AAA - YouTube Videos

Free AAA YouTube Video Citation Generator

Generate accurate AAA citations for YouTube videos, TED talks, and online lectures. Includes format templates and examples.

How to cite a youtube video in AAA

Paste a DOI, URL, ISBN, title, or author name to find the exact source record.

Verify author, year, title, container, and publication details before copying the final citation.

Get the complete AAA citation plus the matching in-text citation or footnote format.

YouTube Video:

Channel/Author. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. YouTube. URL

TED Talk:

Speaker, A. (Year, Month). Title of talk [Video]. TED Conferences. URL

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell. (2023, June 10). The immune system explained [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/example

In-text: (Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, 2023)

Brown, B. (2010, June). The power of vulnerability [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown

In-text: (Brown, 2010)

Examples formatted in AAA style

Use the real name if known. If only the channel name is available, use it as the author without brackets.

Smith, J. (2024, January 15). Climate change explained [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ex

Use the channel or creator name as author. Include the upload date, title in italics with [Video] descriptor, "YouTube," and the URL.

Use the real name if available. If only the channel name is known, use it directly as the author without additional brackets or parentheses.

For TED.com videos, list the speaker as author, the upload date, title in italics with [Video], "TED Conferences," and the TED.com URL.

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