YouTube search operators

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YouTube search operators

The following table describes the search operators you can use to find results specific to X.

YouTube-specific search operators
OperatorDescriptionExample
is:youtube_shortMatches YouTube short videos (and includes comments on the videos).

"festival" AND is:youtube_short

Matches YouTube short videos that have "festival" in the title or the description.

youtube_views: Matches YouTube videos that meet the specified threshold of views.

olympics AND youtube_views:>500

Matches YouTube videos that have "olympics" in the title and have been viewed more than 500 times.

youtube_likes:Matches YouTube videos that meet the specified threshold of likes.

olympics AND youtube_likes:>500

Matches YouTube videos that have "olympics" in the title and have been liked more than 500 times.

youtube_subscribers:Matches YouTube videos from channels that have the specified threshold of subscribers.olympics AND youtube_subscribers:>500

Matches YouTube videos that have "olympics" in the title and that are from YouTube channels that have disliked more than 500 subscribers.

 

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