Platform risk
Where is YouTube blocked?
YouTube is blocked or interfered with in 29 countries based on 1,406 measurements over the rolling window.
Global block rate 100%··CC BY 4.0·live JSON
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This page is a Schema.org Service + Dataset + FAQPage graph with stable @ids. The country breakdown is server-fetched from /v1/platform/youtube/risk every 5 minutes. To check a specific country: GET /v1/accessibility/check?domain=youtube.com&country=XX.
Top 10 highest-risk countries
| Country | Risk score |
|---|---|
| ChinaCN | 0.70 |
| IranIR | 0.70 |
| MyanmarMM | 0.70 |
| NigeriaNG | 0.70 |
| United Arab EmiratesAE | 0.50 |
| BelarusBY | 0.50 |
| CubaCU | 0.50 |
| EgyptEG | 0.50 |
| KazakhstanKZ | 0.50 |
| PakistanPK | 0.50 |
Dominant blocking methods used against YouTube
- TCP RST injection4 countries
Common questions about YouTube
Q01Where is YouTube blocked?
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YouTube is blocked or interfered with in 29 countries based on 1,406 measurements over the rolling window. Highest-risk countries: China, Iran, Myanmar, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates. Full country list with confidence scores is on this page.
Q02What blocking methods are used against YouTube?
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The dominant techniques are TCP RST injection (seen in 4 countries).
Q03How is the platform-risk score computed?
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Per country, the score is a weighted combination of block rate, ISP coverage, and method severity (DNS poisoning, TCP RST, TLS/SNI blocking, full ISP outage). Globally, we aggregate the per-country scores. The full methodology is at https://voidly.ai/methodology — GradientBoosting v3.3 classifier (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest) on top of OONI / IODA / CensoredPlanet measurements.
Q04How fresh is the data?
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Voidly's probe network sweeps every 5 minutes from 100+ operators; OONI / IODA / CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours; the platform risk roll-up is regenerated continuously. Last update: 2026-06-23.
Q05Where can I get this data programmatically?
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(1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/platform/youtube/risk for the country breakdown, GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/platforms/scores for the global ranking. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server then call get_platform_risk with platform="youtube". (3) Bulk export: https://voidly.ai/facts.json (Schema.org ClaimReview @graph).
Q06How do I cite this in a paper?
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Cite the page URL (https://voidly.ai/platforms/youtube). License: CC BY 4.0 — credit Voidly Research and link back. The page emits a Schema.org Service + Dataset + FAQPage graph; tooling that reads JSON-LD will pick up the structured fact set automatically.
curl
curl https://api.voidly.ai/v1/platform/youtube/risk
MCP
npx @voidly/mcp-server
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