> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://brightdata-ipv6-release.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introduction to Residential Proxies > Bright Data’s Residential proxy network offers 150M+ IPs from 195+ countries, ideal for browsing and data collection as a real user. The Bright Data [Residential proxy network](https://brightdata.com/proxy-types/residential-proxies) is one of our proxy network solutions and is a network of 150M+ IPs from 195+ countries all around the world. Our vast pool of Residential IPs is made up of real people who opt-in and are rewarded in exchange for lending their IP to our network, allowing you to target sophisticated, hard-to-reach websites with local IPs from the target area, which helps you view or collect relevant data as a real person would. ## Best for * Browsing sophisticated target websites as a real user * Business intelligence, competitor analysis, and Ads verification * If you're getting low success rates or blocked altogether when using our [Datacenter](https://docs.brightdata.com/proxy-networks/data-center/introduction) or [ISP](https://docs.brightdata.com/proxy-networks/isp/introduction) proxy network If you need a more advanced proxy unblocking solution that tackles additional blocking challenges, such as site-specific headers, cookies, CAPTCHAs, etc, try out our [Web Unlocker API](https://docs.brightdata.com/scraping-automation/web-unlocker/introduction) or check out our [other proxy products](https://brightdata.com/proxy-types).