Is my video on other platformswithout my permission?
Each platform's search only looks inside itself and only matches words, so checking one by one misses copies with new titles. To check them all at once, run a reverse video search on your original file: it matches the frames and returns the public pages on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X and other websites that carry the same footage. Free scan. You only pay if we find something worth opening — you see the price first.
- One upload checks the major platforms and the open web together.
- Matches the picture, so retitled and recaptioned copies still turn up.
- Good for a periodic check of the videos that did well.
A link checks the first ~5 seconds. To check the whole video, upload the file.
any platform; upload the file to cover the whole video
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One upload, every public page with your footage.
Upload your video
The original file covers the whole runtime. A pasted link covers only the opening seconds.
We search the web, not one app
Social platforms, video sites, forums, blogs and compilation sites, through their public pages.
Read it by platform
Results grouped by page with the platform and matched moment. Anything you did not post is worth a look.
Check a few times a year. Pay a few times a year.
Most creators check their best videos after they take off, then forget about it for months. A $7.00-a-month plan charges for the months in between.
Each video you check is $2.90 if you unlock. A top-up from $2.90 waits in your balance until the next check.
- Retrace
- $8.70
- Competitor (1 month)
- $7.00
- Competitor (1 year,
never cancelled) - $84.00
Checking platform by platform, for free.
Searching by words covers the obvious places:
1.Google your title and caption in quotes
Then add a site name —
site:facebook.com,site:dailymotion.com,site:reddit.com— to narrow it. Repost sites often keep the original words.2.Search for your handle and name
Some reposts credit you in the caption while still uploading the file. Searching your username finds those quickly.
The weakness is that each step relies on words. A copy with a new title, a new caption and a crop passes every one of them.
Every platform in one search.
Upload once and Retrace searches up to 24 frames sampled across your video, then gathers the public pages where those frames appear. You see them grouped by page and platform, so a Dailymotion upload and a Facebook page show up next to the TikTok repost.
A row is marked confirmed when its thumbnail aligns with your frames. Every row shows the moment of your video it matched and, when the page carries one, the earliest date found.
The scan costs nothing; unlocking the links costs $2.90. Your uploaded file is deleted an hour after the scan.
The edges of the search.
What you should not expect from this, or from any web search:
Private spaces
Private profiles, closed groups, messaging apps and paid communities are not public pages.
Unindexed sites
Some sites block search engines. If a page cannot be found by a search engine, it cannot be found by us.
Brand-new copies
Pages from the last few days may not be indexed yet.
Continuous monitoring
Each search is a snapshot. A copy posted next week needs a new search.
Legal judgement
We show matches, not whether a use is permitted. That is between you, the platform and, if needed, a lawyer.
Where to go next.
- TikTok: report copyright infringement — For a copy on TikTok; paste each URL from your results.
- Instagram: copyright report form — Meta's form for a post that copies your work.
Straight answers.
The free scan shows the number of pages and platforms carrying your footage before you pay.
Check my video free →How do I check if my video is on other websites?
Upload the original file to Retrace: it matches the frames, not the words, so it checks every platform at once and catches retitled copies. Searching your title and caption in quotes only finds the copies that kept your words.
Is there a way to search all platforms at once?
Not inside the platforms: each one searches only its own content. A reverse video search on the open web covers the public pages of all of them together, as long as search engines have indexed those pages.
Can I be notified automatically when my video is reposted?
Retrace does not monitor. Each search is a one-off you run when you want to check, and it covers every platform in that one pass.
Which of my videos should I check?
The ones that did well, and the ones with no face or voice that identifies you — those are easiest to repost anonymously. Upload the original file for each.
Some results are videos that only look like mine. Why?
Similar scenes, the same location or a shared stock shot can produce matches. Rows marked confirmed have a thumbnail that aligns with your frames; rows that only share one frame deserve a closer look before you act.