Privacy
Last updated 6 October 2026
ytsearch searches the public captions of indexed YouTube creators. It has no accounts and sets no cookies. This page describes what the service at search.pronsh.dev processes.
Searches
To run and improve search, each query is logged with its text, result counts, timings, the country Cloudflare reports for the request, your browser's user-agent string and a request ID. These logs are stored with Axiom and deleted after 30 days. Your IP address is used only in memory for rate limiting and is not logged.
Usage analytics
Anonymous usage events go to PostHog (US): page views and searches (query length and number of words, never the query text), sort and page choices, and which creator or video result you open. They carry a random ID kept in your browser's local storage, not a profile of you. Cloudflare Web Analytics also counts page views without cookies.
Stored in your browser
Your recent searches and the creator list stay in your browser's local storage and are never sent anywhere; the analytics ID is sent only with the usage events above. Clear recent searches on the home page, or clear site data in your browser to remove everything.
YouTube
Thumbnails load from YouTube's image servers when results appear. The player loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play. YouTube then processes data under the Google Privacy Policy. ytsearch uses YouTube API Services; see the YouTube Terms of Service.
Shared links
A shared moment or result link carries its search words in the URL, so anyone you send it to can read them. ytsearch stores nothing when you make one; the page looks the moment up each time it is opened.
Creator requests
When you request a creator, we store the handle, your optional note, the time and the request's status. The request is deleted once the creator is indexed; a rejected request is kept as a record of the decision.
Hosting
Cloudflare serves the site and Fly.io runs the search servers; both process requests and keep standard operational logs.
Contact
Questions or deletion requests: open an issue. Report security problems privately as described in SECURITY.md.