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This wikiHow teaches you how to leave a comment with a timeline so that it links to a point in time on a YouTube video.
Steps
On mobile
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Open YouTube. Open the app with the red YouTube icon. To post comments on YouTube, you need to be signed in to your account.
- If you’re not signed in, you need to tap ⋮ , tap SIGN IN , type your email address and password, and then tap SIGN IN again.
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Play video. This is the video you want to leave a comment on. You can do this step in several ways:
- Tap the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the screen, type the video name and tap Search .
- Tap a video on the Home screen from one of your recently subscribed channels.
- Tap Subscriptions at the bottom of the screen (for iPhone) or at the top of the screen (for Android) and select the video.
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Tap the video to pause playback, then pay attention to the timeline. You should stop the video at the point you want to mention. You will see the timestamp in the lower left corner of the video in the format of hours:minutes:seconds .
- Example: If you pause a video at one minute and thirty seconds, you’ll see “1:30” in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
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Scroll down and tap “Add a public comment”. You’ll see this section below the list of related videos just below the video.
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Type the timestamp that appears on the screen. This step automatically links that timeline to the moment in the video when you posted your comment.
- With the example above, you could type “Hey, what happened at 1:30?” (Hey, what happened at 1:30?) to make others notice when your video pauses.
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Tap the blue “Post” arrow. This arrow is located in the lower right corner of the comment box. Once tapped, the comment will be posted and the timeline will be displayed as a blue link.
On desktop
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Visit the YouTube website . You’ll see the YouTube home page if you’ve signed in before.
- If you’re not signed in to YouTube, you’ll need to click Sign in in the upper-right corner of the page, type your email address and password, and then click Sign in again.
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Open the desired video. You can type the video name into the search bar near the top of the page and press ↵ Enter (or ⏎ Return ), or you can select the video from the home page.
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Click on the video to pause playing and then look at the time. You’ll see a timeline near the bottom left corner of the video window, just to the right of the volume icon. This timestamp will be displayed in the format of hours:minutes:seconds .
- You’ll also see the length of the video to the right of the current timeline in the “current timeline / video length” format.
- Example: If you pause a five-minute video at two minutes and three seconds, you’ll see the “2:03 / 5:00” timeline.
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Scroll down and click “Add a public comment”. This section is located at the bottom of the video subscription box, just below the “COMMENTS” section.
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Type the current timestamp that appears in the video. This step helps link that timeline to when the video pauses when you post a comment.
- Take the example above: You can type a line like “Check out 2:03” in the comment box.
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Click Comment . This button is located at the bottom right of the comment box. You will post your comment. The timeline will automatically turn green and be assigned the desired time.
Advice
- You are allowed to assign multiple timelines to a single comment.
- If you want to create a table of contents in the video description, you’ll need to link the segments of the video to the exact same time as the comment timestamp.
Warning
- Always type the current timestamp accurately, or the link may break.
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