# Britannica (بريتانيكا)

> Britannica is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Encyclopaedia Britannica](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/encyclopaedia-britannica.md)
- Categories: Encyclopedia & Reference, Academic Resources, Kids & Family Education
- Official site: https://www.britannica.com
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/britannica

## About

Trusted online encyclopedia with expert-written articles spanning every field of knowledge

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria. Community testing in March 2026 confirmed that the main site and free content load normally and account registration works, but subscribing to a paid plan fails at the payment processor's checkout, which blocks transactions from Syrian IP addresses under sanctions compliance. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-11 — Verified. Community testing from Syria confirmed that Britannica's main website loads normally and free content is fully browsable. Account registration via cam.britannica.com also works, including Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA verification. However, attempting to subscribe to a paid plan redirects to Stripe checkout, which fails with a generic "Something went wrong" error, indicating Stripe blocks transactions from Syrian IPs as part of its sanctions compliance. Separately, the encyclopedia API endpoint (encyclopediaapi.com/sign-in) returns a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error. Status updated from unknown to restricted, as the core service functions but paid features and API access are blocked. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/n41c8pocjua26p3tweshl3l5/pugav04afl3sjdzcizckih51-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/nsvfr9byww9x6zxnka25libh/u57lxwx6p6gxvag9svyqqhp0-screen-2.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/u94ju9i8vqexpwgriv61ytm2/ft24ljo6r99ychy7qn2gc1s9-screen-3.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/dh8jx7q27yzrq7n2vn8lvgle/qin5tyhrmm702lmq4x01tj94-screen-4.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/iraebbemh9i8zy8iqi5wuth9/rjsq6l9iqzvarxg24p7drs0j-screen-5.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/britannica?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/britannica/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/britannica
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/britannica.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/britannica.md