diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
index 18c60400b47..fa166909320 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable final ViewGrou
     public void onViewCreated(@NonNull final View rootView, final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         searchBinding = FragmentSearchBinding.bind(rootView);
         super.onViewCreated(rootView, savedInstanceState);
+
+        updateService();
+        // Add the service name to search string hint
+        // to make it more obvious which platform is being searched.
+        if (service != null) {
+            searchEditText.setHint(
+                    getString(R.string.search_with_service_name,
+                            service.getServiceInfo().getName()));
+        }
         showSearchOnStart();
         initSearchListeners();
     }
@@ -936,6 +945,20 @@ private void changeContentFilter(final MenuItem item, final List<String> theCont
         filterItemCheckedId = item.getItemId();
         item.setChecked(true);
 
+        if (service != null) {
+            final boolean isNotFiltered = theContentFilter.isEmpty()
+                    || "all".equals(theContentFilter.get(0));
+            if (isNotFiltered) {
+                searchEditText.setHint(
+                        getString(R.string.search_with_service_name,
+                                service.getServiceInfo().getName()));
+            } else {
+                searchEditText.setHint(getString(R.string.search_with_service_name_and_filter,
+                        service.getServiceInfo().getName(),
+                        item.getTitle()));
+            }
+        }
+
         contentFilter = theContentFilter.toArray(new String[0]);
 
         if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(searchString)) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 2232ddafff0..40a9b78339d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     <string name="download">Download</string>
     <string name="controls_download_desc">Download stream file</string>
     <string name="search">Search</string>
+    <string name="search_with_service_name">Search %1$s</string>
+    <string name="search_with_service_name_and_filter">Search %1$s (%2$s)</string>
     <string name="settings">Settings</string>
     <string name="did_you_mean">Did you mean \"%1$s\"?</string>
     <string name="search_showing_result_for">Showing results for: %s</string>