How are search results ranked, and how can I sort by date, views, duration or index order?

Both subtitle search and metadata search support sorting, but their controls and default rankings differ.

Default order: subtitle search combines text relevance with video views and channel subscriber count, so popular videos from larger channels tend to rank higher. Metadata search uses title relevance when you enter text. With filters alone and no title query, metadata results follow the order records were added to the index unless you select another sort.

Subtitle search: open Sort By in the left sidebar and choose:

• Date New-Old / Date Old-New: upload date, newest or oldest first.
• Index New-Old / Index Old-New: when the video was added to Filmot's subtitle index, most recent or earliest first.
• Views High-Low / Views Low-High: recorded view count.
• Likes High-Low / Likes Low-High: recorded like count.
• Channel Rank High-Low / Low-High: Filmot's channel score.
• Duration Long-Short / Duration Short-Long: video length.
• Channel Variety: a mix of channels where possible, using each channel's best text match to reduce domination by one channel. It has no ascending or descending direction.
• BM25 Match: text relevance without the view-count or subscriber boost, best match first. It also has no direction option.

Metadata search: use the arrows in the table headings for Uploaded, Duration, Views, Likes, Dislikes where available, and Last fetch. The down arrow sorts high to low, or newest first for dates; the up arrow reverses the order. AutoSubs and ManualSubs cannot be sorted.

Counts are stored snapshots rather than live YouTube statistics. Last fetch indicates when Filmot last encountered information about the video, not necessarily when its statistics or subtitles were updated.

Index order applies to the results of a search, rather than a separate listing of every video. The date-range fields under Filters always refer to upload date, even when results are sorted by index date.