Make Your Desktop totally unique to suit your interests or mood with Free wallpaper from the top 40 Wallpaper sites online.

Getting bored with your desktop wallpaper or the wallpaper on your mobile device?

Because we use our PCs and mobile devices so much, it’s nice to have a choice of cool backgrounds to look at.

We’ve collected links to some sites where you can download wallpapers for your PC or your phone. Not all the wallpapers are free, but there are plenty of free ones to provide a variety of cool backgrounds.

So after much research here are our top 40 wallpaper sites listed in no particular order.  Don’t forget also we have wallpapers in every one of the Gameznet Sections  as well as premium photos that are perfect for wallpaper available in our online store.

DesktopNexus

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Where to download free wallpapers

Wallbase

Wallbase is a searchable wallpaper database with content uploaded by users.
wallbase was a favourite but sadly has now disappeared from the internet..

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BEST WALLPAPER SITES

InterfaceLIFT

InterfaceLIFT offers more than 2500 free smartphone, tablet, and computer wallpapers. You can also download wallpapers in bulk for a penny per image.

The undisputed repository for landscape and natural wallpapers. Users can choose from exact resolutions suiting smartphones or larger screens. The site has been up and down for the past two months, and it’s not yet clear if it’s about to die an untimely death.

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deviantART

deviantART is an online social network for artists that allows emerging and established artists to exhibit, promote, and share their works within a peer community dedicated to the arts.
Over 100,000 original works of art are uploaded daily, ranging from traditional media, such as painting and sculptures, to digital art, pixel art films and anime.

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DeviantArt is much more than a free wallpaper site, which you’ll soon find out can be both good and bad.

You’ll find very unique and original free wallpaper at DeviantArt, but actually locating them may prove to be quite a task.

Webshots

Webshots is one of the largest photo- and video-sharing websites that provides a variety of ways to enjoy photos and videos. They offer free and premium memberships with large amounts of storage. You can share photos, videos, and slideshows on Webshots and on your personal website.

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Digital Blasphemy

Digital Blasphemy offers over 700 images, including images for multiple monitors and animated versions of some wallpapers. Some wallpapers are free for you to sample. However, paying members have access to the entire gallery and can download wallpapers individually or in bulk archives. Members can also download widescreen resolutions up to 2560 x 1600, and 16:9 HDTV resolutions up to 2560 x 1440, tablet and smartphone versions.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive

The NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive offers a different image or photograph each day of the universe, along with a brief explanation of the image written by a professional astronomer.

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NASA Image of the Day Gallery

The NASA Image of the Day Gallery offers downloadable images in different sizes that you can download, each with a description. You can also sign up for their RSS feed to receive a .jpg file of the new image each day.

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National Geographic Wallpapers

The National Geographic Society is one of the largest nonprofit, scientific, and educational institutions in the world and they offer free wallpapers and daily photos you can download.

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Free World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wildlife Wallpaper

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) offers free wallpapers for download in different resolutions: Full screen (1024×768 and 1280×1024), Widescreen (1280×800 and 1440×900) and Netbook (1366×768). They are always adding new wildlife and nature photos.

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The Paper Wall

The Paper Wall offers wallpapers for download in various categories and resolutions. You can also view recently added and popular wallpapers and display random wallpapers, one at a time.

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Simple Desktops

Simple Desktops offers very simple but nice wallpapers for your desktop which provide enough eye candy to not get bored or distracted.

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Simple Desktops is exactly what it seems, a collection of wallpapers with simple and clean designs that any minimalist is going to love.

There are some super simple designs with solid backgrounds and others that are little busier but still keep it simple and stunning.

Simple Desktops also has free apps available for Mac, iOS, and Android.

Shorpy

Shorpy offers historical photos extracted from reference images from the Library of Congress research archive. They are available for download in jpeg format.

