Cyber Detective💙💛
Cyber Detective💙💛

@cyb_detective

25 Tweets 11 reads Jan 25, 2022
Tools for gathering information about YOUTUBE videos and channels.
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#osint #socmint #youtube
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mattw.io
Submint a link to video and get it metada:
Snippet (the exact date and time of publication, description, thumbnails links)
Statistics
Geolocation
Status
Content details
(also it's possible to get channel and playlist metadata)
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tools.digitalmethods.net
Submit a video id (you can find it here commentpicker.com) and download comments to it as a table (html file).
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ytcomment.kmcat.uk
You don't have to download the comments to research them. You can simply use the tool to search for keywords in comments on a video or channel.
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audiotag.info
Submit link to a video and get a list of the music that plays in it.
(often this list is in the video description, but may not be present in older videos)
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ytcutter.net
If the video is too long to upload to the site from the last tweet, cut a small section from it.
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anilyzer.com
To closely examine all the fine details in the video, use the frame by frame viewer
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chrome.google.com
Screnshoot YouTube #GoogleChrome extension will help you download individual frames from the video as pictures.
And with the help of iloveimg.com you can cut them into individual interesting parts
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yandex.ru
Use Yandex.Images to identify people's faces in frames and recognize text
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socialblade.com
Get information about channels uploads, subscribers, video views dynamics and estimated monthly earnings with #SocialBlade
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Open channel description and request access to the email address for business requests.
Investigate this email in a standard way. For example, get a link to the user's profile in Google Maps using Holehe (tools.epieos.com or github.com)
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If the metadata obtained in the first step has geographic coordinates, carefully examine the location where the video was recorded/uploaded. There is a separate thread about this:
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This thread is end.
Other tools for YouTube videos and channels investigation you may find in my collection (505 tools):
cipher387.github.io
And you can read my other #osint-threads here:
threadreaderapp.com
YouTube Comment Downloader
Easy to install and fast tool for downloading YouTube comments in txt/json. Does NOT require authorization or API keys.
github.com
YouTube Osint Thread🧵
All of the services mentioned above, and many others, can be found in the "YouTube" section of my tool collection (there are already over 700 links):
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#osint #socmint #youtube
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