{"id":15108,"date":"2020-11-05T11:52:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/?p=15108"},"modified":"2022-06-16T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:48:17","slug":"youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cite a YouTube video in APA Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left yellow\">This article reflects the\u00a0<strong>APA 7th edition<\/strong>\u00a0guidelines. <a href=https://www.scribbr.com/"https:////www.scribbr.com//apa-style//6th-edition//archived-youtube-videos///">Click here<\/a> for APA 6th edition guidelines.<\/figure>\n<p>To cite a YouTube video in APA Style, you include the person or organization that uploaded it, their channel name (if different from their real name), the upload date, the video title (italicized), \u201cVideo\u201d in square brackets, the name of the site,\u00a0 and a link to the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"scribbr-citation-example-generator\" data-citation-styles=\"apa\" data-source-type=\"video\" data-locale=\"en-US\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=https://www.scribbr.com/"https:////citation-example-generator.scribbr.com//embed.js/" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Note that the same format works for other video sites like Vimeo; just replace \u201cYouTube\u201d with the name of whatever site the video is from. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/tv-show\/\">APA TV show citations<\/a> are different.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use our free APA citation generator to generate YouTube citations in APA Style.<br \/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<h6 class=\"h3\">Generate accurate APA citations with Scribbr<\/h6>\n\n<div class=\"border mb-3 cite-example\">\n\t\n\t<nav id=\"navMain\" class=\"d-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nav nav-tabs w-100 border-0\" id=\"nav-tab-apa\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"nav-item nav-link active\" id=\"nav-1-tab\" 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{\n\n\t$('input.cite-input').focusin(function(){\n\t\t$(this).closest('div.tab-content').find('.cite-description').addClass('focused');\n\t\t$('.cite-example').addClass('clicked');  \n\t});\n\t$('input.cite-input').focusout(function(){\n\t\t$('.cite-example').removeClass('clicked');  \n\t});\n\t$( \"#styleSelector .nav-item\" ).click(function (e) {\n\t\te.preventDefault();\n\t\t$styleValue = $(this).data('citation-style');\n\t\t$('.nav-tabs, .tab-content').addClass('d-none');\n\t\t$(`#nav-tab-${$styleValue}, #form-tab-${$styleValue}`).removeClass('d-none');\n\t\t$('#styleSelector .select-link').text($styleValue.toUpperCase());\n\t});\t\n\t\/\/fix active state after popper.js\n\t$('.cite-example .nav-tabs').on('shown.bs.tab', 'a', function (e) {\n\t\tif (e.relatedTarget) {\n\t\t\t$(e.relatedTarget).removeClass('active');\n\t\t}\n\t})\n})();\n<\/script>\n<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"where-to-find\">Where to find citation information for a YouTube video<\/h2>\n<p>The information you\u2019ll need for your citation is easy to locate on YouTube. It\u2019s located just below the video, as shown in the image below.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/apa-youtube-1.png\" alt=\"APA YouTube\" width=\"660\" class=\"aligncenter mt-4 mb-5\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"author-channel\">Authors and channel names<\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cauthor\u201d of a YouTube video is not necessarily the person or group who created the video. Instead, APA requires you to list the uploader of the video in the author position. This makes it easier for the reader to locate the video.<\/p>\n<p>If the uploader is an individual whose real name is known and is different from their channel name, both should be included. The <span class=\"highlight-green\">real name<\/span> is written in the standard format, while the <span class=\"highlight-blue\">channel name<\/span> follows in square brackets and is written exactly as it is on YouTube, retaining any unconventional capitalization or spacing.<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span>. [<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Channel name<\/span>]. (<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Month Day<\/span>). <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Video title<\/em><\/span> [Video]. YouTube. <span class=\"text-color-purple\">URL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>Stevens, M. [Vsauce]. (2017, August 14). The napkin ring problem [Video]. YouTube. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J51ncHP_BrY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(Stevens, 2017)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If the author\u2019s real name is unknown or the uploader is not an individual, the channel name is included alone, with no brackets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left green\"><span class=\"highlight-blue\">University of Oxford<\/span>. (2019, December 15). <em>Could we run the UK on carbon-free energy?<\/em> [Video]. YouTube. https:\/\/youtu.be\/-EoVRpy4J_U<\/figure>\n<p>Where the channel name is the same as the author\u2019s real name, it only needs to be written once:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left green\">Hertzfeldt, D. (2011, April 1). <em>Everything will be OK \u2013 by Don Hertzfeldt<\/em> [Video]. YouTube. https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IUX0Qy-IDM<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"in-text-citation\">In-text citations for YouTube videos<\/h2>\n<p>For an in-text citation of a YouTube video, use whichever name appears first in the full citation, whether that&#8217;s a real name or a channel name:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left green\">\n<ul>\n<li>(Stevens, 2017)<\/li>\n<li>(University of Oxford, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When you quote or refer to a specific part of a video, include a timestamp pointing to the relevant moment in the video:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left green\">(University of Oxford, 2019, 0:29)<\/figure>\n<p>If the person quoted is not the uploader, it&#8217;s best to specify their identity in the text, as in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/ted-talk\/\">TED Talk citation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left green\"><span class=\"highlight\">Justice reform advocate Nisha Anand<\/span> opens her talk with the story of her family\u2019s experiences during the Partition of India (TED, 2020, 1:59).<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"channel\">How to cite a YouTube channel<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes you might need to cite a whole channel instead of a single video, as when you\u2019re discussing a channel\u2019s content in general.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, don\u2019t include the year the channel was created \u2013 just use \u201cn.d.\u201d (no date) as it\u2019s the current content of the channel that\u2019s relevant. Write \u201cYouTube channel\u201d instead of \u201cVideo\u201d in the square brackets, and include a retrieval date, since channel content will change over time.<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span> [<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Channel name<\/span>]. (<span class=\"text-color-purple\"><span style=\"color: #be59be;\">n.d.<\/span><\/span>). <em>Home<\/em> [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Month Day<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year<\/span>, from <span class=\"text-color-purple\">URL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>University of Oxford. (n.d.). <em>Home<\/em> [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved October 19, 2020, from https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/oxford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(University of Oxford, n.d.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u201cHome\u201d refers to the homepage of the channel; if you\u2019re citing something else like the videos or playlists tab, replace accordingly:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left green\">University of Oxford. (n.d.). <em>Videos<\/em> [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved October 19, 2020, from https:\/\/\u200bwww.youtube.com\/\u200buser\/oxford\/\u200bvideos<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article reflects the\u00a0APA 7th edition\u00a0guidelines. Click here for APA 6th edition guidelines. 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