Is youtube.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

No major red flags found. This looks like a legitimate, established website.

Popular site · #10 worldwideChecked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 22+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #10 worldwide. Minor issues: no mobile viewport meta tag; large response served uncompressed.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency70/100

Security100/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 22+ years agoLong-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
Not flagged by Google Safe BrowsingNo malware, phishing, or unwanted-software match in Google's live threat database.
HTTPS is enforcedAll redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
Popular website — ranked #10 worldwideListed in the Tranco top 1 million websites. Scam sites are almost never this popular.
Site responded with 200Final URL: https://www.youtube.com/. Response time 531ms.
HTTPS works with a valid certificateA secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.
No impersonation patterns detectedDomain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
Not listed on URLhaus malware blocklist
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed
HSTS is setTells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Negative highlights

No mobile viewport meta tagThe page won't render correctly on phones without a viewport tag.
Large response served uncompressedEnable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

Note: Registered via MarkMonitor Inc..

Note: 2 technologies detected. Svelte, Cloudflare

Note: Policy pages could not be checked. The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Key facts about youtube.com

Website: youtube.com
Popularity: #10 worldwide (Tranco top 1M)
Domain created: Feb 15, 2005 (21.7 years old)
Domain expires: Feb 15, 2027
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 172.217.77.136
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: HTTPS works (certificate details unavailable)
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (reject)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: Svelte, Cloudflare

Summary

92/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (21.7 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns.

No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled

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Domain Information

Registration timeline, age calculation, registrar details, and ICANN status.

Verified

Registrar Name: MarkMonitor Inc.
Creation Date: February 15, 2005 (21.7 years ago)
Last Updated: January 14, 2026
Registry Expiry Date: February 15, 2027
WHOIS Privacy Protection: Publicly Visible
Domain Status Codes: client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited

ICANN Status Badges

client delete prohibitedclient transfer prohibitedclient update prohibitedserver delete prohibitedserver transfer prohibitedserver update prohibited

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Domain registered 22+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via MarkMonitor Inc.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

HTTP Headers & Security

Full HTTP response headers, HSTS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and security baselines.

Good

Security Header Baseline

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing

Content-Security-PolicyMissing

X-Frame-Options Present

X-Content-Type-Options Present

Referrer-PolicyMissing

Permissions-PolicyMissing

Recommended Missing Headers

missing: Referrer Policy

All Response Headers (27)

