It isn't always easy to find what you're looking for on Facebook. Confusing menu items and poor search results hide some of the stuff worth looking at. Videos are one of the biggest victims. With that in mind, here's how to find videos on Facebook.

Understanding Facebook Videos

Video on Facebook is a confusing beast. There are live videos, videos you uploaded, videos you were tagged in, public videos, saved videos, old profile videos, and more.

Facebook being Facebook, there's not one central hub that lets you view all of this footage in a straightforward and logical manner. Depending on what type of video you want to find, there are a series of different steps you need to work through.

We're going to work through each type of Facebook video in turn, providing detailed instructions along the way.

How to Find Facebook Live Videos

At the start of 2019, Facebook unexpectedly killed its Facebook Live map feature.

We're not sure why. Sure, it wasn't going to win any design awards, but the map let you quickly find streamers from specific locales; it was a perfect way to see raw footage of developing news stories and public events.

Facebook Live videos have now been rolled up under Facebook Watch. In our opinion, Facebook Watch tries to be too many things at once, and that is to the detriment of Facebook Live videos.

Nonetheless, it is still possible to find Facebook Live videos. There are a few routes open to you: