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Are you trying to find the exact time a YouTube video was uploaded? YouTube tells you the date a video was uploaded, but finding the exact time takes a few extra steps. Thankfully, with the help of a few free online tools, finding the upload time of a YouTube video is pretty easy. In this article we'll teach you how to find the upload time of a YouTube video with a website or with a browser extension.
How to See a Video's Upload Time
You can view a YouTube video's exact upload time by using sites or tools that can review the video's metadata. Metadata is data about the video itself, and this includes the upload time. By using these tools, you can find the exact time a video was uploaded.
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![Step 1 Open a metadata viewer site.]()
Open a metadata viewer site. There are a handful of websites that will show you the metadata of a YouTube video. Metadata is data that refers to the video, which includes the date and time it was uploaded. There are a couple of these websites you can use, and they all function somewhat similarly so which one you use is up to you: -
![Step 2 Navigate to the YouTube video in question.]()
Navigate to the YouTube video in question. If you don't have the video pulled up already, navigate to it now.Advertisement -
![Step 3 Copy and paste the YouTube video URL into the metadata viewer site.]()
Copy and paste the YouTube video URL into the metadata viewer site. Each site has a field where you can paste a video URL. Press Enter on your keyboard or click the Enter/Submit button on the website once you've entered the YouTube URL.- On the YouTube Data Viewer site, you'll also have to submit a three-digit CAPTCHA before you can view a video's metadata.
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![Step 4 Locate the video's published date and time.]()
Locate the video's published date and time. On the MW Metadata site, it'll be under the thumbnail of the video with the tag "Published on". On the YouTube Data Viewer site, it'll be under the thumbnail of the video with the tag "Video Published Date."- The timestamp listed is the exact time the video was uploaded. On YouTube Data Viewer, the time will automatically be converted to your local timezone, but on MW Metadata the time will be displayed in GMT. Click the Convert button to pull up a timezone converter (though you'll have to enter the timestamp yourself).
- Both websites display the timestamps in a 24-hour format. If you aren't sure how to convert a 24-hour timestamp into a 12-hour timestamp, check out this wikiHow article.
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![Step 1 Install the InVID extension.]()
Install the InVID extension. This browser extension is intended to help verify images and videos for journalists or other internet users when fact-checking.[1] However, it's only available for Chrome or other Chromium-based browsers (like Opera).- Download the extension from InVID.
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![Step 2 Navigate to the YouTube video in question.]()
Navigate to the YouTube video in question. If you don't have the video pulled up already, navigate to it now. -
![Step 3 Click the InVID extension button in your browser.]()
Click the InVID extension button in your browser. It's in the upper-right corner. If you didn't pin the InVID extension to your browser extensions, click the puzzle-piece icon (or cube icon in Opera) and then click the pin icon next to the InVID extension. -
![Step 4 Click Assistant for Current Page.]()
Click Assistant for Current Page. This will open up the InVID assistant for the video you're currently looking at. -
![Step 5 Click Video Analysis.]()
Click Video Analysis. This will open a page with information about the video you're looking at. -
![Step 6 Locate the video's published date and time.]()
Locate the video's published date and time. This is posted under the video's title near the top of the page, as well as in the data block beneath the video's description next to the tag "Upload Time."- The timestamp listed is the exact time the video was uploaded, and the time will be displayed in UTC. Click the Convert to local time button to pull up a timezone converter (though you'll have to enter the timestamp yourself).
- InVID will display timestamps in a 24-hour format. If you aren't sure how to convert a 24-hour timestamp into a 12-hour timestamp, check out this wikiHow article.
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If a video was made public after being private, the video's metadata may not accurately reflect the exact upload time of the video.Thanks
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