Rule34.xxx Videos: Length Tags, Search Operators and Filters

Rule34.xxx takes video uploads through a separate upload page. The rules spelled out on February 7, 2026 ask for clips of "a reasonable length, not to short, not to long," and add: "we prefer webm, try to keep to around 100MB." Uploaders may not add or remove frames, add captions or mix different artists' work into one clip. New users' uploads wait for a moderator, under a rule from November 6, 2020. Running time is recorded through tags that start with longer_than or shorter_than, not through a duration field, since the cheatsheet lists no length metatag.

Spelling decides whether a length tag finds anything. The one-minute tag that works is longer_than_one_minute, with 45,579 posts, while its twin longer_than_1_minute has just 2 posts. Two minutes flips the pattern, with 15,533 posts on longer_than_2_minutes and 10 on longer_than_two_minutes, and the short-clip tags lean toward words again, with 2,249 posts on shorter_than_five_minutes and 12 on shorter_than_5_minutes. The shorter_than_30_seconds tag alone covers 83,984 posts, so short clips get tagged more often than long ones.

To catch every clip tagged over five minutes, put all 13 thresholds in one OR group, as the Rule34.xxx search cheatsheet allows: video ( longer_than_5_minutes ~ longer_than_6_minutes ~ longer_than_7_minutes ~ longer_than_8_minutes ~ longer_than_9_minutes ~ longer_than_10_minutes ~ longer_than_15_minutes ~ longer_than_20_minutes ~ longer_than_25_minutes ~ longer_than_30_minutes ~ longer_than_40_minutes ~ longer_than_50_minutes ~ longer_than_1_hour ). The cheatsheet gives no limit on tags per search, and I did not run the query, so drop the rarest thresholds, such as the 2-post longer_than_50_minutes, if the site rejects it. Rule34video, the other big source of rule 34 video, sets length with a Duration filter instead, and its page text does not list the cut-offs.

Ratings on Rule34.xxx are safe, questionable and explicit, according to the help page, which defines explicit as any image where genitals "are exposed and easily visible." The FAQ contradicts that with "Rate is Explicit, there are no questionable posts." Neither the cheatsheet nor the options page gives a limit on tags per search.

The options page does not say whether a blacklist saved without an account survives a new browser session.

Anime r34 on Rule34.xxx answers to the same rules as any other post. For hand-drawn clips, search video 2d_animation, a tag on 45,120 posts on October 26, 2026, and use 3d_animation (76,476 posts) for rendered work. The Prohibited Content list in the Rule34.xxx terms bans sexual depictions of children in two separate items, and the site's AI rules refuse AI human subjects that look even remotely young. Watermarked work is on the same list, and the site's content standards ban paywalled or unreleased work with the line "Paid content will be removed." A February 8, 2026 announcement added a skill threshold: "R34 is for art by Intermediate artists and above." The other recommended r34 websites publish a ban on sexual content involving minors as well.

Drawn sexual images of minors can still be illegal. In the US, 18 U.S.C. 1466A can cover obscene drawings and cartoons, and the Crown Prosecution Service applies section 62 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to cartoons, manga images and CGI. On Rule34.xxx, flag such a post with the Flag for deletion link and pick a reason. Suspected child sexual abuse material can also be reported to the NCMEC CyberTipline in the US or the Internet Watch Foundation in the UK.

Rule34.xxx has published government and legal takedowns on its forum since July 17, 2023, "for the sake of transparency."

Members find their API key and user ID under Options, in a line headed API Access Credentials, with the note "You need to add this to your queries." A post request returns at most 1,000 posts, and a tag request defaults to 100. The documentation gives no fixed rate limit, says limits "may be changed at any time" and lets heavy users ask for more through Discord or email.

The API terms forbid showing ads or paywalls around content pulled from the site and allow one key per person. The main terms ban "any automated process to retrieve or index" Rule34.xxx, apart from public search engines and the API used "without hammering."