Threat Investigation

ytdesktop.com

High Risk Low Traffic Tranco #1,728,317

ytdesktop.com presents itself as a video streaming service, focusing on desktop video client. ytdesktop.com provides a standalone desktop application designed to enhance the YouTube viewing experience outside of a web browser. The software includes features such as background playback, picture-in-picture mode, and native keyboard shortcuts for multiple desktop platforms. It claims to be operated by ytdesktop.

youtube clientdesktop applicationvideo playermedia utility
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{
  "domain": "ytdesktop.com",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "category": {
    "purpose": "video_streaming",
    "specialization": "Desktop Video Client"
  },
  "identity": {
    "headline": "Third-party desktop client for YouTube on Windows, Mac, and Linux",
    "summary": "ytdesktop.com provides a standalone desktop application designed to enhance the YouTube viewing experience outside of a web browser. The software includes features such as background playback, picture-in-picture mode, and native keyboard shortcuts for multiple desktop platforms.",
    "operator": "ytdesktop",
    "parent_entity": null,
    "topics": [
      "youtube client",
      "desktop application",
      "video player",
      "media utility",
      "open source software"
    ]
  },
  "functions": {
    "is_ugc_platform": false,
    "is_file_host": false,
    "is_url_shortener": false,
    "is_public_idp": false,
    "is_crypto_platform": false,
    "allows_user_subdomains": false,
    "is_form_builder": false,
    "is_document_host": false
  },
  "facts": {
    "registered_date": "2019-12-11T12:26:00Z",
    "rank": 1728317,
    "hosting_provider": "CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc."
  }
}

Hosting

CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc.

Registered

Dec 11, 2019

Last Updated

Feb 11, 2026

Domain data sourced from WHOIS, Tranco rankings, and URLert's classification engine.