We offer the best tool to share a YouTube video at a specific time. In this article we’ll provide general statistics on YouTube usage, how to share a YouTube link, and instructions on how to send a YouTube video with timestamp.
YouTube is the largest online video platform on the web, and by some measurements has the 2nd highest website traffic on the internet. That’s a lot of videos.
You can use our YouTube link tool to help you share a YouTube video with a timestamp. Our free YouTube link generator (here) makes it easy to send a YouTube link at specific time.
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YouTube first came online in Feb, 2005. It was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. It was originally an independent web property, but was acquired by Google.
YouTube is a Google Property (stock symbol: GOOGL). YouTube has approximately 2.6 billion annual users (2022). YouTube is ad supported, and also operates with a subscription model. Recent revenue was approximately $28.8 billion (2021). YouTube’s CEO is Susan Wojcicki.
YouTube videos are an incredible source of information, are used for teaching, and are often shared. And while sharing the video is helpful, for longer videos, users often want to start a YouTube video at a certain time – so their friends can see just the part of the video they want them to see.
If you want to know how to share your YouTube link at a certain time, you can use a YouTube timestamp in the URL. A YouTube video with a timestamp is made as you add a timecode parameter to a YouTube URL for a video. That can be a little complicated for some people, so we developed our video URL sharing tool to add the time to a YouTube video for you – try it now for free.
To share a YouTube URL is easy: You start with the YouTube URL you want, you specify that you want to start a YouTube video at a specific time, we create the link for you, and you copy the YouTube timecode link and send it to a friend.
Create Video LinksOur video with timestamp tool works for all the major video platforms, including YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, Facebook, and DailyMotion.
For a specific example of how to send a YouTube video at a certain time, see our article that documents the process of sharing YouTube links with timestamps.
YouTube is located in San Bruno, CA.
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