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Wallpapers.com

Wallpapers.com offers wallpaper-related content for free and is supported by ads. You can search the content, and comment and rate wallpapers, and view wallpapers in different categories.

There are three different types of wallpapers available on Wallpapers.com. Static wallpaper images do not move. Animated wallpapers are like screensavers. Wallery is a special product that rotates through multiple static wallpaper images.

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American Greetings Wallpapers

American Greetings offers hundreds of free desktop designs and images as wallpapers you can download.

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Dream-Wallpaper.com

Dream Wallpaper offers free, easy-to-use software that allows you to get over 80,000 high quality free wallpapers from their site in many categories. The software cycles through the wallpaper images, and you can download widescreen wallpapers as well as regular wallpapers.

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Wallpapers Wide

Wallpapers Wide offers wallpapers in many different resolutions and allows you to submit wallpapers as well. The site also detects the current aspect ratio and resolution of your current display. You can view wallpapers in many categories, the latest wallpapers, and the top wallpapers.

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GoodFon.com

GoodFon.com offers free desktop, laptop, HDTV, and mobile wallpapers you can download, and the site is updated daily.

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Jpegwallpapers.com

Jpegwallpapers.com offers a large collection of free desktop wallpapers in many categories. You can browse the categories, view the most recent free wallpapers on the main page, or search for specific topics.

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Fonditos

Fonditos offers wallpapers you can download for free without having to register for an account. Most of the wallpapers do not have any publicity inscriptions on them. The minimum size for a wallpaper image to be published on their site is 1024×768. New wallpapers are added to the site each day.

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Magentic

Magentic is free software you download that provides access to thousands of professional photo-wallpapers (and a large selection of screensavers). It also allows you to create personal wallpapers and screensavers from your own photos. New collections are constantly added.

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Zedge

Zedge offers wallpapers for mobile devices, as well as ringtones and prewritten texts. There is also an Android app you can use to easily add items to your Android phone or tablet.

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Cellsea

Cellsea is a web community that allows you to create, share, and download wallpapers, ringtones, games, videos, and more for free.

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LiveWallpapers.org

LiveWallpapers.org offers wallpapers for many Android phones that are animated and interactive. Most of the wallpapers are free, but some are not.

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AndroidCentral Free Wallpaper Gallery

AndroidCentral also offers a Free Wallpaper Gallery, but you must register to download the wallpapers. Registration is free and also allows you to rate the wallpapers.

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eWallpapers

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What We Like

• Pick a specific resolution of wallpaper to see only those
• Lots of categories to browse through for free wallpapers
• Lists new wallpapers and the most popular ones
• Has desktop and mobile wallpapers
• Includes sorting options in each category

What We Don’t Like

• The first thumbnail/preview of every wallpaper is hard to see

You might come across a sprinkling of average wallpapers at eWallpapers, but this site is far from your average free wallpaper site.

eWallpapers makes is easy to find your next wallpaper, and you’ll find lots of sizes for each wallpaper available.

Each download page includes the number of downloads that wallpaper has received plus how many times the download page has been viewed and the size of the wallpaper file.

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Vladstudio is in our top picks for the best free wallpaper site, and after you visit you’ll quickly see why. These are all original wallpapers that are so unique and vivid you’ll have trouble tearing your eyes away from the screen.

This isn’t your average free wallpaper site, and with one visit to Vladstudio, I’m guessing you’ll be a believer.

Wallcoo.net

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What We Like

• Several categories to choose from
• Lets you browse wallpapers by resolution
• Highlights newly added wallpapers
• Shows the most popular wallpapers

What We Don’t Like

• The site is a little strange to navigate

You’ll find over 60,000 beautiful free wallpapers at Wallcoo.net that feature everything from landscapes to anime.

Search through the unique wallpaper galleries at Wallcoo.net to find the next free wallpaper that matches your style and personality.

