How to cite a YouTube video in APA 7

Reference format

Account Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. YouTube. URL

Lab Notes Weekly. (2025, February 14). How enzymes speed up reactions [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAMPLE

• The author is the account that uploaded the video, written as the channel name appears.
• If the uploader isn’t the person who made the video, say so in your text. Better still, look for a copy on the creator’s own channel or site and cite that.
• The date is the day the video was uploaded.
• The title is in italics, followed by [Video] in square brackets.
• Then write YouTube and the video’s URL.

In-text citations

• Parenthetical: (Lab Notes Weekly, 2025)
• Narrative: Lab Notes Weekly (2025)

If you quote someone who speaks in the video, name them in your sentence but still cite the video under the uploader’s name.

Quoting a video: add a timestamp

Videos don’t have page numbers, so give the time where the quote starts:

(Lab Notes Weekly, 2025, 3:07)

Citing a whole channel

A channel has no single date, so use “n.d.” and add the date you viewed it.

Account Name. (n.d.). Title of channel [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

The same format works for videos on other sites such as Vimeo. Just replace “YouTube” with the site’s name.