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You are researchers and need: Locate information about a deleted YouTube video
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Search archived YouTube videos and recover deleted video information

Overview

Archivarix Tube Search is a YouTube video search engine that helps users find live and deleted videos through Wayback Machine and Common Crawl archive data. It can recover archived video metadata, thumbnails, and subtitles for more than 1.5 billion indexed videos dating back to 2005. The service also supports searching YouTube channels.

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Best for

Short scenarios where Archivarix Tube Search tends to shine.

  • Locate information about a deleted YouTube video

    Best for Researchers

  • Recover the title, description, thumbnail, or subtitles of an unavailable video

    Best for Journalists

  • Research historical YouTube content

    Best for Content creators

  • Find archived videos from a specific YouTube channel

    Best for Digital archivists

  • Verify or document previously published online video content

    Best for Fact-checkers

How it works

Enter a YouTube video, channel, title, or related search term into Archivarix Tube Search. Review the search results to find live or deleted videos, then inspect available archived metadata, thumbnails, and subtitles recovered from web archives.

Example outputs 1

Sample generations and before/after results for Archivarix Tube Search.

Access & connections

Where you can use Archivarix Tube Search.

Platforms

Web

Capabilities

What this tool accepts, produces, and is strongest at.

Highlights

  • Search live and deleted YouTube videos
  • Recover video metadata from web archives
  • Find archived YouTube thumbnails
  • Recover available video subtitles
  • Search YouTube channels
  • Index of more than 1.5 billion videos since 2005
  • Uses Wayback Machine and Common Crawl archive data

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FAQ 8

What is Archivarix Tube Search?
Archivarix Tube Search is a YouTube video search engine that helps users find live and deleted videos through Wayback Machine and Common Crawl archive data. It can recover archived video metadata, thumbnails, and subtitles for more than 1.5 billion indexed videos dating back to 2005. The service also supports searching YouTube channels.
How to use Archivarix Tube Search?
Enter a YouTube video, channel, title, or related search term into Archivarix Tube Search. Review the search results to find live or deleted videos, then inspect available archived metadata, thumbnails, and subtitles recovered from web archives.
What is Archivarix Tube Search?
It is a YouTube search engine for finding live and deleted videos using data from web archives.
Can Archivarix Tube Search restore deleted YouTube videos?
It can help recover archived metadata, thumbnails, and subtitles, but the original video may not be available for playback.
Which archive sources does the service use?
The service uses Wayback Machine and Common Crawl data.
What information can be recovered?
Depending on archive availability, users may recover video metadata, thumbnails, and subtitles.
How many videos are indexed?
The website states that more than 1.5 billion videos have been indexed since 2005.
Can users search YouTube channels?
Yes. The website includes a feature for searching YouTube channels.
Archivarix Tube Search