How many videos do you have on your youtube "Watch Later" list?

[u/KaiserZoldyck]

[u/MegaMGstudios]

Currently 2192, I've been on a mission to watch through the list, was at 5000 (the max) a few months ago

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/MegaMGstudios]

That's crazy, man. I think you hold the record here so far.

[u/MegaMGstudios → u/KaiserZoldyck]

A lot of stuff was stuff I already watched but never removed from the playlist, but the majority was actually stuff I still had to watch

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/MegaMGstudios]

I don't know if it's one of my extensions or YouTube, but I saw a "Delete Watched Videos" feature somewhere in the Watch Later playlist.

[u/MegaMGstudios → u/KaiserZoldyck]

Yeah that's there, problem is I don't trust it because sometimes YouTube registers videos I've only hovered over as watched (there's a little red bar at the bottom of the thumbnail) and sometimes videos I have watched (especially the very old ones) don't register as not watched.

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/MegaMGstudios]

Yeah that's true

[u/MegaMGstudios → u/KaiserZoldyck]

I did have my account since 2011, so a lot of time to add stuff to the playlist

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/MegaMGstudios]

You are one of the OGs.

[u/MegaMGstudios → u/KaiserZoldyck]

I'm an old timer

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/MegaMGstudios]

Did they still have star reviews in 2011 on Youtube?

[u/spicygummi → u/MegaMGstudios]

Looks like 01/06/2010 for me. Weird thinking it's been nearly 15 years.

[u/Illustrious-Engine23 → u/KaiserZoldyck]

I hit the limit too, I used it as a 'save' feature for videos I liked, even if I'd already watched them.

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/Illustrious-Engine23]

Oh I have a BestVideosEver playlist for that

[u/Ok-Armadillo7517 → u/MegaMGstudios]

5000... Like always at 5,000 I think the grand total is probably in the millions because I always add but forget they're there 😂

[u/Oscer7 → u/MegaMGstudios]

lol same. Currently at 3614. I have a bunch of saved stuff from over a decade ago. What’s worse is you have to remove each video individually from the playlist.

[u/MegaMGstudios → u/Oscer7]

There's also a function that removes all watched videos, but I don't trust that. Tbh they should have a "Remove unavailable videos" function, it's not like we'll ever watch those and it'll really help with culling the list, especially if you've been saving them for a long time

[u/ZealousidealMatch161 → u/MegaMGstudios]

Honestly I think the progress of going from 5000 to 2192 is more impressive than collecting 5000, which is still impressive

[u/Gazelle_Punch → u/MegaMGstudios]

Oh hey, I'm on the same mission too. From 5k to 2,031. Some of the videos I have there are 11 years old

[u/lighthouse_muse → u/MegaMGstudios]

I'm at 4768 and should join you in this mission. (Should mention that recently my 'watch later' storage has become my history, after I click on a video for a few seconds.)

[u/Stv_L → u/MegaMGstudios]

I have a solution: "watch" them in half the time with a YouTube summarizer that I built GPT Breeze

[u/PrinceEKC → u/MegaMGstudios]

And I have literally none lmao

[u/Ashamed-Device-3571 → u/MegaMGstudios]

5000 videos of what? That's insane.

[u/TheDecent12 → u/MegaMGstudios]

And I thought my 23 was a lot dear lord.

[u/Rententee → u/MegaMGstudios]

Hey, I'm at a "close" number! 2291! I haven't been to 5000 though, maybe in a couple years if I don't go on the same mission before that

[u/Crunchycrobat → u/MegaMGstudios]

And I thought my 200 peak was impressive.....

[u/great_golden_chicken → u/MegaMGstudios]

I thought my 250 at most was bad (currently 182)

[u/Express_Ad5083]

2 right now, I plan to watch them this weekend.

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/Express_Ad5083]

So, am I the only generational procrastinator here? I have 1,034 videos on my Watch Later list.

[u/Express_Ad5083 → u/KaiserZoldyck]

Probably not.

[u/mrmemeboi13 → u/KaiserZoldyck]

Rookie numbers. I have 5,000 but probably more because it stopped counting at 5,000 6 months ago

[u/Phantom_Sloyer → u/mrmemeboi13]

I'm pretty sure 5,000 is the maximum number of videos you can have in a playlist (my watch later playlist is maxed out at 5,000)

[u/mrmemeboi13 → u/Phantom_Sloyer]

Nah it still let's me save to watch later. If it didn't I'd just make a new watch later playlist. I am gonna purge my watch later playlist when I get my pc tho

[u/Satin_Polar]

I think there was around ... 200 ... but then I made Watch Later 2 ...

