Meet RedGIFs: The 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 (technically Twitter does allow adult stuff but it’s not really the right kind of platform to make use of it). This is where RedGIFs come into play.
What is RedGIFs.com?
RedGIFs (RedGIFs.com) is a website for adult GIFs. Years ago, there was a website called Vine. It was an instant hit that allowed people to upload videos seven seconds or less in length. But it shut down because even though the company was only allowing seven-second videos, it wasn’t able to monetize the platform (in other words, due to the large servers required to host the videos, Vine’s owners couldn’t make it profitable).
But Vine was a great website. And the only real competition it has had since is TikTok. RedGIFs is similar to Vine in that it only allows short video clips in the form of GIFs, which help keep the running costs down for its founders as well as its viewers. But undoubtedly, many people will enjoy watching GIFs instead of videos as well. RedGIFs is a unique idea. And it doesn’t surprise us that it has taken off and become very popular. RedGIFs has creators who enjoy getting as many views to their GIFs as possible and try to make their content go as viral as they can.
According to SimilarWeb, the site RedGIFs.com gets an estimated 69.0 million monthly views. The Wayback Machine estimates RedGIFs.com was founded on December 23, 2019.
Links and Profiles
Website: https://www.redgifs.com/
Twitter: @RedGIFsOfficial
Is RedGIFs.com Safe?
I installed the Malwarebytes Browser Guard on my Chrome browser and was able to browse the site RedGIFs.com without any issues.
To check this further I ran malware scans with Malwarebytes and Spybot – Search & Destroy and both scans returned with no issues. I also ran a system-wide scan with Microsoft Defender and no malware was found.
To confirm the site is clean, I also checked the site RedGIFs.com on an online malware scanner and it returned with no issues. No malware was found and we can see that the site is not blacklisted by any security vendor. You can see the same here: Sucuri scan for the site RedGIFs.com.
Lastly, I ran a malware scan with VirusTotal and no security vendor flagged the domain as malicious. You can see the same here: VirusTotal scan for the site RedGIFs.com.
In conclusion, the site RedGIFs.com is a low security risk — no malware was found during our scans and the site is not flagged as malicious by any security vendor.
How to Download RedGIFs.com Videos?
There is no way to download RedGIFs 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 others 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 RedGIF itself clearly doesn’t want its users to download the files (or else they would offer it).
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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Mat Diekhake
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.
Neil Card
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.
Mat Diekhake
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.
Jeff
August 23, 2022 @ 00:33
I love redgifs
Mat Diekhake
August 23, 2022 @ 12:18
What do you like about it?
expobill
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.
rmaniacnyc
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?
alberto
July 7, 2022 @ 13:33
I like watching giannaj on RedGIFs.
Sheala
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.
bcarney
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.