YouTube Shorts Upload Date

Tracking since Apr 16, 2026.

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• Jun 13, 2026
  description

  YouTube hides upload dates on Shorts. The date is technically buried in the description, but opening that just to find a date is inconvenient.
  
  YouTube Shorts Upload Date shows the upload date as a tooltip when you hover over any Shorts thumbnail (can optionally set a visibility duration), and as a badge inside the Shorts player while you're watching. Dates appear in a clear format: "3 days ago · Jan 18, 2025".
  
  Without this extension, there is no quick way to know if a Short is from yesterday or two years ago. Install it if you want to judge how current a video is before or while watching.

  YouTube hides upload dates on Shorts. The date is technically buried in the description panel, but opening that just to find a date is inconvenient.
  
  YouTube Shorts Upload Date shows the upload date as a tooltip when you hover any Shorts thumbnail — on the homepage, channel pages, search, and subscriptions — and as a badge in the Shorts player while you're watching. Dates appear in a clear format: "3 days ago (Jun 5, 2026)", and they're prefetched as you browse and scroll, so they show up instantly instead of after a loading delay. The tooltip can optionally auto-hide after a delay you choose.
  
  No accounts, no tracking, no data collection — the extension only talks to YouTube, and your settings stay on your machine.
  
  Without this extension, there is no quick way to know if a Short is from yesterday or two years ago. Install it if you want to judge how current a video is before or while watching.

• May 23, 2026
  description

  YouTube hides upload dates on Shorts. The date is technically buried in the description, but opening that just to find a date is inconvenient.
  
  YouTube Shorts Upload Date shows the upload date as a tooltip when you hover over any Shorts thumbnail, and as a badge inside the Shorts player while you're watching. Dates appear in a clear format: "3 days ago · Jan 18, 2025".
  
  Without this extension, there is no quick way to know if a Short is from yesterday or two years ago. Install it if you want to judge how current a video is before or while watching.

  YouTube hides upload dates on Shorts. The date is technically buried in the description, but opening that just to find a date is inconvenient.
  
  YouTube Shorts Upload Date shows the upload date as a tooltip when you hover over any Shorts thumbnail (can optionally set a visibility duration), and as a badge inside the Shorts player while you're watching. Dates appear in a clear format: "3 days ago · Jan 18, 2025".
  
  Without this extension, there is no quick way to know if a Short is from yesterday or two years ago. Install it if you want to judge how current a video is before or while watching.

• May 17, 2026
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