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youtu.be

Category: Video, Multimedia

Scanned: Apr 23, 2026, 04:39 PM UTC · First seen: Apr 23, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 94 · Times Scanned: 1
90 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of youtu.be Captured Apr 23, 2026
https://youtu.be
Screenshot of youtu.be
18 years
Extremely Popular - #49 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (94 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Google LLC
Mountain View, United States
ESF
Unknown
172.217.22.110
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered December 24, 2007
Expires Unknown
Name Servers ns3.google.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Google LLC
Reputation & Threat Check 94 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
18 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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www.youtube.com/ads/# 294 B Flagged: medium risk
www.youtube.com/?feature=youtu.be 679.7 KB No threats
www.youtube.com/opensearch?locale=de_DE 542 B No threats
www.youtube.com/new 673.3 KB No threats
www.youtube.com/manifest.webmanifest 1.8 KB No threats
www.youtube.com/supported_browsers?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2f%3ffeature%3dyoutu.be.http-redirect 160 B No threats
www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks?utm_campaign=ytgen&utm_source=ythp&utm_medium=LeftNav&utm_content=txt&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fhowyoutubeworks%3Futm_source%3Dythp%26utm_medium%3DLeftNav%26utm_campaign%3Dytgen 43.9 KB No threats
www.youtube.com/supported_browsers?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2f%3ffeature%3dyoutu.be 5.7 KB No threats
www.youtube.com/# 676.0 KB No threats
accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=youtube&uilel=3&passive=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Faction_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26app%3Ddesktop%26hl%3Dde%26next%3D%252Fsignin_passive%26feature%3Dpassive&hl=de 1.2 MB No threats
www.youtube.com/about/# 36.1 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
658
External Links
All Clean
3
Iframes
Clean
58
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://www.google.com/submit_content.htmlNot flagged
http://youtu.be/?hl%3DdeNot flagged
http://youtu.be/?lfhs%3D2Not flagged
http://youtu.be/_/identitypoliciesui/manifest.jsonNot flagged
http://youtu.be/creator-and-artist-stories/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/how-things-work/building-community/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/how-things-work/content-creation-strategy/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/how-things-work/get-involved/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/how-things-work/getting-started/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/how-things-work/policies-guidelines/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/how-things-work/video-monetization/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/partner-program/Not flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/partner-program/shoppingNot flagged
http://youtu.be/creators/partner-program/shopping/Not flagged
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about.googleNot flagged
about.youtubeNot flagged
accounts.google.comNot flagged
artists.youtubeNot flagged
artists.youtube.comNot flagged
assistant.google.comNot flagged
blog.googleNot flagged
blog.youtubeNot flagged
business.google.comNot flagged
cloud.google.comNot flagged
developers.google.comNot flagged
families.google.comNot flagged
fi.google.comNot flagged
fiber.google.comNot flagged
fonts.googleapis.comNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-K7VCRCF" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display: none%3B visibility: hidden" >Not flagged
<iframe name%3D"passive_signin" src%3D"https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service%3Dyoutube&amp%3Builel%3D3&amp%3Bpassive%3Dtrue&amp%3Bcontinue%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Faction_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26app%3Ddesktop%26hl%3Dde%26next%3D%252Fsignin_passive%26feature%3Dpassive&amp%3Bhl%3Dde" style%3D"display: none">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-W8LC8VL" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
youtu.be Overview

Description of youtu.be

youtu.be appears to be the official short-link domain used by YouTube, a major video hosting and social media platform operated by Google. It is commonly used to share shortened links to videos, channels, and other YouTube content, while the underlying service remains part of the broader YouTube ecosystem.

Based on the page metadata, screenshot, and category labels, the site is associated with video streaming, multimedia content, and social web functionality. The homepage shown matches YouTube branding and navigation, including sections such as Home, Shorts, Subscriptions, Music, and Movies & TV, which is consistent with a mainstream user-generated video platform.

Safety Assessment for youtu.be

The available scan data is broadly consistent with a well-established, high-traffic web property. The domain has a very strong popularity signal, a long registration history dating back to 2007, and it was not flagged by any of 94 security engines at the time of this scan. In addition, blacklist checks and threat database lookups did not show listings, and no flagged external links or referenced domains were reported in the provided scan results.

One malware scan did mark 1 out of 18 scanned items as suspicious, specifically an ads-related path, but no concrete threat name was provided and the broader scan context did not show corroborating detections from security engines or blacklist databases. On large advertising-supported platforms, isolated heuristic findings can sometimes reflect aggressive ad-related scripting or complex page behavior rather than confirmed malicious activity.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan, though users should keep in mind that user-generated content platforms can still host misleading links or harmful uploads posted by third parties.

Technical Description

The domain is hosted by Google LLC on infrastructure in Mountain View, United States, with Google-operated nameservers and an ESF web server. It presents a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Google Trust Services, with certificate validity extending into 2026 based on the supplied data. These details are consistent with a large-scale production deployment.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major infrastructure-level security concerns were evident from the provided scan data, and the domain age, registrar, hosting environment, and certificate profile all align with an established service.

HTTP Redirect Chain
303 https://youtu.be
200 https://www.youtube.com/?feature=youtu.be
Website Insights
#49
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Video, Multimedia
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 16 Apr 22
8 cookies detected
Essential8
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
0 1st party cookies
8 3rd party (trackers)
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