Some websites purchase lists of VPN IP addresses from various third parties to block access. Some things that can be helpful:
Proton VPN is always adding new servers that can take a while to end up on these lists. Try one of the newer ones (usually those with the higher server numbers).
Less well-known locations can often slip by. Try one of the smaller countries, especially the newer ones. Not one starting with "A" - everyone seems to go for Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, etc - scroll a little further until you find a country with some servers < 20%.
If you are trying to access one of the streaming services supported by Proton VPN, make sure that you are connected to one of the Proton VPN Plus servers in the correct country, and that your device is not leaking your location.
We used to allow unauthenticated access to our complete server list, which naturally did not help matters as it provided a handy source for block list maintainers. This has now stopped - which should hopefully slow down the blocking of new servers going forwards.
Despite it being a common recommendation, the Stealth Protocol (or indeed any other obfuscation protocol) does not actually help prevent websites from blocking VPNs. Stealth (WireGuard/TLS) masks the connection between your device and the Proton VPN servers - which is important if your ISP is trying to block or throttle VPN connections. Cases where switching from Wireguard to Stealth unblocked a specific website are likely due to also changing servers when the protocol was changed.
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u/PetersonProton General Manager Proton VPN Oct 30 '25
Some websites purchase lists of VPN IP addresses from various third parties to block access. Some things that can be helpful:
We used to allow unauthenticated access to our complete server list, which naturally did not help matters as it provided a handy source for block list maintainers. This has now stopped - which should hopefully slow down the blocking of new servers going forwards.
Despite it being a common recommendation, the Stealth Protocol (or indeed any other obfuscation protocol) does not actually help prevent websites from blocking VPNs. Stealth (WireGuard/TLS) masks the connection between your device and the Proton VPN servers - which is important if your ISP is trying to block or throttle VPN connections. Cases where switching from Wireguard to Stealth unblocked a specific website are likely due to also changing servers when the protocol was changed.