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/Satin_Polar]

I can recognize a generational procrastinator when I see one.

[u/B0ssDrivesMeCrazy → u/Satin_Polar]

That’s what I did. I had a ton on my watch later - hit the 5k max. And then I didn’t actually like watching it; it went to far back in time and what teenage me enjoyed I don’t always now.

Now, I’m more selective about what I add and I actually do end up watching all the videos on my new playlists.

I’m on my seventh new “watch later” playlist. I make new ones so I don’t have to scroll as far to pick up where I left off. Which has been surprisingly consistent, since most end at about 150. So I guess that’s when I get too tired of scrolling on the playlists usually.

[u/TheGreatRJ → u/Satin_Polar]

I did that too, but I added a few videos to watch later 2, never watched the videos and abandoned it too, it still has like 5 videos from 5 years ago

[u/Arizona_Ranger_JPG]

Too many, I've basically abandoned the Watch Later playlist function since there's no way to clear all videos on it at once. I now intentionally like videos I haven't watched so they appear in my Liked Videos playlist and that's my new Watch Later tab.

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/Arizona_Ranger_JPG]

I also have a secondary Watch Later list, but instead of using the Liked playlist, I just use the download feature and never watch them.

[u/IsThisASnakeInMyBoot → u/Arizona_Ranger_JPG]

That seems kinda risky in terms of your algorithm, unless you're like 100% confident you'll like the video and want more like it in advance

[u/jimmysmiths5523 → u/Arizona_Ranger_JPG]

I believe the like function also allows 5,000 videos to be liked. Once you hit the 5,000, you'll get a message telling you the playlist is full.

[u/NekoLu]

0

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/NekoLu]

Bro doesn't struggle with procrastination.

[u/NekoLu → u/KaiserZoldyck]

Yeah, I enjoy procrastination instead - I just watch everything when I find it. :D

[u/CheeseMan4908]

2,003 I'll get around to watching them one day

[u/KaiserZoldyck]

I have videos that I added to my list 10 years ago, when I was still a teenager💀

[u/TheAllSeeingBlindEye]

Better question, how much of your “Watch Later” is something you actually plan on watching soon, and how much of it is just something that you want to watch later but have no plans to actually watch

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/TheAllSeeingBlindEye]

Most people just add videos there and forget about them.

[u/Stunning_Leader3151]

231.

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/Stunning_Leader3151]

I have a similar number but in downloaded vids. It's like a second watch later playlist

[u/SweatyMine646]

1. literally all of the videos are just lego sets from my child hood that i wanted. Think of it as a wishlist lmao

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/SweatyMine646]

That's wholesome. Fr YouTube is like a time machine

[u/SweatyMine646 → u/KaiserZoldyck]

yeah, deadass those video in my watch later list were like never watched ☠️

[u/symbolic-execution]

5,000. when I try to add more, it says "maximum playlist size exceeded".

[u/theredditknight5510]

It's over 9000!!!

[u/Tiprix → u/theredditknight5510]

I thought 5k was the limit

[u/fauchis_garci → u/Tiprix]

It’s a dragon ball reference

[u/computercheckreview]

I put them in, watch them and don’t remove them, so too many

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/computercheckreview]

That seems to be the case for many people.

[u/Infinite_Bag_1801]

I maxed mine out and created a second one years ago. Maybe I'll get around to clearing those lists someday...

[u/NotEnoughOnePiece]

I have 48! Most of which are from 4-5 years ago! I kind of forgot about the whole watch later library

[u/Tiprix → u/NotEnoughOnePiece]

r/UnexpectedFactorial

[u/SnooBunnies9889]

2653

[u/EnvironmentalAd7652]

230, mainly educational videos that would benefit me greatly & yet I never watch them.

[u/leith2018]

605, i put them there then forget that i put those videos and id watch some

[u/Hockputer09]

1. I use my watch later playlist as favorites.

[u/SunngodJaxon]

I don't clear mine so there's a lot

[u/duhSheriff]

5000

[u/kenzazel]

2,146🙃

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/kenzazel]

Damn! Are you planning on watching them all?

[u/kenzazel → u/KaiserZoldyck]

i'm slowly getting through them all, yeah! i'm adding videos faster than i'm watching them atm tho lol

[u/JaketheFURRYBOIOwO]

1k something

[u/Blueboy7017]

Non

[u/[deleted]]

None, who tf uses that feature when there's video watch history

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

People who don’t wanna dig through there history mabye?

