How to Cite a YouTube Video

This article was co-authored by Cara Barker, MA and by wikiHow staff writer, Jennifer Mueller, JD. Cara Barker is an Assistant Professor and Research and Instruction Librarian at Hunter Library at Western Carolina University. She received her Masters in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Washington in 2014. She has over 16 years of experience working with libraries across the United States.

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This wikiHow will teach you the right way to cite a YouTube video, whether you're using MLA, APA, or Chicago style. Citing a YouTube video is actually really simple! You'll just need some basic information about the video (the name of the creator, the title of the video, the date it was uploaded, etc) all of which you can find right on YouTube. Below we'll walk you through exactly what you need and how to format your citation depending on which style you're using.