accept-ch: Sec-CH-Viewport-Width, Sec-CH-DPR, Device-Memory
alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000
cache-control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
cf-ray: a59e9eaacaeab86e-CMH
connection: close
connection-allowlist-report-only: (response-origin "https://youtube.com" "https://*.youtube.com" "https://youtu.be" "https://www.youtubekids.com" "https://ytkids.app.goo.gl" "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com" "https://www.youtubeeducation.com" "https://youtubei.googleapis.com" "https://youtube.googleapis.com" "https://accounts.google.com" "https://www.gstatic.com" "https://gstatic.com" "https://fonts.gstatic.com" "https://*.gstatic.com" "https://*.ytimg.com" "https://csp.withgoogle.com" "https://fonts.googleapis.com" "https://ajax.googleapis.com" "https://www.googletagmanager.com" "https://apis.google.com" "https://translate.googleapis.com" "https://translate-pa.googleapis.com" "https://translate.google.com" "https://feedback-pa.clients6.google.com" "https://scone-pa.clients6.google.com" "https://inputtools.google.com" "https://clients1.google.com" "https://clients2.google.com" "https://support.google.com" "https://myaccount.google.com" "https://myactivity.google.com" "https://families.google.com" "https://familylink.google.com" "https://policies.google.com" "https://payments.google.com" "https://one.google.com" "https://developers.google.com" "https://play.google.com" "https://analytics.google.com" "https://*.analytics.google.com" "https://www.google-analytics.com" "https://*.google-analytics.com" "https://www.googleadservices.com" "https://*.doubleclick.net" "https://fundingchoices.google.com" "https://ads.google.com" "https://myadcenter.google.com" "https://*.googlevideo.com" "https://docs.google.com" "https://forms.gle" "https://g.co" "https://c.gle" "https://messages.google.com" "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com" "https://lh4.googleusercontent.com" "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com" "https://lh6.googleusercontent.com" "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com" "https://kstatic.googleusercontent.com" "https://s2.googleusercontent.com" "https://lh3.ggpht.com" "https://lh4.ggpht.com" "https://lh5.ggpht.com" "https://lh6.ggpht.com" 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"https://www.google.com.tj" "https://www.google.com.tn" "https://www.google.com.tr" "https://www.google.com.tw" "https://www.google.com.ua" "https://www.google.com.uy" "https://www.google.com.vc" "https://www.google.com.vn" "https://www.google.cv" "https://www.google.cz" "https://www.google.de" "https://www.google.dj" "https://www.google.dk" "https://www.google.dm" "https://www.google.dz" "https://www.google.ee" "https://www.google.es" "https://www.google.fi" "https://www.google.fm" "https://www.google.fr" "https://www.google.ga" "https://www.google.ge" "https://www.google.gg" "https://www.google.gl" "https://www.google.gm" "https://www.google.gp" "https://www.google.gr" "https://www.google.gy" "https://www.google.hk" "https://www.google.hn" "https://www.google.hr" "https://www.google.ht" "https://www.google.hu" "https://www.google.ie" "https://www.google.im" "https://www.google.iq" "https://www.google.is" "https://www.google.it" "https://www.google.je" "https://www.google.jo" 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"https://www.google.sr" "https://www.google.st" "https://www.google.td" "https://www.google.tg" "https://www.google.tk" "https://www.google.tl" "https://www.google.tm" "https://www.google.tn" "https://www.google.to" "https://www.google.tt" "https://www.google.vg" "https://www.google.vu" "https://www.google.ws" "https://*.playables.usercontent.goog" "https://*.allownetworkplayables.usercontent.goog" "https://*.h5games.usercontent.goog"); redirects=true; report-to=youtube_main-connectionallowlist
content-security-policy: require-trusted-types-for 'script', base-uri 'self';object-src 'none';script-src 'report-sample' 'nonce-YyYzjlSQVUHtLFiI3ik5OQ' 'unsafe-inline' 'strict-dynamic' https: http: 'unsafe-eval';report-uri https://csp.withgoogle.com/csp/youtube_main/strict
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
cross-origin-opener-policy: same-origin-allow-popups; report-to="youtube_main"
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:55:51 GMT
document-policy: include-js-call-stacks-in-crash-reports
expires: Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
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p3p: CP="This is not a P3P policy! See http://support.google.com/accounts/answer/151657?hl=en for more info."
permissions-policy: ch-ua-arch=*, ch-ua-bitness=*, ch-ua-full-version=*, ch-ua-full-version-list=*, ch-ua-model=*, ch-ua-wow64=*, ch-ua-form-factors=*, ch-ua-platform=*, ch-ua-platform-version=*
pragma: no-cache
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reporting-endpoints: crash-reporting="/web-reports?context=eJwNz21M1XUUwHEu30bo5elyL_dy7___-_0dkhkOvOC0FxYoOZY6102zWGAECAx3eRhcMIwBJS9EyXJrGmAMFLGY0_QWtiGSIwcqzWA5KLEX9GAswIUPpAb0e_HZOTtn55ydpX89G_tqsSnz-TJTY5rP9KjTZ5paVmnKiKk0tUakB1bdW0rGKjPdp830XDBz566ZtRUh9DaFkj0RytsxYXgGwjiizMyHUZkXjrkynOaGcBzXw-mNjWCkJYLxuQiCFyM4vNbC8Z0W7mRZ2FZgobraQuphC31dFrSzFvRJC4tbItmWEcn6ERU1K_kbrPxRZ-WS30ramJWFe1Y-nbXy31MrHoeNHJ-NmiYbP7XamBqwUTxk4_OAKD6zRbHJrhyNItZq5-lqO5_k2hny2pkrt_PFh3YeBDqoDHXw3QsOZhocJB1xcHbWwYgyf9_BR_868ERHs11Go-2O5t3WaFZGOvkl1cmDHU4Gsp3U1ji5rfxT6-SR0n7MSWeLk79POQn-2smBHlUbdlI05cSvueA5F91xLvyJLvqVx2Uu3vrWRdzvLg5Nu3iiHJ11cdmksdGqER6rsTVdI6VU44RP45sKDWuNRnudhuO8xpBS1aPxvpJ2U-PKsMbobxozUxrJDzVSldAtOsu36ixm6OTt0bmhrKnSSanTeXG_zkK9TluDTnqjjr9J55WTOvtO6Yx26YgzOp1-naqLKr-kE3RZZ0jJ79dZP6FTMqez1yzocAnmDcGvGwTdmwWTHkFUpqDqHUFbrsDvVf1Swa1KgfU9wdX9gisHBPUHBcnHBAVNgj3Km8cFb7QLzp0QTJ8UFHYIUi4KQnsE7j7Bjh8Ey4YFH48KGicEcSZJqjKmlCJJDpH02ySva5KrUrImRlKyQrLOLWlW6pMkdS9L_vRIdmZIBjLVbJbq50kWFE-B5JkiSXGZpKVc8qVPkrVPYquVVCuvHZEcbJYcUvpa1f4ONdspiTkt2d4leemMZPNXkrvnJV1-yaZeyc99Eu_3kulBSeZ1dfOGJG5IUqR8cFNS_qPk3IhkZkwSfVsSPi6JmlJ3ZiS7ZtVf9yVLTAZ1SwzalCchBsWhBpMOg5rlBqtWGmxcbXAr3aAs2-BagYHXa2BaERC0Kz4gaDAhICgyJHju2vhoUMTg44cXAmPiq0oqfBU5eQl783Li88tKin3xecW743PLCn2FudnerCR30rrExMSkBLc7q9T9P2t_M8U", youtube_main-connectionallowlist="https://csp.withgoogle.com/csp/report-to/youtube_main/connectionallowlist"
server: cloudflare
set-cookie: __Secure-YNID=CuABCAUSkgEBDB6PDINm28oo8pUJyPoCc0jyFitvnmlt9x5Bw6WSCfaN0BEYEoFmbG7piYLxWQU0IH-nxzzU-uZCllDLPqk3dSnjp45ErHp5UON7N_G76z4UwgBPE2dOVrk9i7vXAGhhnp1MWBwb6WbXilON7D3gTK9jDGZrIShjPEKlfqy-5eMYxkThCSSoU0MN_MFCQOvDUSgFMkUBHFj1anJCgbTaZJbS64GJv_ZKfZs1rcIKN9AsCJqby3DivpBE7jx8OofzrTXzL7jDXbr8mSmgZ7bAprAIn1L7rlRteQM; expires=Wed, 12-May-2027 14:55:51 GMT; path=/; domain=.youtube.com; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=none
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000
transfer-encoding: chunked
vary: Sec-CH-Viewport-Width, Sec-CH-DPR, Device-Memory, accept-encoding
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection: 0

