[2] It also included sections for videos, games, lyrics and software.

[3][4] In December 2014, FilesTube discontinued its file-search service and became a free service for streaming licensed independent movies and series.

[5] As of July 2016, site redirects to viewster.com, site providing access to limited number of licensed content, including Anime and movies.

In 2010, Donnie Jenkins of Chattanooga Times Free Press called the website "a dedicated search site to find downloadable files such as audio, video and documents".

[9] However, it was blocked by court order or government action in several countries: