Last Updated on October 20, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake
RedGIFs (redgifs.com) is an adult clip site. RedGIFs is a site where Reddit meets animated GIFs. Reddit gets many users reading its content for a bevy of subjects that can be anything from motorsports to technology. But it’s also a site that allows adult content, unlike the other social media giants like Facebook.
ALTERNATIVES
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DESCRIPTION
The homepage of redgifs.com played a video with smartphone screen dimensions automatically. There was only one of them above the fold. I started to scroll below the fold and more videos of the same dimensions started to play. Each of the videos or GIFs would take up roughly the full screen above the fold until I scrolled and replaced it with a new one. There was no way for me to tell whether the “videos” were videos or GIFs; however, there was a small red bar at the bottom of the “video” that showed me how long was remaining until it ended. It looked to me that the average “video” lasted about a minute or so. Is that still regarded as a GIF? To me, a GIF used to mean something that was repeating after 5 or so seconds and it didn’t load as a traditional video would. To me, what I saw on the screen were videos or short clips like what I see on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. When I clicked on a “video,” it paused or played it; it didn’t load on another single post page. It seemed all videos would be loading on the homepage on an infinite scroll unless I clicked on a category, which is a unique structure I had only encountered a few times before. Notably, the other sites I knew of with a similar setup also featured short clips taken from OnlyFans and other subscription services.
HISTORY
As of September 2023, redgifs.com has 69.0 million monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that redgifs.com was founded on December 23, 2019. The Internet Archive has saved redgifs.com 4,434 times between December 23, 2019 and September 4, 2023.
Redgifs.com runs on CloudFlare, and its IP address is 104.18.36.123.
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Is redgifs.com Safe?
I also checked redgifs.com on Sucuri, and it returned with no issues.
I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on redgifs.com and it says the page is suspicious.
Unmask Parasites cites 1 suspicious script script:
(function(){var js = "window['__CF$cv$params']={r:'8015b97ecd3c2913',t:'MTY5MzgyNTE4Mi42NTAwMDA='};_cpo=document.createEl...
I also checked redgifs.com on VirusTotal, and it is flagged as suspicious by Quttera.
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Further, the site redgifs.com passed all blocklist engines on URLVoid.
In conclusion, Sucuri says the site redgifs.com doesn’t have malware. Unmask Parasites says the site redgifs.com has 1 suspicious inline script. VirusTotal says the domain redgifs.com is flagged as suspicious by Quttera. OVERALL GRADE: Relatively Safe.
Links and Profiles
Website: redgifs.com
Twitter: @RedGIFsOfficial
How to Download redgifs.com Videos?
There is no way to download RedGIF videos from its website. There is a Copy link beneath the animated GIFs that allows you to copy the links to the videos. You can paste these links in things like your Google Chat windows to other friends, but it won’t download the video; rather it will open the RedGIFs website to show the GIFs. There are some third-party sites that claim to allow the downloading of RedGIF; however, this is not something we can openly promote since it would go against RedGIF’s terms of service.
How to Delete redgifs.com Account?
You can delete your RedGIFs account by contacting the RedGIFs website at the following email address: accountdeletions@redgifs.com. It is quite common for services to not allow users to automatically delete an account. But if you email them at the said address, they will be willing to delete your account for you.
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September 12, 2023 @ 19:46
Editor’s Note:
The Sucuri scan has been updated on 9/12/2023. Here are the old Sucuri results:
I checked the site redgifs.com on VirusTotal and it wasn’t flagged as malicious by any security vendor.
The overall grade remains Relatively Safe.
January 24, 2023 @ 15:35
RedGIFs is as safe as any other adult website. Often these adult sites aren’t allowed to sign up with the same advertising agencies, as say, a tech blog, but that doesn’t mean they’re not safe to use necessarily. When we browse RedGIF from smartphone and desktop and with various different browsers, we don’t notice anything suspcious that would make us think it wasn’t safe to use. And we can see that it’s a popular website used by millions of people, which certainly suggests it’s safe.
January 5, 2023 @ 05:35
RedGIFs is owned by Gfycat. Gfycat used to have adult content on it but shifted it all to RedGIFs. One of the reasons RedGIFs started getting so much traffic was because of all the people who already used Gfycat. Snapchat bought Gfycat in the first year of the pandemic. Since then Snapchat has declined a lot in value. Most people still haven’t heard of Gfycat, but RedGIFs is becoming more popular by the day.
January 10, 2023 @ 04:29
Not sure that is true. Gfycat once owned RedGIFs; however, I think they have had new ownership for at least two years now, according to the official RedGIFs Reddit page. “RedGIF official” on Reddit claims Gfycat moved all NSFW content onto RedGIFs and that in so doing, they rushed it and it created issues for RedGIFs. They then say “We took over 3 months ago and have fixed a lot of these issues.” That post is marked as two years ago on Reddit today. Source.
August 23, 2022 @ 00:33
I love redgifs
August 23, 2022 @ 12:18
What do you like about it?
July 7, 2022 @ 13:46
There is no RedGif downloaded. There is a RedGif app. Sites like RedGif use the term “Gif ” loosely; they are essentially no different from video sites. Most video sites only give you previews anyway. But RedGifs is still unique in that it offers unique content not seen on other domains. iPhone users can use the RedGifs iPhone app.
July 7, 2022 @ 13:38
Not sure how I ended up on RedGifs but I need to know if my computer is safe after visiting it. Are you able to recommend an antimalware solution just in case?
July 7, 2022 @ 13:33
I like watching giannaj on RedGIFs.
July 7, 2022 @ 13:29
I like the site, but I’m not sure these are GIFs. They appear to just be short video clips.
I just looked it up. According to GIPHY, the maximum length of a GIF is 15 seconds, but ideally, they are at least 6 seconds. That’s interesting because whenever I use Twitter on my phone the GIFs are usually about 1-2 seconds and very short.
July 7, 2022 @ 13:25
Cool. I hadn’t seen this site before. Not sure what it has to do with Reddit? I mean I know Reddit has some adult content but I didn’t think it was a big part of its identity. Anyway, good original idea. I’ve never really thought about watching GIFs before. But I can see its upside, especially for those who have limited bandwidth. But it might also be good for those who only want to watch a short clip and don’t want to have to keep hitting the repeat button.