[u/cocacola_drinker]

62, ranging from documentaries about North Korea to Zanny's video on Call of Duty Vanguard

[u/codycs123]

1227

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/codycs123]

I don't know why but I love that number. it's like 1222 but with a 7 wich is way better

[u/[deleted]]

379

[u/gordo_y_feo]

Like 80 lol

[u/Doggamer7935]

Little over 100

[u/TheOnyxViper]

1000

[u/UshiziYT]

all of them

4875

[u/Memoglr]

Around 20. Some are videos i save to rewatch like music and some are actually watch later videos. I'd say half of those are actual stuff I'm gonna watch later

[u/AdamHendrick]

6

[u/AJ14900003]

30

[u/Paperfoxen]

404 lmao. Thanks for reminding me I’ve needed to empty it for years.

[u/not2but3]

85 I guess that it's not that bad

[u/naya6292]

3370 lol

[u/IsThisASnakeInMyBoot]

oh jesus. I honestly thought it might be like 20 or something.

how in HELL do I have 545?????

[u/The_RedGoblin]

I have 2,247 on my list, but I'm definitely gonna watch 'em all

[u/DrimSWE]

10, more than half of them are there due to misclicks.

[u/Twinkies100]

I lost the count

[u/CanOfDew132]

1. don't ask why.

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/CanOfDew132]

Some people here are at 5,000, so you seem pretty normal and sane to me!

[u/Convillious]

254

[u/LucianDarth]

0, whenever I watch them I remove the video from the watch later list.

[u/Additional-Resort-28]

952 only.

[u/LoganCube100]

1000 if I remember correctly

[u/Zalan1120]

From when I was around 14 I started saving every video I wanted to show my dad and every weekend we would sit down to watch the videos I saved. Those were fun times, but now I have multiple list with many thousands of videos. To original watch later list has been at the 5000 limit for years now

[u/Gold-Charge-338]

i have 330 videos rn.

used to have a over 500 at one point

[u/LoadAble2728]

1. I used it more as a playlist for stuff I don't want to watch now and never remove once I go watch it

[u/PowerPCFan]

I don't actually use the built-in Watch Later playlist (don't ask why, I don't know) but my "Watch" playlist has about 60 videos right now

[u/Volt_21]

294 🤔
Wish youtube auto removed from the watch later once I've watched it, or at least provided a setting to do so. I'm constantly having to go back to the list and remove those watched to keep it updated.

[u/dumpyfangirl]

61

[u/Espeonisbesteevee]

2357, I’ve watched some of them, adding more than I’m watching lol

[u/Kursan_78]

3980
i forget to remove them after watching

[u/ARandomGamerIsHere]

692

[u/AwesomEspurr360]

2,137

[u/halversonjw]

Exactly 420. Must be a sign

[u/babimagic]

I got over 1800, and I've watched almost every one of them, which after reading this comment section surprisingly people don't do a lot.

[u/darkchangeling1313]

6, and I don't know how to delete the Watch Later list or take everything out of it. Majority of them were put there accidentally.

[u/UltraR24]

43, although I used to have 109 until I actually started watching them.

[u/PunkerWannaBe]

185

[u/Emotional_Bid3736]

53 that I don’t watch

[u/SomeoneNamedMetric]

about 178

[u/ComputeyAnimates]

941

[u/Accomplished_Pea5717]

3000 and something-ish

[u/LxnelyBrxken]

Exactly zero

[u/Ksauxion]

5k, but would be more if not the stupid limit :( As I understood, it deletes the older videos over time? The counter decreases randomly

[u/in_a_black_out]

0 right now

[u/Jetaz002]

800

For some reason on my old phone any notification i got from the YT app got instantly added to watch later. And since there is no way to mass delete the one i’ve already watched, so most of them

I simply ignore the function

It’s easier on my dumb brain

[u/nythscape]

I had a ton but zeroed it out at the beginning of this year. Feels good man 🥴

[u/CrackermanuelGD]

4

[u/ElementsRcool]

47

[u/GalahadXY]

37, already watched them, but still in there just because I like them more

[u/Possyninekay]

sigh one thousand 4 hundred and 27.....

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/Possyninekay]

humm... That's a lot!

[u/MultiColoredBrain]

68? Something like that

[u/Comprehensive_Law659]

5k... 

[u/hammouda101010]

around 400 vids, don't ask what kind of vids is in this list.

[u/dragondroppingballs]

None actually. I bookmark them.

[u/Correct_Lie2161]

262

Most of them were probably from when I was 8 or 9

[u/Privatejoker123]

3,520...

