Find the videoa GIF came from.
A GIF is a few seconds cut out of something longer — a film, a show, a stream, a news clip. Drop the GIF and we search its frames across the web to find the pages that carry the footage it was cut from. $0.90 a search.
- Upload the .gif file, or a screen recording of it.
- Captions burned into the GIF are fine; the picture is what we match.
- Free to see how many matches exist before paying.
A link checks the first ~5 seconds. To check the whole video, upload the file.
uploading the file is the most reliable
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Three seconds is enough to go looking.
Drop the GIF
Save the GIF from the chat or the post and upload it as it is.
We search its frames
The distinct frames of the loop are searched in Google's web image index, which holds the stills of the film, show or video it was cut from.
Find the full scene
Matches include the uploaded video and pages about it. Open them to watch the moment in context.
A loop does not need a subscription.
You want to know where one GIF came from. Paying monthly for that is paying for searches you will never run.
$0.90 a search, from a balance that never expires.
- Retrace
- $0.90
- Competitor (1 month)
- $7.00
- Competitor (1 year,
never cancelled) - $84.00
Can you reverse search a GIF?
Yes. A GIF is treated as a short video: its distinct frames are searched in Google's web image index, and pages that carry the same footage come back as matches.
Does the text on the GIF get in the way?
Rarely. Captions cover part of the frame, but the rest still matches the original footage.
Will it tell me the name of the film or show?
Not as a label. The matches are pages — stills sites, wikis, uploaded clips — whose titles usually name it.
Can I search a GIF from a GIF site like Tenor or Giphy?
Download it and upload the file. The result often includes the same GIF on other sites as well as the source video; the source is the match that is a full video rather than another GIF.