Is soundbible.com a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on soundbible.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is soundbible.com safe to use?

soundbible.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does soundbible.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. soundbible.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by cPanel, LLC · cPanel ECC Domain Validation Secure Server CA 3, expiring in 111 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the soundbible.com domain?

soundbible.com is 19.5 years old, registered on 12/13/2006 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has soundbible.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report soundbible.com as clean.

Is soundbible.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. soundbible.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is soundbible.com hosted?

soundbible.com resolves to an IP operated by International Business Machines Corporation in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

Is soundbible.com a well-known website?

Yes. soundbible.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Security Review

Is soundbible.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

A highly reputable sound effects library with a 19-year history, clean security scans, and widespread use in the creative community.

Why we trust it

Domain age of over 19 years indicates long-term reliability.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.High global traffic ranking suggests a large, active user base.

soundbible.comScanned 2h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 100·MT 95

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 20 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

20 years old

Registered Dec 13, 2006

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 98% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

soundbible.com

1Professional logo and branding for SoundBible visible in header

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The website appears to be a legitimate, fully-rendered resource for free sound effects with a professional layout and no visible scam indicators.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional logo and branding for SoundBible visible in header

Functional navigation menu with links to sound effects, royalty-free sounds, and blog

Clear, descriptive text explaining the site's purpose as a free sound clip resource

Fully rendered audio waveform players with play buttons and timestamps

Standard pagination controls for navigating multiple pages of content

Clean, professional layout with no intrusive ads, pop-ups, or urgency tactics

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been active for over 7,100 days, which is a significant indicator of stability and legitimacy. Our antivirus network shows zero detections across 92 different engines, and the site is not present on any major browser blocklists. The page provides clear licensing information for its audio files, typically using Creative Commons or Public Domain designations. Visual analysis confirms a professional, functional layout without intrusive ads or deceptive elements. Furthermore, the site is frequently cited as a trusted resource by educational organizations and independent creative reviewers.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The website serves as a library for WAV and MP3 sound clips, featuring a professional layout with functional audio players and clear attribution details. Each sound file is accompanied by licensing information, such as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, which is standard for legitimate resource sites.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP with a negligible abuse history and uses a valid SSL certificate. It integrates standard external resources like Google Fonts and YouTube, which is typical for a well-maintained media site.

Domain History

Registered in 2009, the domain has nearly 20 years of continuous operation. This longevity is a strong signal against fraud, as scam sites are typically short-lived and frequently change domains to avoid blacklists.

Web Reputation

The site maintains a high global traffic rank and is widely recommended in developer and educator forums. Independent trust aggregators and security communities consistently rate the platform as safe for consumers.

Risk Factors

No formal business registration found, though this is common for independent creative projects.
Lack of a direct contact email on the homepage, though social links and a blog are present.

Positive Signals

Domain age of over 19 years indicates long-term reliability.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
High global traffic ranking suggests a large, active user base.
Consistently positive mentions from educational and professional creative sources.
Clear licensing and attribution information provided for all downloads.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use for downloading sound effects. Always ensure you follow the specific Creative Commons attribution requirements listed next to each file.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for soundbible.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

19 yrs

Registered Dec 2006

Business registration

No public record found

Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

4 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain registered approximately 19 years ago (around 2009), with consistent operation as a free sound effects library offering WAV and MP3 files.
Sounds primarily under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, Public Domain, or royalty-free licenses; site explicitly states commercial use is allowed for royalty-free/CC/PD tracks with proper attribution.
Frequently recommended in educational (e.g. TeachersFirst, Perkins School), game dev (Unity forums), and creative resource lists for clear licensing info and no-login downloads.
Scamadviser rates it "Very Likely Safe" with positive highlights: high traffic rank (Tranco 30), positive user reviews, valid SSL, old domain, and DNSFilter safe label.
One 2020 Reddit antivirus thread discussed a false-positive VirusTotal detection on an MP3 download; community consensus was that the site is safe.
No scam reports, malware complaints, or negative reviews found across searches for scam, complaint, virus, or Reddit discussions.
Major contributor Daniel Simion; sounds widely used and credited in games, datasets (Hugging Face), YouTube, and projects.

Positive reviews (4)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Scamadviseropen
"In summary, we think soundbible.com is legit and safe for consumers to access."
Infinity Audioopen
"SoundBible provides free sound effects for commercial and personal use. Clear license info under each file."
TeachersFirstopen
"Find or upload sound clips in wav or MP3 format -- with clear information about digital rights -- at Sound Bible."
Perkins School for the Blindopen
"SoundBible.com offers free and royalty free sound effects for download in either wav or mp3 format."

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases and consumer-review sites for soundbible.com and found no negative reports or complaints. Independent review aggregators consider the site safe for consumers. Educational organizations like TeachersFirst and the Perkins School for the Blind recommend the site as a legitimate resource for royalty-free audio. Creative communities, including game developers and video editors, frequently cite the platform for its clear licensing and high-quality free content.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers2006-2026

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles1

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (2006-2026).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age20 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredDec 13, 2006

ExpiresDec 13, 2026

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuercPanel, LLC · cPanel ECC Domain Validation Secure Server CA 3

ExpiresOct 10, 2026 (111d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingInternational Business Machines Corporation

Server locationUS

Web serverApache

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://soundbible.com/
2200https://soundbible.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file1

ISPInternational Business Machines Corporation

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on soundbible.com and not a lookalike like s-oundbible.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on soundbible.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
soundbible.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. soundbible.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by cPanel, LLC · cPanel ECC Domain Validation Secure Server CA 3, expiring in 111 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
soundbible.com is 19.5 years old, registered on 12/13/2006 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report soundbible.com as clean.
No. soundbible.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
soundbible.com resolves to an IP operated by International Business Machines Corporation in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Yes. soundbible.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·soundbible.com

SAFE

SoundBible is a long-standing and reputable resource for free sound effects. It has been operating for nearly two decades with a clean security record and positive recognition from educational and creative institutions.

This site is safe to use for downloading sound effects. Always ensure you follow the specific Creative Commons attribution requirements listed next to each file.

AV engines

MT passes

Net signals

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