After my previous article about the deep web and the Tor hidden services you know just enough to be curious: what lies behind the gates of the Onion Routing protocol? To figure it out you need an instance of the Tor browser connected to the Tor network. Before you jump right to a download link, please do a bit of research yourself about the Tor project and its tools and affiliates. It is interesting to take a look at the Tor metrics and understand its data. The growing usage of Tor relays talks about a constantly growing user base. At a peak time in the beginning of February, 2024 there were more than 7.5 million users online on the relays. It was only about 4 million in the end of 2023. Before you continue this journey into the hidden services read about information safety and be notified that this area of the internet is dangerous!