Omegle
Is Omegle coming back? What happened, and what works today
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Ominglo has no connection with Omegle, with the people who ran it, or with whoever controls the omegle.com domain today. The names sound alike; the services are separate.
The short answer
Omegle closed on 8 November 2023, after more than fourteen years. In 2026 the public registry record for its domain changed (on 13 October), but as of 14 November 2026 we have found no source we can cite that confirms a relaunch, a date for one, or who would run it. This page follows the story as it develops and gets a new entry when something is confirmed.
What Omegle was
Omegle put two strangers in touch at random, first by typing and later on camera. A news report from April 2009 noted that you did not register or build a profile: you simply showed up as a stranger to the other person. At its height the site drew tens of millions of visits a month, according to SimilarWeb figures quoted by CBS News.
Timeline
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Launch from a bedroom in Vermont
Leif K-Brooks, then 18 and still at high school, built Omegle at his parents' home in Vermont. It began as a text service that paired two people who did not know each other, and it grew mostly through word of mouth.
Sources: TechCrunch, NPR (via LAist), ANI via Oneindia.
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Video is added
Roughly twelve months after the start, video chat joined the text chat, and the camera version is what most people remember.
Source: NPR (via LAist).
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A lawsuit in Oregon
A woman identified in court as A.M. sued in federal court in Oregon, where the company had been set up. She had been 11 when the site paired her with an adult man who went on to abuse her, and she claimed 22 million dollars, arguing among other things that the product was badly designed.
Sources: NPR (via LAist), Associated Press (via NY1).
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The case is settled
The two sides reached a settlement whose terms were not made public, and Judge Michael W. Mosman dismissed the case. The shutdown followed about a week later.
Sources: NPR (via LAist), CBS News.
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Omegle closes
The chat stopped working and the home page was replaced by a long note from the founder. In it he accepted that some people had misused the site, including for serious crimes, and said that the cost and strain of fighting that misuse, together with the cost of running the service, had become too much. CBS News quoted him calling the site "no longer sustainable, financially nor psychologically". He also wrote that he was sad about how the internet had changed over the previous decade.
Sources: CBS News, TechCrunch, Associated Press (via NY1).
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The operator files for bankruptcy
Omegle.com, LLC, the company behind the site, filed for bankruptcy, according to court documents cited by CBS News a year later.
Source: CBS News Miami.
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The domain's registry record is updated
The public registry record for omegle.com shows an update on 13 October 2026, and the registration now runs until July 2031. A public DNS lookup shows that the domain's name servers are on Amazon Web Services. A record update can mean a renewal, a transfer or a change of settings; the record itself does not say which, and it does not name the new or old holder.
Not confirmed yet: who controls the domain now, whether a new service will open there, and when. No source we can cite has confirmed any of this. When a citable announcement appears, it will be added here with its date and link.
Last checked: . Sources: .com registry WHOIS (Verisign), queried 14 November 2026; ICANN registration data lookup; public DNS query for the domain's name servers, 14 November 2026.
So, is Omegle coming back?
Something changed in the domain's record this autumn, and that is all the public record shows. Pages that use the Omegle name are not, by that fact alone, the service that closed in 2023. If you read a claim that it has returned, look for who runs the site and whether a known news outlet has reported it. We will update the timeline above when a relaunch, or an official announcement of one, can be confirmed.
What works today
If you want a random video chat now, Ominglo is one option. You meet one randomly picked adult at a time, on camera, with a box for typing next to the picture. Interest tags are optional, and guest mode lets you begin with no sign-up. It is for people aged 18 or older, chats are not recorded, automated checks run during chats, and people on our team review reports and appeals. Each chat has a Report button.
Random chat is free. Choosing who you meet (women or men) and setting region preferences are paid: they come with the Plus plan at €18.99 per month, and also with Max. The plans page lists everything each plan adds.
Once more, plainly: Ominglo is not Omegle and is not connected with it or with its former operator. For a side-by-side look at several services people try instead, see Omegle alternatives. Before your first chat, read the Community Rules and Safety; other questions are answered in the FAQ.
Not affiliated
Ominglo is run by AM SUPPLY sp. z o.o. (Poland). It has no link with Omegle, Omegle.com, LLC, Leif K-Brooks, or the current holder of the omegle.com domain. Omegle is mentioned here only to report its history.
Sources
- CBS News, "Omegle shuts down online chat service amid legal challenges", 9 November 2023. cbsnews.com
- TechCrunch, "Popular video chat service Omegle shuts down", 9 November 2023. techcrunch.com
- NPR (republished by LAist), "Video chat site Omegle shuts down after 14 years — and an abuse victim's lawsuit", 9 November 2023. laist.com
- Associated Press (republished by Spectrum News NY1), "Video chat service Omegle shuts down following years of user abuse claims", 9 November 2023. ny1.com
- CBS News Miami, report on the bankruptcy filing of Omegle.com, LLC, 10 December 2024. cbsnews.com
- ANI via Oneindia, "Omegle chat program can help you find love anonymously", 14 April 2009. oneindia.com
- Verisign .com registry WHOIS and a public DNS lookup for omegle.com, both checked 14 November 2026; ICANN registration data lookup.