Search YouTube Videos by Title & Description
Can't remember the channel or URL? Use full-text search to find videos by keywords from their title or description. This searches across our entire database of millions of indexed videos.
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Enter your search terms
Type any keywords into the search bar. The system automatically detects that your input is a text query (not a channel or video URL) and runs a full-text search.
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Browse the results
Results show videos matching your keywords, sorted by relevance by default. Each result shows the video thumbnail, title, channel name, date, and status (Live or Deleted).
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Filter and sort
Use the controls to refine your results:
- Sort — Most relevant, Newest first, or Oldest first
- Status filter — All, Live, or Deleted videos
- Has Video — Only videos with archived video files
- Has Subtitles — Only videos with available subtitles
Search Syntax
You can use special operators to refine your search:
- Multiple words —
climate change— finds videos containing both words (AND is implied) - Exact phrase —
"climate change documentary"— finds the exact phrase in that order - OR —
bitcoin OR cryptocurrency— finds videos containing either word - Exclude words —
python -snake— finds "python" but excludes results mentioning "snake"
Searches are case-insensitive.
Bitcoin and bitcoin return the same results.What Gets Searched
The search looks across these fields:
- Video titles — the name of the video
- Video descriptions — the description text below the video
- Channel names — the channel title