#the fact that sponsored pages come up first on google search nowadays than fucking wikipedia is insane

[boredom-reigns]

youtube search function is actively shit and i hate the fact that i have to find ways around it to alleviate the problem but never fully solve it

Anyway, for those who totally don't want to find ways to fix their Youtube search results:

Disclaimer: BE CAREFUL. As always, think about whether or not you want to trust these.

uBlock Origin is your friend. Not just to block ads, but also to fix stuff for search results.

this reddit thread and this one too have lists of filters that you can use to remove sections of Youtube search, like "People also watched"

Firefox browser also has a bunch of extensions to remove Youtube shorts from your feed, if you don't like those. Up to your discretion to see which extension to trust and use to make sure it works for you. uBlock also has YT shorts filters if you don't want to add an extension.

Youtube Search Fixer for Firefox is one of them.

For those who don't want to use an extension or uBlock filters, a method I have tried is by using the search operators on youtube itself.

A common one is to add "before:2025" at the end of your search. Use a year later than current. (ex: lemon bar recipes before:2025)

You can also add your search under "" to make sure it specifically checks for those words. (ex: "music video")

Here's a list.

Speaking of search operators, while I think search browsers are kinda fucked now too, you can try searching for youtube videos outside of youtube:

just add "site:youtube.com" after your search. you can also do the "before:2025" if you want (ex: [title] book review site:youtube.com)

The "site:" search operator is helpful for searching places like reddit, twitter and even tumblr as well.

That's mainly the ones I can think about for now. If anyone has more resources, feel free to share. Again, this doesn't really fix the problem... more of just alleviating the issues.