Most websites try to get you somewhere. These take the scenic route. Forever.

A loading screen that never finishes. A captcha that refuses to acknowledge your humanity. A password form with exactly zero correct answers. Some of the funniest prank links work because they look like things you already put up with online—just a little less cooperative.

That’s the idea behind the Forever Loading Website, our collection of browser-based pranks. You don’t need to install anything or borrow someone’s phone. Pick a prank, copy its link, and send it to a friend who appreciates a little mischief.

Here’s what each one does and how to use it.

How To Use These Prank Links

Start on the Forever Loading Website and choose a prank. Each prank’s introduction page explains the joke and gives you a Preview it yourself button. Try that first so you know what you’re sending.

Then use the Send it controls to copy or share the actual prank link. That distinction matters: the introduction is for you; the destination is for your unsuspecting friend. Send the introduction page and you’ve handed them the punchline before telling the joke.

You can also show someone the prank’s QR code to open it on their phone. Most of the introduction pages offer short links, too, if the full address gives too much away.

Keep the setup simple. “Can you get this to open?” usually does more work than an elaborate backstory. And choose your audience: a friend who’ll laugh afterward, not someone waiting on an urgent document or dealing with an actual technical problem.

1. The Forever Loading Website

The original prank turns “just a second” into an ambitious promise.

Your friend opens a page and waits for it to finish loading. And waits. The loading indicators suggest something is happening, which is technically true: they’re spending more time looking at loading indicators.

This works particularly well because waiting is normal. Websites stall. Connections wobble. Nobody immediately suspects that the loading screen is the website.

Try this setup: Think of something your victim friend really wants. Create the hype, then share the link. Give them a moment before asking how it’s going. Resist the urge to explain after three seconds; patience is finally useful for something.

Use the Forever Loading Website’s preview and sharing controls to try the original and copy its prank link.

2. No Internet Prank

Your friend clicks a link while connected to the internet. Their browser appears to tell them they aren’t connected to the internet.

The No Internet Prank imitates a browser’s offline screen without changing the connection. It’s the digital equivalent of someone telling you your eyes are closed while you’re looking at them.

The joke is the brief contradiction: the message arrived, the link opened, and yet apparently the internet has left the building.

Try this setup: “Does this page work on your phone?” When they report the connection error, be a good friend and advise them to unplug the Wi-Fi router. Next try resetting the modem. So many possibilities, so few solutions.

3. Endless Captcha Prank

Type the letters. Prove you’re human.

Now do it again.

The Endless Captcha Prank takes an already irritating part of the internet and removes the part where you eventually get through. Your friend keeps trying to satisfy a verification process that has no intention of being satisfied.

It isn’t protecting a real page or verifying anything. It’s just very committed to making humanity look inconclusive.

Try this setup: Who can resist “free game codes” or a “huge crypto airdrop”? Send it to the friend who insists they never have trouble with captchas. Follow up with a perfectly innocent “Still checking?”

4. Fake Bitcoin Mining Prank

Finally, a cryptocurrency opportunity with a predictable outcome: nobody’s getting rich.

The Fake Bitcoin Mining Prank, also called Eternally Mine, puts on a show of mining activity and growing earnings. There’s plenty to watch and nothing real to withdraw. It doesn’t actually mine cryptocurrency or connect to a real wallet.

It borrows the appearance of an exciting dashboard, then lets the visitor supply the optimism. Endless power-ups, unending upgrades, colossal hash rates. Withdrawals Coming Soon™.

Try this setup: “I think I’ve found your retirement plan.” This one is especially appropriate for the friend who can turn any dinner conversation into a discussion about crypto. Let them explore the pretend operation before revealing the joke. Or don’t.

5. Perpetual Ads Prank

You’ve probably visited a page where the content seems to be somewhere beyond the next advertisement.

The Perpetual Ads Prank makes that feeling the entire experience. Your “friend” tries to advance to the site, only to discover more advertising standing between them and wherever they thought they were going.

There’s no satisfying article waiting at the end. The obstacle course is the attraction.

Try this setup: “You might have to get past an ad first.” An excellent understatement. The page does include real advertising, so leave the ads themselves alone; the joke is trying to reach the promised destination, not clicking advertisements.

6. Incorrect Password Prank

You send the link. You supply the impossible password. Your friend types it carefully.

Incorrect.

The Incorrect Password Prank rejects every attempt. Uppercase, lowercase, copied and pasted—it doesn’t matter. The password isn’t hard to guess. There isn’t a winning guess.

Try this setup: Use QuirkPass to generate an impossibly difficult password. Then share it as a screenshot. When it fails, suggest a different spelling with completely undeserved confidence.

Use joke credentials only, and tell your friend not to try any real account passwords. You’re aiming for a moment of comic frustration, not a password-security incident.

7. Infinite EULA Prank

Nobody reads the terms and conditions. This prank gives them more terms and conditions not to read.

The Infinite EULA Prank presents a succession of agreements to accept before continuing. Agree to one, and another takes its place. It’s all the paperwork of installing software, without the inconvenience of eventually getting software.

These aren’t real contracts. They’re an endurance event for the “I agree” finger.

Try this setup: “You just have to accept the terms first.” Then ask whether they’re reading everything carefully. This is a good choice for the person who automatically clicks through every agreement—or the one who claims they never do.

8. Bogus Password Cracking Prank

Green terminal text. Dramatic output. The unmistakable atmosphere of someone in a film saying, “I’m in.”

The Bogus Password Cracking Prank, branded HackJob, pretends to be a password-cracking tool. It produces the performance, not the results. No real passwords are cracked.

It’s a useful reminder that a screen full of technical-looking activity isn’t necessarily accomplishing anything.

Try this setup: “Apparently this is what movie hackers use.” Let your friend watch the supposed tool work. Keep it fictional: don’t ask them to enter actual credentials or pretend you’ve accessed one of their accounts.

9. No Results Search Prank

Some search engines try to organize the world’s information. This one has decided there isn’t any.

The No Results Search Prank introduces KnowResults, a search engine that returns nothing, no matter what you search for. Try a famous person, an everyday object, or your own name. The internet apparently hasn’t heard of it.

The joke gets better as the searches get more obvious. An obscure band might plausibly have no results. “Pizza” is a harder absence to explain.

Try this setup: Run a search yourself and send the results page as playful “irrefutable proof” that a thing isn’t a real thing—say a friend is defending a made-up word. KnowResults search URLs look like https://photricity.com/knowresults/search/?q=professional+nap+inspector. They open on an empty results page for whatever query you put after q=.

10. Random Prank Link

Can’t decide which prank to send? Outsource the decision.

The Random Prank Link sends the visitor to a randomly selected prank from the collection. You copy one link; the destination supplies the surprise.

This adds a second joke: you might not know what your friend is seeing until they describe it. “It says my password’s wrong” and “Why is this mining Bitcoin?” are very different updates to receive from the same group chat.

Try this setup: “Tell me what happens when you open this.” For once, that’s an honest request. Use the random prank page’s sharing controls or Copy a random prank on the main page.

A Good Prank Ends With Both People Laughing

The best prank links don’t need a frightening warning or a complicated story. They take a familiar annoyance and stretch it just far enough for someone to notice.

Preview your choice, send the actual prank link, and give your friend a moment to catch on. Once they do, share the collection so they can pay it forward.

Head to the Forever Loading Website and choose your next distraction. It’s one website where “this is a complete waste of time” counts as a positive review.