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HSTS is set

Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Content Security Policy is set

Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

X-Frame-Options is set

Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.

X-Content-Type-Options is set

Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.

Missing Referrer Policy

Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.

-2

Permissions Policy is set

Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).

DNS Records

Encrypted DoH resolution: A, AAAA, MX mail servers, authoritative NS, and TXT verification.

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 172.217.77.136, 172.217.77.91, 172.217.77.190, 172.217.77.93
IPv6 Addresses (AAAA): 2607:f8b0:4023:142d::88, 2607:f8b0:4023:142d::5b, 2607:f8b0:4023:142d::be, 2607:f8b0:4023:142d::5d
Mail Servers (MX): smtp.google.com (Priority: 0)
Authoritative Nameservers (NS): ns2.google.com, ns1.google.com, ns4.google.com, ns3.google.com
TXT Records Found: 3 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

172.217.77.136172.217.77.91172.217.77.190172.217.77.93

TXT Verification Records

google-site-verification=QtQWEwHWM8tHiJ4s-jJWzEQrD_fF3luPnpzNDH-Nw-w

facebook-domain-verification=64jdes7le4h7e7lfpi22rijygx58j1

v=spf1 include:google.com mx -all

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8 address record(s) resolved

IPv6 (AAAA) available

Modern dual-stack setup.

4 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

Domain ownership status, registry lifecycle, nameservers, and privacy redaction.

Found

Registrable Domain: youtube.com
Registrar Organization: MarkMonitor Inc.
WHOIS Privacy Status: Public Registration Data
Registry Status Codes: client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited
Delegated Authoritative Nameservers: ns1.google.com, ns2.google.com, ns3.google.com, ns4.google.com
Registration Lifecycle: Registered: 2005 → Expires: 2027

Nameservers (NS)

ns1.google.comns2.google.comns3.google.comns4.google.com

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Domain registered 22+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via MarkMonitor Inc.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

Email Security & Deliverability

SPF record validation, DMARC policy enforcement, DKIM selectors, and MX reputation.

Protected

SPF Record: v=spf1 include:google.com mx -all
DMARC Policy Mode: Policy: REJECT
DMARC Raw Record: v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:mailauth-reports@google.com
DKIM Selectors Detected: selector1

Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (reject)

DKIM configured (selector1)

Threat Intelligence & Blocklists

Multi-source malware feeds (URLhaus), phishing checks (PhishStats, Safe Browsing), and typosquats.

