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YouTube channel and playlist ID prefixes

I've noticed normal channel IDs have "UC" at the start while automatically generated ones have "HC". Normal playlists have "PL" but special ones, like uploaded or favourite videos, have "UU" and "FL", which however doesn't apply to autogenerated channels, they have "LP". That's what I've found so far. Is there any list of all these prefixes with their meaning?

Edit: Playlists based on a specific video begin with "RD"+the video ID.

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IS4 Avatar asked Nov 05 '13 18:11

IS4


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1 Answers

There is not a guideline and they may always change. I strongly suggest not to depend on them but the pure API methods.

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Ibrahim Ulukaya Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 01:09

Ibrahim Ulukaya