You barely get results related to your search terms at all before it shows you blocks of completely interrelated “shorts” and then just a feed of your subscriptions and recommended content.
Lifehack!! Add before:2026 to the end of any YouTube search and it will no longer show you “also recommended for you” or “people also watched” bullshit. Just the search results you should have been shown in the first place will remain.
YouTube is the worst for this.
You barely get results related to your search terms at all before it shows you blocks of completely interrelated “shorts” and then just a feed of your subscriptions and recommended content.
Lifehack!! Add
before:2026to the end of any YouTube search and it will no longer show you “also recommended for you” or “people also watched” bullshit. Just the search results you should have been shown in the first place will remain.