Search results

An OSINT toolkit page grouping search and analytics tools for YouTube, Periscope, Twitch and Dailymotion. For YouTube it lists general, title, exact phrase, channel, playlist and upload date searches, live videos, channel analytics and comparisons. Periscope tools cover general and account search plus video metadata, while Twitch and Dailymotion tools cover channel search, analytics and video search. Some tools require the channel name or video ID.

YouTube search tool

aware-online.com

A page of custom OSINT tools for investigating videos on YouTube. The tools allow searching for specific videos, channels and playlists, searching by upload date, and analyzing channels; some tools redirect to third-party websites.

YouTube Comment Finder

ytcomment.kmcat.uk

Searches YouTube comments by keyword, video, or channel to find public discussion threads.

YouTube Metadata Bulk

mattw.io

A bulk metadata tool that gathers details about multiple YouTube videos, a playlist's videos, or a channel's public videos from the YouTube API. It accepts comma or whitespace separated lists of video, playlist and channel URLs or IDs, and exports results as a zip file.

YouTube video upload time

aware-online.com

A tutorial explaining how to find the exact upload date and time of a YouTube video. It walks through four steps, including copying the video URL and using Amnesty International's YouTube Data Viewer, which displays the upload date and time. It warns readers to be careful with third-party tools.

Amnesty tool for extracting YouTube video metadata useful in verification and open-source research.

Location Search

mattw.io

Location Search is a tool for searching YouTube for geographically tagged videos by location, topic, or channel. Results can be viewed on a map, and search options include radius, keywords, timeframe, sort order, and language. An update note states that the application name was changed and the export feature removed following a YouTube audit.

Official YouTube geosearch tool for finding videos by location, coordinates, and upload time.

Intelligence X

intelx.io

Intelligence X is a provider of free open source intelligence (OSINT) and forensic tools for investigations. Its toolset supports search across third-party sites, social media intelligence for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram, and YouTube, and utilities for tasks including email validation, domain lookups, IP lookups, Bitcoin tracing, and image analysis. All listed OSINT and forensic tools are available to use at no cost.

Intelligence X

intelx.io

Intelligence X is a provider of free open source intelligence (OSINT) and forensic tools for investigative use. The platform offers a suite of tools for searching third-party sites, performing social media intelligence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram and YouTube, plus utilities for validating email addresses, looking up domains, IPs, Bitcoin addresses, images and other data types.

BigSearch

github.com

BigSearch is a browser extension and web app for using and switching one or multiple search engines or websites, with built-in engines such as Google, DuckDuckGo, YouTube, eBay and GitHub. Search steps can be done by keyboard, and the interface has a Vimium-like feature. It can also work with websites that do not provide GET/POST interfaces.

Hunt Intelligence

huntintel.io

Hunt Intelligence is a location-first social media search tool that gathers posts from platforms including Instagram, Facebook, X, Snapchat, YouTube, Flickr and VK around a chosen location. It is aimed at analysts, journalists, investigators and security teams tracking developing events.

Tools

intelx.io

Intelligence X provides a collection of free open source intelligence (OSINT) and forensic tools for investigative use. The tools support lookups for emails, domains, IP addresses, Bitcoin addresses, images, usernames, people, phone numbers, locations, files, VINs, and hashes, alongside social media intelligence tools for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram, and YouTube, plus AI-powered search features. All third-party lookup services open in pop-up tabs, and the provider disclaims responsibility for third-party service results.

Web Search Navigator

github.com

Web Search Navigator is a web browser extension that adds keyboard shortcuts to popular websites including Google, YouTube, GitHub and Amazon. It is compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari web browsers.