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Black Ops Market Compared: Torzon, DrugHub, Monero Peers
Comparisons of the black ops market built the only way this dossier knows how: scraped numbers against scraped numbers, documented features against documented features, and every portal-supplied "score" left out.
The comparison table the record supports
| Market | Jan 2026 (13 mkts) | May 2026 high (19 mkts) | Payments | Noted for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drughub | 12,818 | 14,386 (peak) | Monero-only | Ex-White House Market staff claim; absorbed SuperMarket |
| Dark Matter | 9,030 | 9,260 earlier; scrapes later blocked by site changes | Monero-only, walletless | Sept 2022 vintage |
| Torzon | 7,755 | 10,479 | Multi-coin | Chainalysis: dominant western DNM after Abacus's July 2025 exit |
| MarsMarket | 5,678 | top-five finish | — | Steady mid-tier |
| Nexus | 5,595 | top-five finish | — | Steady mid-tier |
| Blackops | 5,006 | top-five finish | Monero-only | Variable vendor fee, employee accounts, drug checking program |
Average across the January 2026 sample: 4,014 drug listings; all six markets above sat above it. By the final month of the second bulletin the field had grown to nineteen markets averaging 3,719.
Head-to-head files
What we refuse to compare on
Portal "reviews" of the black ops darknet market score markets on uptime percentages, privacy scores and fee tables with no sources attached. Those numbers are not comparable because they are not measurements — the portal audit shows the same portal network publishing contradictory fee claims for the same market. Every comparison in this section runs on named research data or explicitly labelled claims, and nothing else.