Discover exactly how old any YouTube video is. Get the precise age in years, months, days, and hours, plus upload date, views per day average, and detailed statistics.
Get precise age calculations plus useful statistics about any YouTube video
There are many practical reasons to know when a video was uploaded
Verify when content was originally published for fact-checking, academic research, or news verification purposes.
Calculate views per day to understand if a video is still gaining traction or if growth has stalled.
Analyze when competitors published their top-performing content to understand their content strategy timeline.
Determine if tutorial or how-to content is still relevant based on when it was published.
Celebrate video anniversaries or track how long it took to reach view milestones.
Establish timeline for content disputes or verify original publication dates for copyright claims.
Understanding how videos perform over time
Copy any YouTube video URL and paste it into the calculator. Works with regular videos, shorts, and video IDs.
Click the calculate button and we'll fetch the video's upload date and calculate its precise age.
See the exact age breakdown plus daily view averages, engagement metrics, and more.
Simply paste the YouTube video URL into our calculator above and click "Calculate Age." We'll fetch the exact upload date and time from YouTube's database. Alternatively, you can find this information by clicking "Show More" under a video's description on YouTube, where the upload date is displayed.
Our calculator is 100% accurate because we fetch the publish date directly from YouTube's official API. The age is calculated to the hour based on the exact timestamp when the video was made public. Note that this is the publish date, not the original upload date if the video was uploaded as private/unlisted first.
No, our tool can only calculate the age of publicly available videos. Private, unlisted (without the link), and deleted videos cannot be accessed through the YouTube API. For unlisted videos, you would need the exact video URL to check its age.
Views per day is calculated by dividing total views by the number of days since upload. This metric helps you understand the average daily performance of a video. A high views-per-day rate for an older video suggests evergreen content that continues to attract viewers through search or recommendations.
Video age itself doesn't directly affect rankings, but freshness can matter for trending or news topics. However, for evergreen content (tutorials, music, educational content), older videos often rank well because they've accumulated more watch time, engagement, and backlinks. YouTube prioritizes viewer satisfaction over recency.
Common reasons include: 1) Verifying content freshness for tutorials or news, 2) Research and fact-checking, 3) Analyzing competitor content timelines, 4) Calculating performance metrics like views per day, 5) Copyright and legal verification, 6) Celebrating video anniversaries or milestones.
The oldest video on YouTube is "Me at the zoo" uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005, at 8:27 PM (PDT). It's an 18-second video filmed at the San Diego Zoo and marks the beginning of YouTube's history. You can use our calculator to see its exact current age!
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