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IS4
IS4

Reputation: 13197

YouTube channel and playlist ID prefixes

I've noticed normal channel IDs have "UC" at the start while automatically generated ones have "HC". Normal playlists have "PL" but special ones, like uploaded or favourite videos, have "UU" and "FL", which however doesn't apply to autogenerated channels, they have "LP". That's what I've found so far. Is there any list of all these prefixes with their meaning?

Edit: Playlists based on a specific video begin with "RD"+the video ID.

Upvotes: 11

Views: 1923

Answers (2)

Krateng
Krateng

Reputation: 451

If anyone is interested in this in 2024, the prefixes for automatic playlists of uploads are:

  • UU - all public uploads (videos + shorts + live streams)
  • UULF - all public videos
  • UUMO - all member videos (alternative UUMF)
  • UULV - all live streams
  • UUSH - all shorts
  • UULP - popular videos
  • UUPV - popular live streams
  • UUPS - popular shorts
  • UUMV - member live streams
  • UUMS - member shorts

Upvotes: 5

Ibrahim Ulukaya
Ibrahim Ulukaya

Reputation: 12877

There is not a guideline and they may always change. I strongly suggest not to depend on them but the pure API methods.

Upvotes: 1

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