Does NordVPN work in Indonesia?

As of Sep 10, 2026, NordVPN was last confirmed working in Indonesia on Aug 11, 2026, and we have not re-verified it since.

Status: working (unconfirmed since Aug 11, 2026)
Confidence: low
Last verified: Aug 11, 2026
Method: Standard protocols connect, no obfuscation needed. Indonesian censorship (Komdigi/Trust Positif) remains DNS-level website blocking applied per ISP, not tunnel interference. As of this pass even nordvpn.com itself is reachable on all four major ISPs, so the usual 'site blocked, app fine' caveat is currently moot.

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NordVPN was last confirmed working in Indonesia on Aug 11, 2026. We have not re-verified it since. Get NordVPN

What we're seeing

OONI per-ASN measurements from July 1 to August 11, 2026 are clean across all four major Indonesian ISPs: 56 of 56 OK on Telkom/IndiHome, 67 of 67 on Biznet, 8 of 8 on Telkomsel and 6 of 6 on Indosat, with nordvpn.com itself currently reachable everywhere. Komdigi's active enforcement in the past month (the under-16 social media rules and the July 3 PSE registration ultimatum) names no VPN vendor. Indonesian censorship remains DNS-level website blocking, not tunnel interference, so standard protocols connect without obfuscation.

Sources for the above:

user_report (Aug 11, 2026): OONI daily series, freshness check: measurements every day through 2026-08-10, max 1 anomaly on any single day (7/27, 8/2, 8/5), all other days zero. 3.
user_report (Aug 11, 2026): OONI community measurements. nordvpn.com 100% OK on AS7713 Telkom/IndiHome (56/56), AS17451 Biznet (67/67), AS23693 Telkomsel (8/8), AS4761 Indosat (6/6); only stray single anomalies on minor ASNs. Website reachability, not a tunnel test, but Indonesian blocking is DNS/website-level so this is the relevant layer. 2.
news (Aug 11, 2026): Fetched in full; the 25-PSE blocking ultimatum list contains no VPN vendor (page carries a 2025-11-18 dateline; the 2026-07-03 enforcement deadline for the same list was reported by harianberkat.com 2026-07-02, snippet-observed). Rules out NordVPN being caught in the current PSE enforcement wave. 4.
news (Aug 11, 2026): Confirms the current Komdigi enforcement focus is the under-16 social media rule (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Roblox, etc.), not VPN apps. Background for "no policy change in last 30 days".
user_report (Jul 22, 2026): OONI May 1 to Jul 21 2026: near-daily probes, 0 confirmed blocks, only 2 unconfirmed anomalies and 1 failure; website not tunnel

Common questions

Is using a VPN legal in Indonesia?

Yes. No law bans VPN use. The government has only floated permit rules for providers and once urged people to uninstall free VPN apps during the 2019 social media restrictions.

Do I need obfuscation in Indonesia?

No. Indonesia blocks websites at the DNS level (Trust Positif), not VPN tunnels. Standard protocols connect normally on the major ISPs as of July 2026.

Why do people in Indonesia use VPNs?

To reach sites on the Trust Positif blocklist, which included Reddit until July 2026 (unblocked after 11 years) and briefly Telegram in June 2026. Any working VPN does the job; see the table for current statuses.