📺 MTV Rewind

The internet rebuilt MTV. The press noticed.

When MTV pulled its 24/7 music video channels, one person rebuilt it in 48 hours out of pure nostalgia. Outlets covered it at launch, when the archive held around 20,000 videos. It is now 113,000+ hand-curated music videos and still growing, still free, still ad-free, no login, no algorithm.

113,000+Music videos
87Channels
Jan 2026Launched
$0Ads · logins · algorithm

Covered at launch at 20,000 to 33,000 videos. Today: 113,000+ and counting. More than 5x the archive, same free, ad-free promise.

As featured in

UpworthyGuy puts over 20,000 MTV videos on new website as a tribute to the 'golden era' of music videosRead → EngadgetMTV Rewind is a developer's tribute to 24/7 music video channelsRead → KotakuNew MTV Simulator Features 25k+ Music Videos And Is Very CoolRead → NerdistThis MTV Rewind Website Lets You Watch Classic Music Videos and Shows with NO AdsRead → LoudwireMissing the MTV of Old? A Coder Has Built Their Own 27,000 Video-Strong VersionRead → MetalSucksWant Your MTV? Someone Built an App with 33,000 Music VideosRead → Create Digital MusicForget channel closures: watch every decade of MTV music videos onlineRead → RVA MagMTV Stopped Playing Music Videos. Someone Built a Site to Bring Them All Back.Read → Blunt MagazineA Coder Built a 27,000-Video MTV Rewind for People Who Miss Music TelevisionRead → Society of RockA Coder Built an MTV Rewind App That Brings Classic Videos Back to LifeRead → Midnight RebelsMTV Rewind: The 33,000+ Video Archive Restoring Music HistoryRead → 106.3 The CoreMTV REWIND - I Want My MTV!Read → RockpagesRewind to the glory days of MTV with a free appRead → Product HuntMTV REWIND: 24/7 music video streaming, ad-freeRead →

Press kit

One line

MTV Rewind is a free, ad-free website that streams 113,000+ hand-curated classic music videos the way MTV used to.

Boilerplate

MTV Rewind (also known as "I Want My MTV") was built in 48 hours by a solo developer after MTV shut down its last 24/7 music video channels in late 2025. Launched in January 2026 with around 20,000 videos, it has grown to 113,000+ hand-curated music videos across 87 channels, decade channels from the 70s through the 2020s, plus Yo! MTV Raps, Headbangers Ball, 120 Minutes, Unplugged, and the original August 1, 1981 launch lineup. It is free, with no ads, no login, and no algorithm.

Founder

Built and curated by Flex (Flexasaurus Rex), an independent developer and lifelong music-video obsessive.

Press contact

flex@wantmymtv.xyz · happy to share stats, clips, screenshots, or hop on a call.

Assets

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