Your Privacy, Our Mission

Donate

Support Ghostery with a one-time donation. Your contributions help us develop even stronger protection against trackers and ads, making the web safer for everyone.

One-time or whenever you appreciate Ghostery.

Back to all trackers

YouTube

Owned by Google

https://www.youtube.com/

Tracker Rank

7 / 844
Extremely prevalent

Operates Under

googlevideo.com youtube-nocookie.com youtube.com
+1 more
ytimg.com
Suggest a change

Tracker Reach

10.57% of web traffic is tracked
by YouTube
201820192020202120222023202420256%8%10%12%
3982 of top 10,000 sites seen loading
YouTube tracker
20192020202120222023202420254,0004,5005,000

Seen on these types of websites

47%
Uncategorized
16%
Entertainment
12%
Business
11%
News and Portals
7%
Reference

Tracking Methods

Cookies

Cookies are files placed by the website, stored in the browser that is are used to identify you to the website. Learn more

Data from May 2017 to Feb 2025.

Tracker Category

Audio/Video Player

Most audio and video players on websites.

Learn about our tracker categories What is a tracker?

Similar Trackers

1.
JW Player
0.86% • JW Player • Audio/Video Player
2.
Twitch CDN
0.65% • Amazon • Audio/Video Player
3.
Brightcove Player
0.32% • Brightcove • Audio/Video Player
4.
Spotify
0.31% • Spotify • Audio/Video Player

Presence on Top Sites

youtube.com
Entertainment • 8 trackers seen
google.com
Reference • 4 trackers seen
reddit.com
Entertainment • 5 trackers seen
ynet.co.il
News and Portals • 18 trackers seen
nexusmods.com
Entertainment • 11 trackers seen
newegg.com
E-Commerce • 12 trackers seen
marca.com
News and Portals • 24 trackers seen
fitgirl-repacks.site
Entertainment • 9 trackers seen
discogs.com
E-Commerce • 6 trackers seen
google.fr
Reference • 4 trackers seen
google.de
Reference • 4 trackers seen
ups.com
Business • 9 trackers seen
bing.com
Reference • 2 trackers seen
fark.com
News and Portals • 9 trackers seen
meteofrance.com
News and Portals • 10 trackers seen
steamcommunity.com
Entertainment • 2 trackers seen
sozcu.com.tr
News and Portals • 13 trackers seen
time.gov
Uncategorized • 3 trackers seen
gog.com
Entertainment • 5 trackers seen
index.hu
News and Portals • 12 trackers seen
gazzetta.gr
News and Portals • 11 trackers seen
last.fm
Entertainment • 13 trackers seen
google.co.uk
Reference • 4 trackers seen
duckduckgo.com
Reference • 2 trackers seen