news is: Wayback Machine supports scraping and even has a scraping API. Since the Wayback Machine itself strives on scraping other websites, it does not object to being scraped. Its scraping API is free to use with its daily high requests allowance and rules, plus various scripts. 

We will recommend that when scraping data from the Wayback Machine you use ‘web scrapers’. These web scrapers crawl the Wayback Machine, analyze its content, and extract needed data into an organized readable format which is stored on a spreadsheet or database.

Their process of scraping is fully automated, so you don't have to write scripts. Although there are some available to programmers.

Scraping Wayback Machine is great because you get all your data in one place and do not have to deal with different websites and their anti-scraping system. 

No matter the scale of data you want to scrape, using a web scraper will help you achieve it in minutes. Yes, minutes! And that covers even hundreds or thousands of web pages. Thanks to technology, it saves you the stress, inefficiency, error, and time-wasting that come with manual scraping.

There are several web scrapers on the internet that can be used to scrape data from the Wayback Machine, however, it is important that you review them before getting one. This is because only a quality web scraper can give you quality results.

How To Safely Scrape Data From Wayback Machine 

As recommended above, you are to use web scrapers when scraping data from Wayback Machine, but there is more to it than just getting web scrapers. To safely scrape data from the Wayback Machine you need 'Proxies'. 

Proxies are server applications that function as intermediaries between a device requesting data and a website providing the data.

They are integrated into web scrapers to enable you to bypass website restrictions and remain anonymous while at it. They enable you to scrape as much data as you want, even beyond the Wayback Machine's allowance. 

Also, they come with IP addresses attached to different locations which allow you to scrape Wayback Machine from restricted regions like China and Bahrain with IP addresses of approved regions. 

Best Proxies For Scraping Wayback Machine

Like web scrapers, there are several proxies on the internet but the best for scraping the Wayback Machine are Residential and Datacenter Proxies. Their proxy servers offer a secured way to hide users' IP addresses and help them anonymously scrape data from the Wayback Machine.

The IP addresses of residential proxies are provided by real ISPs, so they appear real and legitimate. Whereas datacenter proxies are created in bulk and are provided by data centers, they are fast but can be easily detected if they are not obtained from a trusted provider.

These proxies can be purchased from Proxyrack for a monthly fee. The advantage of getting them at Proxyrack is that you are offered over 5 million residential IP addresses when you get any of the residential proxies and over 20 thousand datacenter IP addresses when you get any of the datacenter proxies. You also get to buy SOCKS, HTTP, and UDP proxies. 

Scraping data from Wayback Machine safely is possible if you use proxies. But the real safety is only gotten when you get them from trusted providers. This is the same for web scrapers. You can start by exploring Proxyrack's residential and datacenter proxies to get started.

How To Safely Scrape Data From Wayback Machine

Credential stuffing is where malicious users acquire a list of previously hacked usernames and passwords (or hashed passwords) from a website and then attempt to login on another website using the same credentials. This often works because regular users use the same password across many domains.

We have developed propriety technology to detect this exact kind of behaviour and quickly block access to the target website.

This user then re-enters our compliance department where we analyse his requests and directly talk to user about their suspicious activity and only then re-enable access once we are certain their behaviour is ethical.

How we actively prevent credential stuffing

Anti-credential stuffing technology

Are you on the lookout for a safer way to extract data from IMDb? If yes, look no further. This post will show you how to safely scrape data from IMDb. Additionally, you also get to find out the best proxies for scraping IMDb.

IMDb stands for Internet Movie Database. It is the world's largest, most popular, and most comprehensive movie database on the internet. It was launched in 1990 and is currently a subsidiary of Amazon.

This website is an extensive source of movie data including movie trailers, movie release dates, box office information, free movies, entertainment news, user reviews, celebrity profiles, TV and entertainment programs, and more. 

Its dynamic database is designed to help users explore movies and shows, read reviews, check out casts and crews, decide what to watch and find out where to watch it. 

Scraping IMDb is the process of importing data from the website to a file or spreadsheet on a computer for use. 

