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 18c60400b..4c7bb15a8 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 class SearchFragment extends BaseListFragment<SearchInfo, ListExtractor.I
     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();
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 2232ddaff..afb0b74dc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <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$s</string>
     <string name="settings">Settings</string>
     <string name="did_you_mean">Did you mean \"%1$s\"?</string>
     <string name="search_showing_result_for">Showing results for: %s</string>