Detect YouTube
YouTube is a video sharing service where users can create their own profile, upload videos, watch, like and comment on other videos.
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Websites using YouTube
4,544 hostnames in the PluginView corpus for this technology.
| Hostname | Last seen |
|---|---|
| youtube.com | 8/6/2026 |
| apple.com | 8/6/2026 |
| zoom.us | 8/6/2026 |
| adobe.com | 8/6/2026 |
| shopify.com | 8/8/2026 |
Whole list · $227.20 (4,544 × $0.05)
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known YouTube signature at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of YouTube, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that YouTube is still in place today.
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How to check a site for YouTube
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest YouTube signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses and scores them against proprietary YouTube fingerprints. Rule bodies and identifiers are not published.
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for YouTube on the results page.
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FAQ: detecting YouTube
- Can PluginView detect YouTube without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for YouTube. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is YouTube?
- YouTube is classified under Video players in the PluginView directory.
- Does PluginView publish YouTube fingerprint rules?
- No. Detection uses proprietary fingerprint rules that are not published. Scan results explain matches in plain language without disclosing rule bodies or identifiers.
