| Operator | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| keyword | It allows you to focus on all the posts containing the keyword with or without a #. | car It focuses on all the posts with the keyword 'car' or the hashtag 'car'. |
| "the exact expression" | Allows you to focus on all the posts containing the exact expression : all the words of this expression, in this exact order. | "blue car" It focuses on all the posts with the key-expression 'blue car' in it. It doesn't search for the following content : the blue auto and the yellow car. |
| #keyword | Allows you to focus on all the posts containing a specific hashtag. | #car It focuses on all the posts containing the hashtag #car. It won't search for the posts containing the keyword 'car' without a #. |
| lang: | Allows you to only focus on posts in a specific language. xx = language abbreviation The main languages are : - fr : french - en : english - es : spanish - ja : japanese Check the 64 languages list | lang:en It focuses on all the english speaking posts. |
| contains: | Allows you to focus on all the posts containing a sequence of characters. | contains:lik It focuses on all the following posts : like, liked, likes... But also unlike, unlikely, disliked, dislike... |
| !contains: | It allows you to focus on a sequence of letters considering the case letter. WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive | !contains:Mel It focuses on all the posts containing the sequence of characters Mel but considering the case letter (only with a capital M) This filter is very helpful if you want to focus on proper nouns. |
| emoji: | It allows you to focus on all the posts containing a specific emoji. | emoji:joy It focuses on all the posts containing the "joy" emoji : 😂 |
| has_emoji : (true/false) | It allows you to focus on the posts containing one or many emojis | has_emoji:true It focuses on all the posts containing at least one emoji. |
| char_count: (</>/=) | Filter posts by the number of characters in a post. | char_count:<50 Filters posts with fewer than 50 characters. |
| Filter | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| title_contains: | It helps to focus on YouTube videos whose title contains a sequence of characters. | title_contains:impo It filters on videos whose title contains the following words : impossible, important, importance... |
| !tilte_contains: | It allows to focus on YouTube videos whose title contains a sequence of characters. WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive | !title_contains:Mac It filters on all the videos whose title contains the following characters : Mac but taking the capital M. It will only consider "MacDonald's" but it won't take "big mac" into consideration. |
| description_contains: | It allows you to focus on YouTube videos whose description contains a sequence of characters. | description_contains:"climate change" Will focus on videos that have the expression "climate change" in it's description |
| !description_contains: | It allows you to focus on YouTube videos whose description contains a sequence of characters. WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive | !description_contains:Law Will focus on videos that have the word Law with a capital L in it's description |
| video:ID | It allows you to focus on a specific YouTube video. | video:IAfzFsPNkug It focuses on a video whose ID has been mentioned. The video ID is on the url, after the "v=" For the above example, the video url is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAfzFsPNkug and the ID is : IAfzFsPNkug |
| title_word_count: (>/</=) | It allows you to focus on all the YouTube videos whose title contains a specific amount of words. | title_word_count:<10 It focuses on all the videos whose title contains less than 10 words. |
| description_word_count: (>/</=) | It allows you to focus on YouTube videos whose description contains a certain amount of words. | description_word_count:<50 It focuses on the videos whose description contains less than 50 words. |
| likes: (>/</=) | It allows you to focus on YouTube videos according to the number of likes that they've generated. | likes:>1000 It focuses on the videos that have generated more than 1000 likes. |
| views: (>/</=) | It allows you to focus on YouTube videos according to the number of views that they've generated. | views:>100000 It focuses on YouTube videos that have generated more than 100 000 views. |
| comments: (>/</=) | It focuses on YouTube videos according to the number of comments that they've generated. | comments:>3000 It focuses on YouTube videos that have generated more than 3000 comments. |
| interactions: (>/</=) | Interactions combine likes + views + comments. It allows you to focus on YouTube videos according to the number of interactions that they've generated. | interactions:>5000 It focuses on YouTube videos that they've generated more than 5000 interactions (likes + views + comments). |
| sentiment: (neutral / positive / negative) | It allows you to focus on YouTube videos according to a specific sentiment that has been identified. | sentiment:negative It focuses on YouTube videos that have been identified as negative. |
| duration: (> / < / =) | It allows to focus on videos according to their duration (in seconds). | duration:<60 Focus on videos lasting less than 60 seconds. |
| engagement_rate: (> / < / =) | Filter by the engagement rate of videos | engagement_rate:>10 Focus on videos that have an engagement rate of at least 10% |
It allows you to focus on videos that have been posted by "user"'s YouTube channel.
WARNING : the case letter in the user name is important.
from:HugoDécrypte
It focuses on the videos that have been posted by HugoDécrypte's YouTube channel.
Isolates strings whose name contains a specific sequence of characters
Replaces channel\_name\_contains:
|from\_contains:android
Isolates strings whose string name contains the term android
This filter is ideal for identifying sector-specific strings
| | **channel\_name\_contains:** | It allows you to focus on the activity of a YouTube channel whose name account contains a specific sequence of characters. |channel\_name\_contains:government
It allows you to isolate all the videos that have been posted by YouTube channels whose name contains the following sequence of characters: government.
channel\_views:
(>/\ | It allows you to focus on YouTube channels according to the number of views that they've generated since their creation. |
channel\_views:>2000000
It filter on the channels activity that count more 2 million of views since the channel's creation.
Allows you to combine different filtering options at once:
bio\_contains / channel\_name\_contains
Filter on the activity of original users that have a specific sequence of
of characters in users' biography; channel name, in order to identify communities.
profile\_contains:daily
Will focus on channels that have the string of letters daily in their bio or name.
Allows you to combine different filtering options at once: !bio\_contains / !channel\_name\_contains
Filter on the activity of original users that have a specific sequence of
of characters in original users' biography; display name or screen name, in order to identify communities.
WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive
!profile\_contains:Paris
Will focus on channels that have the string of letter Paris (with a capital P) in their bio or name.
bio:journalist
It focuses on channels' activity whose description contains the word "journalist".
It won't search for the word "journalistic" for example.
It's very usefull if you want to idenfity YouTube channels that have a specific interest for something :
bio:football
It will list all the YouTube channels that have posted a video on the analyzed topic and that have mentioned "football" in their description.
bio\_contains:blog
It focuses on the activity of YouTube channels whose description contains the sequence of characters "blog".
It allows you to expand the research to : blog, [www.blog.com](http://www.blog.com), blogger ...
It's very usefull for identifying all the YouTube channels that have a specific interest for something :
bio\_contains:sanofi
It will list all the YouTube channels that have posted a video on the analyzed topic and that have mentioned Sanofi in their description.
It allows you to focus on a specific sequence of characters in YouTube channels' description in order to identify specific communities.
WARNING: this filter is case & accent sensitive
!bio\_contains:PSG
It focuses on the activity of YouTube channels that have mentionned the sequence of characters "PSG" in their description. But only if it's written in capital letters : PSG, PSGfans, PSGgroup, @PSG...
It's very useful for identifying YouTube channels that have a specific interest in something :
!bio\_contains:Google
It will list all the YouTube channels that have posted a video on the analyzed topic and that have mentioned Google in their description (Google employees, Google trade unionist...)
subscribers\_count:
(>/\ | It allows you to filter on YouTube channels according to their number of followers. |
subscribers\_count:>10000
It focuses on the activity of the channels that have more than 10 000 followers.
videos\_count:
(>/\ | It allows you to filter on YouTube channels according to the number of videos that these channels have posted since their creation. |
videos\_count:>20
It focuses on the activity of channels that have posted at least 20 videos since their creation.
country:fr
It focuses on the activity of channels that are located in France.
city:Manchester
It focuses on the activity of channels that are located in Manchester.