Is Minecraft BANNED in Your Country? 🚫 (All 197 Checked)

Is Minecraft banned in YOUR country? 🚫 We checked all 197 countries, one block at a time. ⛏️ Plot twist: no country bans it by law... but some players still can't get in. 👀 🇮🇷 Iran -- locked out since 25 Apr 2024 (US sanctions: the ACCOUNTS are blocked, so a VPN doesn't help) 🇰🇵 North Korea -- only a few thousand people are online at all 🇨🇳 China -- only its own version, Minecraft China by NetEase (public 8 Aug 2017, 14 million players in the first week) 🇷🇺 Russia -- Microsoft stopped new sales on 4 Mar 2022 (owners still play). Roblox was blocked in Dec 2025 -- Minecraft was not. 🇰🇷 South Korea -- 19+ only in 2021 (Microsoft accounts + the game shutdown law), kids back by April 2022 🇹🇷 Turkey -- a ministry asked for a ban in 2015 ("too violent")... it never happened Real Minecraft facts in the video: Sweden (Minecraft was born in Stockholm), Denmark (the whole country built 1:1 in 2014 -- then blown up with TNT), Britain (22 billion blocks, Ordnance Survey 2013), Build the Earth (the planet at full size), Kenya (UN-Habitat "Block by Block": real parks designed in Minecraft). And the twist: Reporters Without Borders' Uncensored Library -- censored journalism hidden INSIDE Minecraft. 📚 Which game should I dig into next? 👇 ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Is Minecraft banned in YOUR country? 0:11 The Americas (someone built the WHOLE Earth) 0:57 Europe: Sweden, Denmark's TNT disaster, 22 billion blocks 1:49 Russia & Turkey: sales stopped, "too violent"? 2:12 Africa: real parks designed in Minecraft 3:02 Middle East: Iran locked out 3:33 Asia: China's own Minecraft & the Korea 19+ rope 4:07 Japan to the Pacific 4:24 The final count 4:32 The twist: a secret library Sources (checked 29-30 Sep 2026): TechCrunch, iMore, Izvestia, ixbt.games, Microsoft Q&A, Hacker News, PR Newswire, Minecraft Wiki, Windows Central, PC Gamer, GameSpot, The Register, Wikipedia (Internet in North Korea), RSF, minecraft.net, NBC News, Guinness World Records, UN-Habitat / Block by Block. Cuba and Syria: we found no report of Minecraft being blocked there; US sanctions can still limit buying from some stores. Not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB. #minecraft #countryballs #geography