Visit Wallcoo.net

WallpaperStock

WallpaperStock offers free wallpapers and stock photos in a range of resolutions including widescreen and HD. You can view the wallpapers and photos in many categories, view the top wallpapers, or choose to have a random wallpaper displayed.

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What We Like

• Thousands of free wallpapers
• Includes normal, widescreen, HD, tablet, and mobile wallpapers
• Lots of categories to choose from, including a random page
• Enter your email to receive every week’s top 10 wallpapers

What We Don’t Like

• • The website shows ads

WallpaperStock also makes our list of best free wallpaper sites mainly due to the huge volume of high-quality wallpapers that they have in every category imaginable.

With this large collection of original wallpapers and easy to use navigation, you can easily find the type of free wallpaper you want at WallpaperStock.

If you’re not sure where to start, try out the random wallpaper page.

Visit WallpaperStock

HDwallpapers.net

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What We Like

• Updates with new wallpapers every day
• Over 20 categories of wallpapers
• Lists the site’s latest, featured, and popular wallpapers
• Before downloading, you can choose a device, social media site, or specific resolution

What We Don’t Like

• You must wait 10 seconds to download a wallpaper

HDwallpapers.net is a free wallpaper site with a lot of HD wallpapers that look great and are over a wide variety of different subjects.

The ideal resolution for your device is automatically selected or you can use the drop-down button to choose a different one.

Visit HDwallpapers.net

Wallhaven

Looking for high-constrast, colourful or high-resolution wallpapers?
Wallhaven hosts a number of pictures to suit your style, and allows visitors to filter based on colour, size or browse by hashtag. And it’s finally out of alpha.

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What We Like

• Includes unique wallpapers not found elsewhere
• There are lots of filtering options to find specifically sized wallpapers
• Includes a random button
• You can search for wallpapers by color
• Lets you find wallpapers similar to an existing one

What We Don’t Like

• Includes wallpapers not appropriate for children

Wallhaven is a favorite free wallpaper website mostly because of the stunning and unique images that you won’t see anywhere else. There’s something for everyone from realism to the completely abstract.

You can view the wallpapers by searching by keyword, viewing the most recently added, bringing up a random page of wallpapers, selecting a color, and more.

There are all sorts of size options here for landscape, portrait, multiple monitors, and all types of resolutions.

Visit Wallhaven

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Bing Wallpaper Archive

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What We Like

• Lets you browse wallpapers by location and date
• Scrolls through the gallery automatically

What We Don’t Like

• No screen-specific wallpapers; they’re all available in just one size
• There isn’t a search function

Every day, Bing has a new image available on their home page. This gallery puts them all together in wallpaper form so you can look at them all from past years.

There are so many beautiful images here you’ll find it difficult to choose your favorite.

Visit Bing Wallpaper Archive

Gamer’s paradise: Xbox Wallpapers

Microsoft gathered together hundreds of wallpapers featuring art from popular video games. You can grab everything from gruesome images from Gears Tactics to striking wallpapers from Ori and the Will of the Wisps.

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Unsplash has a number of Android apps that plug into its database serving the user with fresh wallpapers daily.

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Desktoppr

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Desktoppr has long been one of our favourite desktop wallpaper services, and it’s still a great place to get new wallpaper and quickly download and sync it with your Dropbox to share it with others and get those wallpapers on any computer you may use.

Desktoppr includes high-resolution wallpapers that look great on Retina displays, and a drop-down that lets you filter by resolution to get the perfect size. Create an account to sync your Dropbox, save your favourites, and follow other Desktoppr users who have collections you like.

BEST FREE WALLPAPER SITES 2020

Social Wallpapering

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Social Wallpapering started ages ago with a Digg-like approach to create a user-curated collection of wallpapers, organised by quality thanks to user votes. Well, its community may not be big enough to really get the wallpapers organised that way, but the collection of available images at Social Wallpapering is huge and worth checking out and regularly updated with new submissions. You can browse by category, upload your own, or create an account to save your favourites.

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