If you’ve ever searched for a movie or actor online, you have likely visited IMDb. IMDb's database is extensive, which makes it the perfect hub for movie and entertainment data. 

You can get data about scripts, plot summaries, directors, producers, publicity contacts, movie trailers, movie ratings, movie showtimes, trivia, box-office data, runtime, popularity, etc. There are also character resources such as biographies and memorable quotes. 

As of June 2022, IMDb recorded a total of 451,282,450 data items available on the site. These data are available to everyone on the internet and can be used for research purposes or to make important decisions. Although most of this data can be accessed freely, it cannot be scraped easily. 

Manually, scraping IMDb is done by copying and pasting the data, but imagine if the data is not found on just one page, that means more time and effort will be spent. In fact, there might be errors. 

This is why to effectively scrape IMDb, you need the help of "web scrapers", which are also known as "data scrapers". These web scrapers can be gotten from reliable providers online and most of them can be used without any coding skills. 

Their advantage is that they can scrape any amount of data and automatically organize it in a usable format. They mostly come with guides to direct you.

To safely scrape data from IMDb you need just two things: a web scraper and a proxy.

The IMDb website doesn't have an API that allows the free collection of data. It also has an anti-spam system that is built to analyze requests, detect scraping activities and stop them by blocking your IP address. 

Web scrapers are bots that help you to send requests to the IMDb website, look for the data and store it in a file. However, that doesn't stop the web scrapers from being detected. That is why we will always advise that you scrape websites using proxies. 

Reliable web scrapers are built to work with proxies, making it easy for you to carry out all your scraping activity from one place. Proxies provide you with IP addresses that can be rotated to reduce traffic coming from one IP address. 

Even after getting a web scraper and a proxy, you might still have to worry if you don't get them from trusted premium providers. Getting them for free from just anyone will only increase your chances of getting detected.

Without much ado, Residential and Datacenter Proxies are the best proxies for scraping IMDb. Based on our research, we have found out that these proxies help to hide your identity, and you can use them to scrape thousands of web pages with random IP addresses that can be rotated. Also, residential proxies are hard to detect as their IPs are actual residential addresses while datacenter proxies are fast and reliable.

These proxies are available at Proxyrack and can be tried out for just $13.95 for three days. You get to buy HTTP, SOCKS & UDP proxies. 

The benefit that comes with getting either residential or datacenter proxies from Proxyrack is that you can be assured of quality and there are several Trustpilot excellent ratings to show it.

Furthermore, you gain access to over 5 million residential IP addresses and 20 thousand datacenter IP addresses once you've bought any of the proxies.

Scraping data from IMDb is a walk in the park if you have the right applications: a web scraper and residential or datacenter proxies. However, it is imperative to get these proxies from a dependable proxy service provider like Proxyrack if you want the scraping done safely and anonymously.

How To Safely Scrape Data From IMDb

If you are looking to safely extract data from Tripadvisor, you are on the right page. You will have to keep reading to find out.

Tripadvisor is the world's largest travel guidance platform that was launched in the year 2000. It helps users to plan and book trips to different destinations around the globe. Plus, it operates as a website and mobile app. 

It makes planning trips easy with the reviews, photos, and other information it provides about hotels, restaurants, resorts, etc. 

Tripadvisor is available in 22 languages and 43 markets. It has its headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts. 

Tripadvisor offers information on bookings, lodgings, reservations, restaurants, transportation, experiences, and so on. This information is provided mostly by users who have visited a place or used a service. 

Travelers are always using Tripadvisor and in 2021, it was estimated to have over 1 billion reviews and opinions of more than 7 million businesses. This makes it a reservoir of several types of information including reviews, names, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, ratings, awards, etc.

This information can be used by different people and for different purposes such as personal research, business promotion, and price comparison. The process of extracting this information for use is known as 'scraping'. 

It involves using computer bots (web scrapers) to automatically collect data from Tripadvisor's website. This process is easy and helps to save time than manual copying and pasting.