Instagram, TikTok and Facebook open YouTube links in their own browser. Paste a link here to get one that opens the YouTube app instead.
Shortcut: in any YouTube link, replace youtube.com with yt.jdevsappstudio.com.
Custom short name (admin)
Works with
Videos, Shorts and live streams, including timestamps (&t=90)
Playlists and channels (/@handle)
Android and iPhone; desktop goes straight to youtube.com
How it works
Apps like Instagram open every link in their own built-in browser, which never hands off to the YouTube app.
Your link opens a tiny page here first.
That page uses the phone's app link (intent:// on Android, youtube:// on iPhone) to open the YouTube app, or YouTube on the web if the app isn't installed.