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Do not use this template to link to material that violates copyright law.
Links to such material must either be replaced with a non-copyvio link or removed immediately.
NOTE: A YouTube video uploaded by a user with a verification check mark badge, indicating that it is an official channel of an established creator or organization, does not fully guarantee that it complies with copyright and fair use laws.

This template is used on approximately 66,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template is used to create an external link to YouTube in the ==External links== section. It may also be used for other YouTube links such as those in {{External media}}.

This is not a citation template. Use {{cite AV media}} to provide bibliographic citations in footnotes. Alternatively, use {{cite news}} if the video is a newscast, or {{cite episode}} if the video is in an episodic format.

Note that this template makes it clear that it "has" various Wikidata property elements, it does not automatically "use" the information stored in Wikidata – the VIDEOID, CHANNELID, HANDLE, USERNAME, SHOWID or PLAYLISTID alphanumeric parameters mentioned below must be entered by hand in the template.

Usage and examples

Video

Usage (one parameter):

{{YouTube|VIDEOID}}
{{YouTube|id=VIDEOID}}

Usage (two parameters):

{{YouTube|VIDEOID|TITLE}}
{{YouTube|id=VIDEOID|title=TITLE}}

Parameter descriptions:

id (or unnamed parameter 1) is the "YouTube video id" which appears as:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEOID
title (or unnamed parameter 2) gives an optional description that may replace the default title (Video)

Examples (1 parameter):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

* {{YouTube|9bZkp7q19f0}}
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Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
YouTube video id	`id` `1`	The video id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= in the URL Example 9bZkp7q19f0	String	suggested
Timestamp	`time` `t`	The timestamp within the video for the link target; usually appears after &t= in the full URL or ?t= in a shortened URL Example 3m2s	String	optional
YouTube channel id	`channel` `c`	The channel id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/channel/ in the URL Example UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ	String	suggested
YouTube channel handle	`handle` `h`	The user name which appears after https://www.youtube.com/@ in the URL Example PewDiePie	String	optional
YouTube legacy username	`user` `u`	The user name which appears after https://www.youtube.com/user/ in the URL Example pewdiepie	String	optional
YouTube channel custom URL fragment slug	`custom`	The channel custom URL slug which appears after https://www.youtube.com/c/ in the URL Example youtube	String	optional
YouTube show id	`show` `s`	The show id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/show/ in the URL Example SCWdVLvom3QaFGxEKNASntaA	String	suggested
YouTube playlist id	`playlist` `p`	The playlist id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list= in the URL Example PLrEnWoR732-DZV1Jc8bUpVTF_HTPbywpE	String	suggested
Title	`title` `2`	The name of the page being linked to Default If it is a video, Video, if it is a show, the article's page name in italics, otherwise, the article's page name unformatted Example Gangnam Style	String	suggested
Channel title suffix	`suffix`	Text immediately after the channel title. It is only to be used in the rare occasion that the channel title is a compound noun ending in S, and making it possessive does not repeat the S sound. Default 's Example '	String	optional
Link on	`link`	Set this parameter to no to suppress the link to the YouTube article Example no	String	optional

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Usage and examples

Video

With timestamp

Channel

With channel ID

With handle

With legacy username

With custom URL

Show

Playlist

Suppress wikilink

No ID in template

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See also