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YouTube Metadata Viewer
See the exact upload date and time of any YouTube video, with its stats, category, captions, license and every other public detail.
How to see the metadata of a YouTube video
- 1
Copy the video link
Open the video, press Share and copy the link. Shorts and live stream links work too.
- 2
Paste it above
Paste the link and press View metadata. TubeKit reads the details straight from YouTube.
- 3
Read or copy the details
See the exact upload time, stats and video details, and copy them all as text in one click.
What this YouTube metadata viewer shows
YouTube shows a rounded date like "3 years ago" and hides most of what it knows. This YouTube metadata viewer reads the video straight from YouTube and lays out every public detail, from the upload time down to the second to the countries where the video is blocked.
- Exact upload date and time
- The date and time to the second, in UTC and in your own time zone, plus when a stream was scheduled, when it started and when it ended.
- Exact views, likes and comments
- Full numbers instead of rounded ones like 1.8B, along with the comment count and the exact duration in seconds and in ISO 8601.
- Every video detail
- Category, quality, dimension, captions, audio and default language, license, embedding, made-for-kids and region limits, all on one screen.
- Free, no sign-in
- No account, no extension, no API key. Works on desktop and phone, for ordinary videos, Shorts, premieres and live streams.
YouTube metadata fields explained
Every field this viewer shows, what it means and where YouTube gets it from. All of it is public data that YouTube publishes about the video itself.
| Field | What it means |
|---|---|
| Upload date | The moment the video became public, in UTC. Scheduled videos show the release time, not the upload time. |
| Duration | Length of the video. Live streams have none until they end. |
| Quality | HD when the video is available in 720p or higher. |
| Captions | Yes when YouTube reports captions for the video. Automatic captions are often not included. |
| Licensed content | Yes when the video is claimed by its owner through YouTube's content partner tools. |
| License | Standard YouTube License, or Creative Commons, which allows reuse with credit. |
| Made for kids | Whether the creator set the video as made for kids, which turns off comments and some features. |
| Region limits | Countries where the video is blocked, or the only ones where it plays. |
Source: the YouTube Data API reference for videos.
What people use a YouTube metadata viewer for
The exact details settle questions that a rounded date can't. Creators, researchers and moderators reach for a metadata viewer whenever "3 years ago" is not a good enough answer.
- Prove who posted first
- Compare exact upload times to see which of two videos went up first, down to the second rather than the same rounded day.
- Research competitors
- See when top creators publish, how long their videos run, which category they choose and how many tags they fill in.
- Check if a video can be reused
- See whether a video has a Creative Commons license, whether it is claimed by its owner and whether it can be embedded on your site.
- Find out why a video won't play
- Check for region limits, age restrictions, made-for-kids status and whether embedding is turned off before you blame your player.
Frequently asked questions
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