This page aggregates measured, corroborated evidence: donors' iPhones recorded apps contacting this domain, every claim below was reported by separate accepted donations and published under a human verdict (later rows for an approved app inherit its verdict). A contact is a measurement, not an accusation — it does not show what data was sent.
s.youtube.com
classified as first-party · 2
What our research panel found AI-drafted · human-reviewed
We ask several independent AI models the same question and publish their answers separately — cross-vendor agreement is evidence against fabrication, and disagreement is worth seeing. 3 of 3 models answered, overall confidence high. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
s.youtube.com is a subdomain of youtube.com, the app's own service (Google/YouTube), and is commonly used for playback/stats logging endpoints, making it a first-party contact rather than a third-party tracker. The app's label already declares broad collection including app interactions, diagnostics and identifiers, so this contact implies no data flow beyond what is disclosed.
OpenAI — first-party
The domain is a youtube.com subdomain and most likely serves YouTube/Google first-party functionality. The app's privacy label declares extensive collection categories that could cover this contact; no specific uncovered data flow is provided.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain s.youtube.com is owned and operated by YouTube/Google, matching the app developer. First-party communication for analytics and app features falls under the app's declared data collection types.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | — | 4 | 32 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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