Search FAQs

The subscriber chart on a channel page is based on historical subscriber counts stored by Filmot. It is an approximate history, not a complete or continuously updated record.

The number and spacing of observations vary by channel, so some charts are detailed while others are sparse. A chart appears only when sufficient data is available. Treat the figures as recorded observations rather than official real-time YouTube statistics.

Channel rank is Filmot's own ranking of channels based on available channel information. It is not an official YouTube ranking or a direct measure of subscriber count alone.

To sort subtitle-search results by this score, open Sort By and choose Channel Rank High-Low or Channel Rank Low-High. The score and its calculation may evolve as the index changes.

A channel's word cloud shows the words that are characteristic of that channel, not simply its most frequent words. The most common words, such as "the", "to", "and" or "you", are frequent on every channel, so they would say little about a particular channel's content.

Filmot builds it by comparing the vocabulary of the channel's recent subtitles with the overall subtitle collection in the same language. A word appears when it is noticeably more common on the channel than in general, and a larger word reflects both how often the channel uses it and how distinctive it is for that channel.

Because the word cloud is based on the channel's most recent subtitles, there is no option to limit it to an earlier or custom time period or date range. Treat it as an approximate impression of the channel's vocabulary rather than a complete or exact analysis.

Yes. A channel's word cloud highlights terms that are characteristic of its automatic subtitles or captions. Click a word to open a menu with two options:

• Other channels for the word: find channels where the same term is characteristic.
• Search this channel for the word: run a subtitle search restricted to that channel.

You can also open Word Cloud Search under More and enter a word directly. Characteristic words reflect a channel's vocabulary compared with the wider corpus, rather than simply its most frequent terms.

Filmot may have historical view, like and dislike counts collected on different dates. Combining those values can produce a misleading like-to-dislike ratio, so some historical figures are shown only on the individual video page rather than in metadata search results.

A video or channel page displays a dislike count only when Filmot has a stored value for that video. A missing count does not mean the video had no dislikes; it means a figure is not available in the displayed record.

Filmot displays elapsed time using complete units, rounded down. For an age expressed in years, a video that is almost 12 years old is shown as 11 years ago; it changes to 12 years ago after 12 full years have passed.

The same approach applies to shorter units, such as months, weeks, days and hours. Use the displayed upload date when you need the precise date rather than a relative age label.

No. Filmot provides video metadata, subtitle text and links to YouTube, but does not download or distribute video or audio files.

Subtitle search can export links to matching moments. Open the export dialog, select the subtitle-timestamps export option and choose Export embed urls to create YouTube links with start and end times around each match. You can adjust the seconds included before and after the matching caption.

You can also export video IDs and other result columns in CSV, Compact CSV, JSONL or ZIP format. Any use or redistribution of the linked content remains subject to applicable rights and terms.

You can mark videos as reviewed by adding private notes, then filter results by whether they have a note. Sign in to use your account’s notes and the associated filters.

On search results pages, click the funnel icon above the results to open Filter videos. In the Notes section, choose Without note to see videos you have not annotated, With note to see those with notes, or All to clear the note filter. The separate Videos section offers All, Available and Unavailable options based on thumbnail availability. This filter is available on metadata search, the subtitle search grid, unlisted search and channel pages.

After reviewing a video, you can add a note such as “Reviewed,” optionally with a timestamp or color. Avoid recording sensitive personal details or conclusions about identifiable people. Without note then shows videos you have not marked. Watching a video does not automatically mark it as reviewed.

Use My Notes to find your annotated videos again and search within the note text. A note attached to a video is private to your account in the normal Filmot interface, not a public comment, and not a separate note per search query.