YouTube Timestamp Finder

The moments people already marked in a video: its chapters, the times viewers wrote in the comments, and the moments kept on Playback.

The video

Nothing is downloaded or transcribed. The comments are YouTube’s, shown as written; every moment plays in YouTube’s own player.

How it works

  1. 1

    Paste the link

    A video or a Short, from the address bar or the Share button.

  2. 2

    Look through the moments

    Chapters from the description, times viewers wrote in the comments, and moments people kept on Playback.

  3. 3

    Play or send one

    Tap a time to get a link that plays just that part, or adjust its start and end first.

Questions

How do I find timestamps in YouTube comments?

Paste the video's link. The page reads the comments YouTube shows first, up to 100, and lists the ones that carry a time, with each time as a button. A range like 2:31-2:45 plays that span; a single time plays ten seconds from it.

Which comments are shown, and in what order?

The ones YouTube ranks most relevant, in YouTube's order and as written, with YouTube's own like count. Nothing here counts or ranks them, so a moment many people name looks the same as one named once. A comment with four or more times is a chapter list and is left out, as are "proof I was here" comments.

Does this show YouTube's Most replayed graph?

No. That graph is not part of what YouTube makes available to other sites, so this page cannot show it. It shows what people wrote and kept instead.

Where do the chapters come from?

From the video's own description, read by YouTube's rules: a list that starts at 0:00, with at least three times in order. When the description has none, none are shown.

What are the moments people kept?

Public Playbacks of this video made on Playback by people with a profile, newest first. Each one opens its own page, with its title and who made it.

Is the video downloaded or transcribed?

No. Nothing is downloaded, recorded or transcribed. Every moment plays in YouTube's own player, and nothing you paste is kept.

Why are there no comment times for a video?

The comments may be turned off, none of the first 100 may name a time, or the page may have used its share of YouTube's daily allowance for the day. Chapters and kept moments still show.

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