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Cite a YouTube video in APA or MLA

Updated Part of Quote a YouTube video

In APA, the uploader is the author: Uploader. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video]. YouTube. URL. In MLA, the title leads unless the creator is clear: "Title." YouTube, uploaded by Uploader, Day Month Year, URL. When you quote, add the time of the quote. Get the exact words and the time from the transcript. Part of quoting a YouTube video.

APA 7

Reference list, from the APA Style example:

Harvard University. (2019, August 28). Soft robotic gripper
    for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoWTYfxMs

The title is in italics. The author is the account that uploaded the video. For a direct quote, put the timestamp where a page number would go: (Patel & Gupta, 2019, 1:09:19).

MLA

When the creator and the uploader are the same, MLA's example starts with them:

Beyoncé. "Beyoncé – Pretty Hurts (Video)." YouTube,
    24 Apr. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXQLa-5n5w.

When the creator is unclear, start with the title and name the uploader:

"Capybara Eat Huge Pumpkin." YouTube, uploaded by Alex Smith,
    12 Jan. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YNwxZnABzA.

YouTube is in italics. For a quote, give the time or time range in the in-text citation; Purdue OWL's example writes it as (00:02:15-00:02:35). Check your instructor's preference.

Getting the quote and the time right

  1. Open the video on WithTranscript and find the passage.
  2. Click the line to hear it, and copy the words from the transcript.
  3. The time is next to the paragraph in the copied transcript, and in the player as it plays.

For your own notes, keep a timestamp link next to each quote so you can find it again. In the reference itself, use the YouTube URL.

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