SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is youtubekids.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 95/100

Official YouTube Kids site owned by Google with 19.9-year-old domain and zero malicious detections.

youtubekids.comScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 92
Screenshot of youtubekids.comSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 20 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
20 years old
Registered Aug 30, 2006
Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% confidence

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Screenshot of youtubekids.com
LIVE RENDER
youtubekids.com

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

Visual 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.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot shows a legitimate YouTube Kids error page informing the user that their browser is out of date.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

3 signals

Page displays official YouTube Kids branding and logo

Page shows a standard browser-unsupported notification with YouTube's characteristic art style

No suspicious links, forms, or urgency tactics are present

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain youtubekids.com was registered in 2006 and is operated by Google LLC, a major established company. Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the page, browser blocklists are clean, and the hosting IP shows no meaningful abuse history. The page displays legitimate YouTube Kids branding and serves as the official child-oriented extension of the main YouTube platform. Evidence shows historical complaints about content moderation and a 2019 FTC settlement, but these relate to platform policy rather than the site being fraudulent. The visual analysis confirms an official error page with no suspicious forms or urgency tactics. This combination of long domain history, clean technical signals, and confirmed corporate ownership points to a legitimate service.
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Page Content

The page presents the official YouTube Kids branding and logo with a meta description explaining the service as a contained environment for children. No contact emails, phone numbers, or postal addresses appear on the page. The body text is minimal, consistent with an official error page informing users their browser is unsupported. No login forms, countdown timers, or urgency tactics are present.

Infrastructure

The site loads from IP 172.253.63.136 with an abuse score of 0/100. SSL certificate is valid, issued by Google Trust Services, and expires in 64 days. Two cross-domain redirects occurred without homoglyph or IDN manipulation. External resources load only from gstatic.com and fonts.googleapis.com, both legitimate Google domains.

Domain History

The domain is 19.9 years old, registered August 30, 2006 through MarkMonitor Inc. with privacy protection disabled. Business registration records confirm ownership by Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.) in the United States with active status. The domain ranks within the global top-100k for traffic.

Web Reputation

Our research found two scam-related reports and 150 complaints, primarily from PCMag and Fox News/Consumer Reports, concerning content moderation issues and a 2019 FTC settlement over COPPA violations. One positive Reddit review noted reliable performance. No evidence indicates the site itself is fraudulent or impersonating another brand.

What this means for you

The site is the legitimate YouTube Kids platform. Parents should use available parental controls and monitor content, but the domain and infrastructure belong to Google with no signs of malicious activity.

Risk Factors
3
  • Historical complaints about inappropriate content slipping through filters
  • 2019 FTC settlement for COPPA privacy violations
  • No contact information displayed on the page
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 19.9 years ago and owned by Google LLC
  • Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the page as malicious
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse score with only 4 reports
  • Visual analysis confirms official branding with no suspicious elements
AI Recommendation
The site is legitimate. Use parental controls and supervise children's viewing, but no security risk exists from visiting the domain itself.
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 youtubekids.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · USA
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
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
2 scam reports · 150 complaints · 1 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • Official website and service owned by Google LLC, launched as a web version in August 2019.
  • The platform has faced significant historical criticism and FTC complaints regarding 'Elsagate' content and deceptive advertising practices.
  • Google paid a $170 million settlement to the FTC in 2019 over COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) violations related to YouTube.
  • The service relies on automated filters and manual curation, but inappropriate content has been known to bypass these systems.
  • Parental controls allow for whitelisting specific channels and disabling search to increase safety.
Scam reports (2)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • PCMagopen

    "YouTube Kids is 'intermixing advertising and programming in ways that deceive young children,' the complaint says... groups are asking the FTC to investigate Google for unfair and deceptive practices"

  • Fox News / Consumer Reportsopen

    "consumer advocacy groups revealed flaws in a YouTube app designed to protect preschool children... uncovered clips featuring explicit language and references to sex, drug use, and dangerous activities"

Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Redditopen

    "I've had ZERO problems with YouTube kids. People are just too lazy to do anything further than download the app and log in."

Business registration
Status: active · USA

Owned and operated by Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)

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

Our research found two scam-related reports from PCMag and Fox News/Consumer Reports regarding content moderation issues and a 2019 FTC settlement over COPPA violations. One positive review appeared on Reddit. Business registration records confirm the site is owned and operated by Google LLC with active status in the United States.

Domain Timeline

  1. Aug 30, 2006
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 20 years old today.

  2. Jul 11, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

youtubekids.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
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.

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

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 numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age20 years old
RegistrarMarkMonitor Inc.
RegisteredAug 30, 2006
ExpiresAug 30, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WR2
ExpiresSep 14, 2026 (64d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationUS
Web serverESF
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://youtubekids.com/
  • 2301https://youtubekids.com/
  • 3200https://www.youtubekids.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file4
ISPGoogle LLC
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

What to do

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 youtubekids.com and not a lookalike like y-outubekids.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

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·youtubekids.com
SAFE

This is the official YouTube Kids website operated by Google LLC. The domain is nearly 20 years old with clean security scans and no malicious flags. Users should still supervise children's viewing due to past content moderation issues.

The site is legitimate. Use parental controls and supervise children's viewing, but no security risk exists from visiting the domain itself.

AV engines
92
Domain age
20 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, 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 youtubekids.com, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, and the domain is 19.9 years old, registered on August 30, 2006 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • youtubekids.com passed our automated checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from youtubekids.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from youtubekids.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report youtubekids.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — youtubekids.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • youtubekids.com is 19.9 years old, registered on August 30, 2006 through MarkMonitor Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — youtubekids.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WR2, valid for another 64 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • youtubekids.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • Yes — youtubekids.com ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 11, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about youtubekids.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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