Clean

URLhaus Malware

Clean / Not Listed

PhishStats Feed

Clean / Not Listed

Google Safe Browsing

Clean / Verified

Root Domain Label: youtube
Top-Level Domain (TLD): .com (Standard TLD)
Punycode Obfuscation: No (Standard ASCII)
Homoglyph / Lookalike Script: No mixed scripts
Brand Match Analysis: No recognized brand impersonation
Typosquatting Risk: Clean

No impersonation patterns detected

Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.

Technology Stack & Metadata

Detected CMS, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tags, CDN providers, and page metadata.

Detected

Detected Technologies by Category

Svelte

cdn

Cloudflare

Page Metadata & Fingerprint

HTML Title: YouTube
Meta Description: Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Document Language: en
Character Encoding: utf-8
Viewport Setting: width=device-width
Generator Software: —

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2 technologies detected

Svelte, Cloudflare

No mobile viewport meta tag

The page won't render correctly on phones without a viewport tag.

-3

Page Performance & Compression

Server response time, content payload size, Brotli/Gzip compression, and caching rules.

531ms

Items to Fix & Optimize

Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)

MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN

Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)

OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF

Protocol

HTTP/3

QUIC-based, multiplexed

Compression

NONE

No compression detected

Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)

Image Formats

Legacy / Unchecked

Transfer

Uncompressed

Transport

QUIC/H3

These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.

Detected Asset & Image Formats

WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG

HTTP Response Time: 531 ms
Payload Body Size: 949.4 KB
Compression Status: Uncompressed
Cache Directives: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate

Large response served uncompressed

Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

-3

AI Content Safety & Red Flags

High-pressure language, payment gateway safety, disposable domain analysis, and deceptive tactics.

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

92/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (21.7 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 22+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #10 worldwide. Minor issues: no mobile viewport meta tag; large response served uncompressed.

Payment Red Flags: None (No suspicious payment requests)
High-Pressure Language: None (No artificial urgency detected)
Disposable Domain Risk: No (Established infrastructure)
Text Scanned Depth: 513,687 characters verified

No scam-correlated language found on the home page

No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.

Server & Hosting Infrastructure

Primary IP address, web server software, CDN edge network, and redirect hop chain.

cloudflare

Primary Web Server: cloudflare
CDN / Cloud Provider: Cloudflare
Primary IP Address: 172.217.77.136
HTTP Status Code: 200 OK
Final Landing Destination: https://www.youtube.com/
Redirect Hop Count: 1 hop

Redirect Hop Chain

1.https://youtube.com/ → https://www.youtube.com/

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Site responded with 200

Final URL: https://www.youtube.com/. Response time 531ms.

HTTPS is enforced

All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.

+10

Served through Cloudflare

Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.

SSL / TLS Certificate

Active Certificate Authority, Common Name, validity period, expiration countdown, and SANs.

Secure

Certificate Authority (Issuer): Not available (certificate logs did not respond)
Subject Common Name (CN): —
Validity Period: Not available
Subject Alternative Names (SANs): 1 domain protected
Certificates Logged (CT): Verified in live TLS

Subject Alternative Names (Sample)

youtube.com

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HTTPS works with a valid certificate

A secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.

Content & Transparency Policies

Linked privacy policy, terms of service, about page, social channels, and published contacts.

Warning

Key Legal & Transparency Pages

privacy PageNot linked

terms PageNot linked

contact PageNot linked

about PageNot linked

refund PageNot linked

shipping PageNot linked

cookies PageNot linked

Published Phone Numbers: 20261112.00, 899588437, 772657768, 513659523, 568333945, 651175828

Policy pages could not be checked

The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

Search engine crawler directives, indexability, and declared XML sitemaps.

Present

Robots.txt Directives: Present & Configured
Sitemaps Declared: https://www.youtube.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml, https://www.youtube.com/product/sitemap.xml
Disallow Rules Count: 22 rules

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# robots.txt file for YouTube
# Created in the distant future (the year 2000) after
# the robotic uprising of the mid 90's which wiped out all humans.

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /channel_picker
Disallow: /comment
Disallow: /feeds/videos.xml
Disallow: /file_download
Disallow: /get_video
Disallow: /get_video_info
Disallow: /get_midroll_info
Disallow: /live_chat
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /qr
Disallow: /results
Disallow: /signup
Disallow: /t/terms
Disallow: /timedtext_video
Disallow: /verify_age
Disallow: /watch_ajax
Disallow: /watch_fragments_ajax
Disallow: /watch_popup
Disallow: /watch_queue_ajax
Disallow: /youtubei/

Sitemap: https://www.youtube.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.youtube.com/product/sitemap.xml

robots.txt published

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Scan Engine Performance

Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline

v5.1.0 Engine

Signals Analyzed

This scan

Sources Checked

Live security feeds

Scan Duration

3.88s

Full live scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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