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A search engine for deleted YouTube videos (1.5B+ indexed since 2005)

A search engine for deleted YouTube videos (1.5B+ indexed since 2005)

by archivarix·May 9, 2026·14 points·12 comments
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AI Analysis

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Recovers metadata for deleted videos across 1.5B indexed entries since 2005.

Strengths
  • •Massive scale indexing of 1.5 billion videos provides unique historical coverage.
  • •Recovers specific assets like thumbnails and subtitles often lost with deletion.
  • •Solves a painful data-loss problem for researchers and internet archivists.
Weaknesses
  • •Cannot restore the actual video file, only metadata and static assets.
  • •Reliance on third-party archives means coverage gaps for obscure channels.
Category
Data
Target Audience

Researchers, archivists, and content creators tracking removed media

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