diff --git a/src/app/components/url-preview/YouTubeEmbed.tsx b/src/app/components/url-preview/YouTubeEmbed.tsx
index 88c4957..1e8f66f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/url-preview/YouTubeEmbed.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/url-preview/YouTubeEmbed.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { MouseEvent, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { MouseEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Box, Icon, Icons, Spinner, Text, as } from 'folds';
 import * as css from './YouTubeEmbed.css';
 import { getYouTubeStream, isYouTubeStreamingAvailable, openExternalUrl } from '../../utils/tauri';
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ const YOUTUBE_URL_PATTERNS = [
  */
 const YOUTUBE_EMBED_BASE = 'https://www.youtube.com/embed';
 
+/**
+ * YouTube oEmbed API base - used to fetch video metadata
+ */
+const YOUTUBE_OEMBED_API = 'https://www.youtube.com/oembed';
+
 /**
  * Get YouTube thumbnail URL for a video
  * @param videoId The YouTube video ID
@@ -33,6 +38,23 @@ function getYouTubeThumbnailUrl(videoId: string): string {
   return `https://img.youtube.com/vi/${videoId}/hqdefault.jpg`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fetch YouTube video title using oEmbed API
+ * @param url The YouTube video URL
+ * @returns The video title or null if fetch fails
+ */
+async function fetchYouTubeTitle(url: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  try {
+    const oembedUrl = `${YOUTUBE_OEMBED_API}?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}&format=json`;
+    const response = await fetch(oembedUrl);
+    if (!response.ok) return null;
+    const data = await response.json();
+    return data.title || null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks if a URL is a YouTube URL
  * @param url The URL to check
@@ -101,6 +123,22 @@ type YouTubeEmbedProps = {
 export const YouTubeEmbed = as<'div', YouTubeEmbedProps>(({ url, ...props }, ref) => {
   const videoId = extractYouTubeVideoId(url);
   const [playerState, setPlayerState] = useState<PlayerState>({ status: 'thumbnail' });
+  const [videoTitle, setVideoTitle] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // Fetch video title on mount
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    
+    fetchYouTubeTitle(url).then((title) => {
+      if (!cancelled) {
+        setVideoTitle(title);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
+  }, [url]);
 
   const handlePlay = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!isYouTubeStreamingAvailable()) {
@@ -141,11 +179,19 @@ export const YouTubeEmbed = as<'div', YouTubeEmbedProps>(({ url, ...props }, ref
     </div>
   );
 
+  // Determine what to show in the header based on video title availability
+  const getHeaderLabel = (suffix?: string) => {
+    if (videoTitle) {
+      return suffix ? `${videoTitle} ${suffix}` : videoTitle;
+    }
+    return suffix ? `YouTube ${suffix}` : 'YouTube';
+  };
+
   // Thumbnail preview - click to play
   if (playerState.status === 'thumbnail') {
     return (
       <Box shrink="No" className={css.YouTubeEmbed} direction="Column" {...props} ref={ref}>
-        {renderHeader('YouTube')}
+        {renderHeader(getHeaderLabel())}
         <button 
           type="button"
           className={css.YouTubeThumbnailButton}
@@ -169,7 +215,7 @@ export const YouTubeEmbed = as<'div', YouTubeEmbedProps>(({ url, ...props }, ref
   if (playerState.status === 'loading') {
     return (
       <Box shrink="No" className={css.YouTubeEmbed} direction="Column" {...props} ref={ref}>
-        {renderHeader('YouTube - Loading...')}
+        {renderHeader(getHeaderLabel('- Loading...'))}
         <Box 
           className={css.YouTubeEmbedIframe} 
           alignItems="Center" 
@@ -204,7 +250,7 @@ export const YouTubeEmbed = as<'div', YouTubeEmbedProps>(({ url, ...props }, ref
   const embedUrl = getYouTubeEmbedUrl(videoId);
   return (
     <Box shrink="No" className={css.YouTubeEmbed} direction="Column" {...props} ref={ref}>
-      {renderHeader('YouTube')}
+      {renderHeader(getHeaderLabel())}
       <iframe
         className={css.YouTubeEmbedIframe}
         src={embedUrl}