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title: "YouTube Data Viewer – Video IDs, Embed Code, Links | Finoraa"
description: "Paste any YouTube link to get the video or channel ID, short link, Shorts link, embed code and a link that starts at a chosen second."
url: https://finoraa.com/data-viewer.html
updated: 2026-11-02
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# YouTube Data Viewer

Paste a video or channel link and see every piece of it: IDs, short links, embed code and a link that starts at a chosen second.

> **Quick answer:** A YouTube video ID is the 11-character code after v= in a watch link or after youtu.be/. Paste a link below to see the ID, every link format built from it and ready-to-copy embed code.

Interactive tool on the web page. Agents can call the MCP tool `parse_youtube_link` (https://finoraa.com/mcp).

## What is inside a YouTube link?

Every video has an 11-character video ID made of letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores. The same ID appears in watch links, short links, Shorts links, embed links and live links.

*Common YouTube link formats*

| Link type | Format |
| --- | --- |
| Watch | youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID |
| Short link | youtu.be/VIDEO_ID |
| Shorts | youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_ID |
| Embed | youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID |
| Channel | youtube.com/channel/UC… |

## How do you start a video at a set time?

Add ?t= and a number of seconds to the short link. For example, youtu.be/VIDEO_ID?t=90 starts at 1 minute 30 seconds. The tool builds this link for you.

## How do you embed a YouTube video?

The embed code is an iframe that points to the embed link. Paste it into your page’s HTML where you want the player to appear, and change the width and height values to resize it.

## What this tool does not show

The tool reads only what is in the link. Views, likes and upload dates come from YouTube’s servers and are not shown here.

Read the full guide: [YouTube Thumbnail Size and Dimensions](https://finoraa.com/guide-youtube-thumbnail-size.html)

## How to use it

1. Paste a watch, Shorts or short link, or a channel link.
2. Read the parts that were found.
3. Copy a link, the embed code or a start-at-time link.

## Questions about this tool

### Does it show views, likes or upload dates?

No. It shows what can be read from the link itself. Statistics need data from YouTube’s servers.

### Which links work?

Watch links, youtu.be links, Shorts, embed and live links, channel links with a UC ID, and bare 11-character video IDs.

### How does the start-at link work?

It adds a time to the short link, so the video begins at that second when someone opens it.

### How long is a YouTube video ID?

11 characters, made of letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores.

## More tools

### YouTube Image Tool

See every image YouTube keeps for a video: all thumbnail sizes plus three auto-picked frames.

[Open tool](https://finoraa.com/image-tool.html)

### YouTube Tag Extractor

Paste a watch page’s source and pull out its keywords and hashtags, ready to copy.

[Open tool](https://finoraa.com/tag-extractor.html)

### YouTube Money Calculator

Estimate monthly and yearly ad revenue from views, content type and niche.

[Open tool](https://finoraa.com/money-calculator.html)

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