VideoMentions tracks brand mentions in the spoken words of YouTube videos. Plans start at $25/month with unlimited keywords and channels. Read our review.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
VideoMentions is a web-based monitoring service that finds brand mentions in the spoken words of YouTube videos. Many mention trackers watch titles, descriptions and comments. VideoMentions listens to what creators say on camera and reports when a chosen keyword comes up. It also captures mentions in titles and descriptions, but not comments.
The service is built for anyone who needs to know when a brand, person or topic is discussed by YouTube creators. Brand teams are the main audience, yet the company says any keyword works, from a journalist tracking news channels that mention AI to a sports fan following a favorite team. Kellen Mace, LLC operates it.
VideoMentions runs on rules. A user picks the YouTube channels and keywords to monitor, and the service continuously listens to those channels. When a video published by one of them contains a keyword, VideoMentions sends a notification right away, so the user does not have to watch new uploads manually.
The company is clear that it does not cover all of YouTube, because YouTube offers no way to listen to spoken words across everything uploaded. Customers often build rules around all channels in an industry, top U.S. news channels or leading influencers in a niche. Only English-language mentions are currently supported.
The core feature is Listening: spoken-word monitoring of selected channels with immediate notifications. The second is Advanced Search, which runs on-the-fly searches of published YouTube videos. With an account, users can search multiple channels and keywords at once and restrict results to specific date ranges, which helps when researching a past period.
VideoMentions also offers a free Search tool that lets visitors try the spoken-word search technology before signing up. Both paid plans allow unlimited keywords and unlimited monitored channels, so the number of rules is not a pricing factor. The sources do not list integrations or an API.
VideoMentions is a web-based service that finds brand mentions in the spoken words of YouTube videos. Users choose channels and keywords, and the service notifies them when a new mention appears. It also captures mentions in titles and descriptions.
VideoMentions costs $25 per month or $250 per year. The annual plan is advertised as getting two months free. Both plans include unlimited keywords, unlimited YouTube channels and Advanced Search.
The sources do not mention a free trial or free plan. They do describe a free VideoMentions Search tool that lets visitors try the spoken-word search technology. Full Advanced Search requires an account.
No. YouTube does not provide a way to listen for spoken words across all uploaded content. VideoMentions monitors the specific channels a user selects in a rule and notifies them of mentions in videos those channels publish.
No. VideoMentions focuses on mentions by content creators themselves, so it captures spoken words, video titles and descriptions. Users who need comment monitoring would need a different tool.
Currently only English-language mentions are supported.
Yes. Brand mentions are the most common use, but any keyword can be tracked across any channels. Examples from the site include a journalist tracking AI on news channels, campaign teams tracking a candidate and fans tracking a sports team.
The sources do not list any integrations. The service delivers notifications about new mentions and provides a search tool within its own web application.