Youtube – What changes affect the updated time on a YouTube video

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I'm working with a YouTube feed and showing a set of videos in date order. Currently, I'm basing that on the updated field – that seemed appropriate at the time. However, I'm now seeing the same videos getting updated again and again, seemingly when no-one has made any changes to them.

Does anyone know what kind of changes affect the updated date in YouTube data feeds?

Best Answer

I don't think it's actually possible to change the video itself. I'm pretty sure if you want to modify the video itself in any way, you need to upload a new video. So the 'updated' probably applies to things like description, tags, subtitles, captions, etc.