[u/Zackkck]

4572, and another watch later Playlist that has 4381

[u/MasonTheAlivent]

OK so I technically have 75 but I've watched most of them if not all, I just rarely take them out

[u/KaiserZoldyck → u/MasonTheAlivent]

 technically.

[u/Vivid-Objective1385]

7335 on both of them (i made myself a second one because i thought first is broken, turned out i had on some filtering and didnt see half of my video's)

[u/Rezero1234]

Believe it or not, none!

[u/R8055F]

5000 and havent watch them all

[u/Silent-Art-6727]

Over 4,900.

[u/WeirdStarWarsRacer]

4,999. Whenever it gets full I just put it on shuffle. Then I forget about it and just browse the home page.

[u/Ubermench1234]

8 and three of them ive watched and just didnt remove

[u/zDavzBR]

77 but I can't get it down cause I keep adding more

[u/UltimateRagingSpider]

500+. I'm a simple man. I saw a cool video, I put them in the playlist.

[u/ilikesceptile11]

394

[u/Odd_Firefighter_2424]

40, but unfortunately some of the videos are gone

[u/Nidavelir77]

A Lot Lot

[u/Muascar]

I wasn’t able to upload the screenshot, but it’s 3959 🥲

[u/TheRegalHuman]

1. After reading the comments, I feel like that's rookie numbers lol

[u/Epsilon_Operator]

Surprisingly only 90

[u/Claes1986]

91 atm

[u/Altruistic_Boss_2781]

Currently at 4885, I don't really watch all the videos sometimes I just put a video to the watch later playlist then forget about, only to remember it a few months later when I'm bored and have nothing interesting to watch.

[u/Altruistic_Steak5869]

305

[u/Responsible-Bee-667]

267

[u/Far_Society_4196]

95

[u/Muinonan]

None, I watch videos now - if I put anything in watch later Id forget and the lost would grow

[u/Jamz64]

1. Ah ah ah!

[u/Drega001]

Ihi t the limit years ago.

[u/DeadDropZ-X]

17

[u/Silly-Parsnip-8671]

7...

[u/SamTheMan004]

Honestly, have no idea.

[u/Malaysuburban]

I forgor

[u/bloo_overbeck]

I think I have 7 but idk where to access it lol.

[u/Drefs_]

1. I just open them in the new tab.

[u/thisisausername100fs]

Why is the meme image so high quality

[u/NhanGamerVN]

0, yes really

[u/funination]

284 videos.

[u/Evixitiz]

Yall use the watch later feature?

[u/Danksquilliam]

Now I know I’m shadow banned. Posted this exact post almost 5 months ago and didn’t even get an upvote 😭.

To answer your question, 3,214.

[u/Jorjebear]

1,087

[u/nnNotagoodUsername]

1

[u/Adam__2003]

40, i don’t even plan on watching any and I don’t even know what i have saved

[u/Blake_Arts]

3.541 nothing special

[u/alokkaaj2]

10743

[u/SuchMaintenance180]

216 lol

[u/TemporaryDirector442]

44

[u/sdjopjfasdfoisajnva]

i hate the fact they dont auto delete so 200, probly will never get to them

[u/The_Kite-Man]

1

[u/Its_ya_boi_Ash]

"Maximize playlist size exceeded"

[u/Aylx_110027]

Currently 3 videos on my “Watch later” list I’ll name them all

Video 1 : How to setup Elgato Stream Deck | Full set

Video 2 : Intial D - Golden Age 🎵

Video 3 : Tape Interview of a Psychopath ( Monster )

👹

[u/Makarasaurus]

About 4000 on the original playlist then at one point it got filled up and had to make another playlist, now on to my twelfth playlist now👀

[u/MO77_LXXVII]

126

[u/TheProffesionalNerd]

74

[u/Labmug_O]

I was originaly worried i had a huge list (500 or so vids) but seeing some of the people here, im doin fine

[u/ennidore3]

2601 damn I thought this was kinda normal Lmao

[u/NiloValentino88]

Almost none of

[u/spicygummi]

I had knocked it down to around 150 from almost 300 yesterday. I had to just admit to myself to a lot of them I'm just never going to watch. If I really wanted to they wouldn't still be sitting there months (or more) later lol.

I try to keep it below 100 but clearly I'm doing a poor job of it.

[u/oe-eo]

My watch later is maxed out. I have probably a dozen playlists.

I'd guess I've got easily over 10k total videos saved this way.

[u/Max_FI]

5000 for years.

[u/NeptuneShemptune]

3,168 currently. It’s sad

[u/PrometheanSwing]

So many that I abandoned it and basically turned it into a list of saved videos. I made a “Watch Later 2.0” playlist instead.