TED-Ed. (2017, July 6). How to spot a misleading graph [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk
In text: (TED-Ed, 2017)
Examples in 5 styles
How to Cite a YouTube Video
Online video references in five styles, whose name goes first (the channel), and how to cite a specific moment with a timestamp.
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Citing a YouTube Video: examples
One source cited in each style. Italics are shown as they should appear in your paper.
TED-Ed. “How to Spot a Misleading Graph.” YouTube, 6 July 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk.
In text: (TED-Ed)
TED-Ed. “How to Spot a Misleading Graph.” YouTube video. July 6, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk.
Footnote: TED-Ed, “How to Spot a Misleading Graph,” YouTube, July 6, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk.
TED-Ed (2017) How to spot a misleading graph. 6 July. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk (Accessed: 20 September 2026).
In text: (TED-Ed, 2017)
[1] TED-Ed, “How to spot a misleading graph,” YouTube, Jul. 6, 2017. Accessed: Sep. 20, 2026. [Online Video]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk
In text: [1]
Cite a YouTube video now
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APA 7 · Reference
TED-Ed. (2017, July 6). How to spot a misleading graph [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91bGT9BjYk
In-text citation
(TED-Ed, 2017)
Narrative citation
TED-Ed (2017)
Saved sources: 0 in “My paper”
What you need
- Channel or uploader name
- Video title
- Upload date
- Platform (YouTube)
- URL
- Timestamp for quotes
The channel is the author
Use the channel name as the author. If a real person’s name differs from the channel handle, APA lets you write it as Real Name [Handle].
Timestamps replace page numbers
Quote a moment by adding the time to the in-text citation: (TED-Ed, 2017, 2:14) in APA or (TED-Ed 00:02:14) in MLA.
MLA container
In MLA the video title goes in quotation marks and YouTube is the container in italics. Add “uploaded by” only when the uploader differs from the author.
Questions students ask
Do I write [Video] in APA?
Yes. APA adds [Video] after the title: TED-Ed. (2017, July 6). How to spot a misleading graph [Video]. YouTube. URL.
How do I cite a YouTube Short or TikTok?
The same way. Use the account as the author, the caption (first 20 words) as the title, and the platform as the site.
What if the video has no title?
Describe it in square brackets in place of the title, for example [Video of a chemistry demonstration].