As social media continues to grow in our daily lives, its basic functionality has changed. While YouTube used to be used only to kill time and watch funny videos, that is no longer the case. In fact, YouTube has been a powerful source of educational material for quite some time now. More and more academic institutions are adopting the video-sharing app as a source of news/information. In this article, we will discuss how to cite a YouTube video.

A citation is most often used in academic settings to help authors direct readers to the source of their information. Since the internet is a vast treasure trove of information, it is not advisable to trust what you find there without checking it. A citation helps clarify the source of that information so that you don’t have to just take the author’s word for it. A citation can be used for anything from books to audio clips; and in this case, even a YouTube video!

To see a perfect example of citations, open a Wikipedia page and scroll down. You’ll see a list of links that show where that information came from. This will help you confirm the legitimacy of the article.

When you cite content in your paper, it is important to do so in the same format. That way, people reading your paper somewhere else in the world will know exactly how to read your citation. APA and MLA are two of the most common citation formats. These formats are universally accepted, so it doesn’t matter where you write your paper as long as you follow the correct citation format.