# How to Beemind YouTube Watch Time

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-to-beemind-youtube-watch-time/9863>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [November 19, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-to-beemind-youtube-watch-time/9863 "2021-11-19T04:57:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![bizman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bizman](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/bizman)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-to-beemind-youtube-watch-time/9863/1 "2021-11-19T04:57:33Z")

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Hello! I would appreciate any thoughts on how I can beemind time I spend watching YouTube or even better the time I stop watching YouTube. I want to limit how much time I spend watching YouTube at night instead of sleeping. I use an iPhone. It would be great if somehow I could beemind the time I stop using my phone/YouTube.

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**Author:** ![halfplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@halfplane](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/halfplane)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-to-beemind-youtube-watch-time/9863/2 "2021-11-24T18:42:11Z")

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I’m not sure if you’re asking for general advice here or if you have a particular way of doing this in mind and want technical tips for “autodata”, but –

Something I’ve found tremendously effective for limiting my twitter reading (perhaps too effective) is to beemind (“do more” goal) days I don’t use twitter at all, just manually recording that.

If you’re prone to bingeing youtube or “just one more” you might find the same with that.

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**Author:** ![lolitalamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@lolitalamb](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/lolitalamb)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-to-beemind-youtube-watch-time/9863/3 "2021-11-25T23:27:05Z")

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I tried to use Rescuetime with Beeminder but it didn’t really work out. I tried to limit YouTube specifically but it didn’t recognize when I was using my phone app. I also tried to use Rescuetime to limit distracting time generally, but I kept derailing without getting proper warning that I was getting close. Freedom works well at blocking the site and app (except the times I permit it to be open) but it doesn’t work on my android devices.

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**Author:** ![howtodowtle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/howtodowtle/32/2284_2.png) [@howtodowtle](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/howtodowtle)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-to-beemind-youtube-watch-time/9863/4 "2021-12-02T20:57:20Z")

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No advice on how to beemind usage but what works for me to limit usage:

- Deinstall/deactivate the Youtube app from your phone. Bonus: now you’re watching in a browser and can have adblock plugins to avoid all the ads.
- Use Leechblock ([Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng/), [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/leechblock-ng/blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok)) to limit the duration and/or timeframe\[1\] - both on the phone and on the laptop. I am sure there is something equivalent for iOS/Safari.

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1. Weirdly specific example: My rule is: "No limits on weekends and on workdays from 7 pm to 10 pm; in all other periods allow 20 minutes per each 8 hours." (This is to allow watching a relevant explanation video at work but prevents me from checking Youtube all the time.)