When the Pakistani service Tapmad landed the exclusive digital and TV rights to the 2026 football World Cup last May, it became the only place at home to follow all 104 matches of the tournament (11 June to 19 July). Alongside that sit cricket from the PSL to the Asia Cup, more than a hundred live channels, news, dramas and a slate of Tapmad Originals you cannot reach from a flat in London, because the broadcast is licensed for Pakistan alone and a geoblock kicks in the moment you cross the border and load the page.
The workaround is straightforward. A reliable VPN moves your IP into Pakistan, and the catalog behaves exactly as it would back in Karachi. The free, ad-supported tier stays free; the ad-free premium plan with its 1080p picture you pay for yourself, the same as at home. It even handles vertical viewing on a phone, so you follow the feed in portrait without rotating the screen at all.
Tested weekly by our team. Green: works, amber: partial, red: blocked.
| VPN Service | Price | Tapmad | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SurfsharkBEST | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | July 6 | Try it |
 ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | July 6 | Open |
 NordVPN | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | July 5 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ✓ Works | July 4 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | July 4 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | July 4 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | July 2 | Open |
✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works~ Partial~ Partial~ PartialTakes about 2 minutes. Works on your phone, tablet, TV, PC, or laptop.
Tapmad is only available in Pakistan. To access it from anywhere else, use a premium VPN.
Tapmad is blocked in the United States, in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Canada and in New Zealand, plus in 188 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like Surfshark.
Tapmad is an independent, venture backed Pakistani streaming service based in Karachi and built around sport. Its headline draw is the exclusive rights to the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Pakistan, which means all 104 matches stream in one place. Alongside that it co streams the PSL cricket league on a non exclusive basis and carries more than a hundred live channels, news, dramas, movies and its own Tapmad Originals. The model pairs a free, ad supported tier with a low cost premium subscription. Streaming tops out at HD and is available inside Pakistan only, so a Pakistani VPN is needed from abroad. The app launched in 2017.
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