Usenet is still used by a minority, most of the users who left direct download/flie sharing sites/torrents moved to streaming services. Not sure because nzbget was launched in 2007 & leaving aside obfuscation the indexers working haven't changed much either. Depends on your preferred content. Depends on the backbone you are using.

It’s also a fact that the whole idea of “Worldwide Web” was first posted to Usenet, and slang such as ROFL and WTF was first used on the Usenet. Now, many people say that the Usenet is dead, but the real question is: Is Usenet really dead? Let’s find out.

Now, with Google Groups abandoning Usenet, this oldest of all social networks is doomed to disappear. Google declared: Starting on February 22, 2024, you can no longer use Google Groups (at...

It never went away – it's still alive, you can get on it for free, and there is a choice of client apps for most OSes to help you navigate. Although USENET is a decentralized, peer-to-peer network, the Big-8 board is the closest thing it has to a central governing authority.

Yes, it is still there, but it is an even smaller niche group. Usenet itself was dying 20 years ago, when it was no longer offered free from your ISP along with email. Then, the binary groups took over and kept it running/alive for the last 2 decades.