Webpages, YouTube, Podcasts, Social Media - APA Style Guide - 7th edition - LibGuides at Lorain County Community College

Online Works

Webpage:

If you cite more than one webpage from a website, create a reference for each.
If you cannot find an author, try looking on an About Us or Acknowledgements page.
If the author and site name are the same, omit the site name from the source element.
Include the most specific date possible or (n.d.) if you cannot find a date.
Include a retrieval date only if the content will likely change and there is no archived URL. Most Webpage references will not include a retrieval date.

Author, A. A. (year, Month, day). Title of work. Site Name. https://xxx

Example:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, April 13). Use of cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of

COVID-19. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html

⇒ In-text parenthetical citation: (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020)

⇒ In-text narrative citation: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2020)

Whole Website:

Do not create references or in-text citations for whole websites.
To mention a website in general, and not any particular information on that site, provide the name of the website in the text and include the URL in parentheses.
If you are writing online, you can link the name of the site directly so that the link has descriptive text.

Example:

Print: We created our survey using Qualtrics (https://www.qualtrics.com).

Online: We created our survey using Qualtrics.

(Hint: Do not use highlighting in your reference list.)

For more details see pages 350–352, page 290 in the APA Manual or

APA Style Guide https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/webpage-website-references

YouTube, Vimeo, etc. streaming video sites:

The person or group who uploaded the video is the author, even if they did not create the work.
Include the specific date.
Italicize the title.

Uploader, U. U. (year, Month day). Title of video [Description]. Site Name. https://xxx

Example:

ABC News. (2015, July 26). Teenagers lost at sea [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/A1q_mQIEYqg

⇒ In-text parenthetical citation: (ABC News, 2015)

⇒ In-text narrative citation: ABC News (2015)

(Hint: Do not use highlighting in your reference list.)

For more details see pages 350–352, page 290 in the APA Manual or

APA Style Guide https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/youtube-references

Audio or Video Podcasts Episodes (part of a whole podcast):

List the host of the podcast as author.
Use the most specific date: year, Month day
If the URL is no known (e.g., accessed through an app), omit.

Host, H. H. (Host). (year, Month day). Title of episode [Description]. In Title of podcast. Production Company. https://xxx

Example:

Demby, G., & Grigsby Bates, K. (Hosts). (2020, May 13). Ask code switch: The Coronavirus edition. [Audio podcast

episode]. In Code switch. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2020/05/12/854977002/ask-code-switch-the-coronavirus-

edition

⇒ In-text parenthetical citation: (Demby & Grigsby Bates, 2020)

⇒ In-text narrative citation: Demby and Grigsby Bates (2020)

Audio or Video Podcast (whole podcast):

For a whole podcast series, list the host as author. Alternatively, you can list the executive producer(s) as author(s).
The APA guide shows the date as a range for a podcast series, e.g., (2012–2017).

Host, H. H. (Host). (Date range). Title of podcast [Description]. Production Company. https://xxx

Example:

Vedantam, S. (Host). (2015–present). Hidden brain [Audio podcast]. NPR.

https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain

⇒ In-text parenthetical citation: (Vedantam, 2015–present)

⇒ In-text narrative citation: Vedantam (2015–present)

(Hint: Do not use highlighting in your reference list.)

For more details see pages 341–346 in the APA Manual.

Social Media Platform:

Cite only original content from the site.
If you used a social media site to discover content, use the website, etc. where the content was originally posted as your source (e.g., you find a Pinterest post on Facebook, cite Pinterest).
Use specific dates, if possible: year, Month day.
Include non-standard spellings, symbols, emojis, etc. if they are used.
Use only a URL (https://xxx) if the source does not change; if it does, use Retrieved Month day, year from https://xxx .

Facebook and Others:

Author, A. A. (Date). Content of the post up to 20 words. [Description]. Site Name. https://xxx or

Retrieved Month day, year, from https://xxx

Example:

National Park Service. (n.d.). Home. [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved August 1, 2018, from

https://www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice/

⇒ In-text parenthetical citation: (National Park Service, n.d.)

⇒ In-text narrative citation: National Park Service (n.d.)

Twitter, Instagram, TikTok:

Author, A. A. [@username]. (Date). Content of post up to 20 words. [Description]. Site Name. https://xxx or

Retrieved Month day, year, from https://xxx

Example:

Trump, D. [@realDonaldTrump]. (2017, January 3). I will be having a general news conference on JANUARY

ELEVENTH in N.Y.C. Thank you. [Tweet]. Twitter.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/816433590892429312

⇒ In-text parenthetical citation: (Trump, 2017)

⇒ In-text narrative citation: Trump (2017)

(Hint: Do not use highlighting in your reference list.)

For more details see pages 348–350 in the APA Manual or

APA Style Guide https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/facebook-references

APA Style Guide https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/twitter-references