youtu.be
Mostly blocked
66 of the 69 URLs we have a verdict for under youtu.be are blocked in mainland China; 3 are not. The Great Firewall silently drops its packets so requests time out, blocks the connection outright and breaks its TLS handshake. 1,760 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-08, the most recent on 2026-08-19.
The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
The site itself
http://youtu.beIntermittenthttps://youtu.beBlockedhttp://youtu.be:443Not enough datahttp://www.youtu.beUnresolvablePages and subdomains (67)
http://youtu.be/PbLdr4AmJa4Blockedhttp://youtu.be/hIYeH_DsFhQBlockedhttp://youtu.be/mcA8zvvUTokBlockedhttp://youtu.be/u2aR8HQNu4sas of 2026Blockedhttp://youtu.be/TcnolTy1E3MBlockedhttp://youtu.be/rd1Et69QQy4Blockedhttp://youtu.be/H1CEak5c-3cas of 2026Blockedhttp://youtu.be/4PhKKO5SyTMas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/YhID-_WNy98as of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/1sAwa83xXuwBlockedhttps://youtu.be/OyjQ7jRRUjUBlockedhttps://youtu.be/jowlnuLOM28Blockedhttps://youtu.be/T6X2uwlQGQMas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/5miSV0o4eQwBlockedhttps://youtu.be/y9y22VID_3wBlockedhttps://youtu.be/lRgpy7KrqGQBlockedhttps://youtu.be/pBTnPn5LBTQBlockedhttps://youtu.be/eogbsYkAC4gBlockedhttps://youtu.be/X6Drxb66308Blockedhttps://youtu.be/35eltMtCTAMBlockedhttps://youtu.be/mdR5xC9CZlgas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/Uf0PgNOW8bABlockedhttps://youtu.be/IeMFXiEq_owBlockedhttps://youtu.be/xcSxAtIkZsUBlockedhttps://youtu.be/xOO4AFOFvO4Blockedhttps://youtu.be/9_uyZ-ib284Blockedhttps://youtu.be/2gMqqGxag8kas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/cnaymwGW7LAas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/_LkV1OnzKUUBlockedhttps://youtu.be/hjHfu9BDRisBlockedhttps://youtu.be/6OrfOkyiEZUBlockedhttps://youtu.be/dhjduhcSGDUBlockedhttps://youtu.be/tZ6HTkJ_ftcas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/5yf_xQtoBHABlockedhttps://youtu.be/fsxKUby4EEwas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/J7eXlJ74J2IIntermittenthttps://youtu.be/flKcN2x50rwBlockedhttps://youtu.be/K_bsAQItK6EBlockedhttps://youtu.be/hx-ODOweEMEBlockedhttps://youtu.be/Kw_pvPxDNz4Blockedhttps://youtu.be/Dq45tUmrQPoBlockedhttps://youtu.be/CiNggzdWkIoas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/L1UIeGKMcd0as of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/oyUCulAmKHEBlockedhttps://youtu.be/5lOyNbrfCUsBlockedhttps://youtu.be/N3PHySZ9MKwBlockedhttps://youtu.be/dmxzHQ7W_6cBlockedhttps://youtu.be/BXZHoqhKmRMas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/84uOhUaklTIBlockedhttps://youtu.be/Vm7H0VTlIcoIntermittenthttps://youtu.be/w1bYPAFaVJsBlockedhttps://youtu.be/_gARk-mCDLYBlockedhttps://youtu.be/0J1P4H1kQCQas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/LmZf_NhpEsAas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/aSIKOcvfMv8Blockedhttps://youtu.be/zC90TMWqyqUBlockedhttps://youtu.be/0karQtMsqp0Blockedhttps://youtu.be/RJgAqdOQbS8Blockedhttps://youtu.be/Pup3v3qdrPABlockedhttp://youtu.be/-mXd-cTj5lI?t=20m21sas of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/hlO6eVsb8L0?si=iX3V6sXMx5P54GyIBlockedhttps://youtu.be/QPE9v9hOJwk?si=X9mSnH1XGkBkLA_1as of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/5NTfCmEIpd4?si=Mhsiq13978bfgrpjBlockedhttps://youtu.be/aircAruvnKk?si=UgXvA4bshC0JERM8as of 2026Blockedhttps://youtu.be/5tqGptIMNYI?si=qjuQ3DMTOTPX4i55Blockedhttps://youtu.be/U_rSbM3Urh4?si=GN1xtljgfPbS6Zi1Blockedhttps://youtu.be/pJC-vohDHl8?list=PLU12uITxBEPHOJO1FU8qll6gQmKcXp5S7BlockedAbout youtu.be and the Great Firewall
66 of the 69 URLs we have a verdict for under youtu.be are blocked in mainland China; 3 are not. The Great Firewall silently drops its packets so requests time out, blocks the connection outright and breaks its TLS handshake. 1,760 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-05-08, the most recent on 2026-08-19.
Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://youtu.be is intermittent, https://youtu.be is blocked. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.
A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks youtu.be. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.
Elsewhere on the site
youtu.be is ranked #47 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).
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Each URL's status is its verdict over the last 90 days, the same one its own page headlines.