diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notifications.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notifications.component.ts
index 48be80e3f..7518dbdd0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notifications.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notifications.component.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export class UserNotificationsComponent implements OnInit {
       ignoreLoadingBar: this.ignoreLoadingBar,
       sort: {
         field: this.sortField,
+        // if we order by creation date, we want DESC. all other fields are ASC (like unread).
         order: this.sortField === 'createdAt' ? -1 : 1
       }
     })
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search.ts b/server/controllers/api/search.ts
index 2d98b5d34..6e2d11d93 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   setDefaultPagination,
   setDefaultSearchSort,
   videoChannelsSearchSortValidator,
-  videoChannelsSearchValidator,
+  videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
   videosSearchSortValidator,
   videosSearchValidator
 } from '../../middlewares'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ searchRouter.get('/video-channels',
   videoChannelsSearchSortValidator,
   setDefaultSearchSort,
   optionalAuthenticate,
-  videoChannelsSearchValidator,
+  videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
   asyncMiddleware(searchVideoChannels)
 )
 
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts
index 7313bc055..78213c70d 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/search.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const videosSearchValidator = [
   }
 ]
 
-const videoChannelsSearchValidator = [
+const videoChannelsListSearchValidator = [
   query('search').not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid search'),
   query('searchTarget').optional().custom(isSearchTargetValid).withMessage('Should have a valid search target'),
 
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ const videoChannelsOwnSearchValidator = [
 
 export {
   videosSearchValidator,
-  videoChannelsSearchValidator,
+  videoChannelsListSearchValidator,
   videoChannelsOwnSearchValidator
 }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts b/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
index 7d6b0c6a9..60676a37b 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/users/user-subscriptions.ts
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
 
   it('Should list subscriptions', async function () {
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptions(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
+      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({ url: servers[0].url, token: servers[0].accessToken })
       expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
       expect(res.body.data).to.be.an('array')
       expect(res.body.data).to.have.lengthOf(0)
     }
 
     {
-      const res = await listUserSubscriptions(servers[0].url, users[0].accessToken, 'createdAt')
+      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({ url: servers[0].url, token: users[0].accessToken, sort: 'createdAt' })
       expect(res.body.total).to.equal(2)
 
       const subscriptions: VideoChannel[] = res.body.data
@@ -156,6 +156,34 @@ describe('Test users subscriptions', function () {
     expect(body['user3_channel@localhost:' + servers[0].port]).to.be.false
   })
 
+  it('Should search among subscriptions', async function () {
+    {
+      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({
+        url: servers[0].url,
+        token: users[0].accessToken,
+        sort: '-createdAt',
+        search: 'user3_channel'
+      })
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+
+      const subscriptions = res.body.data
+      expect(subscriptions).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const res = await listUserSubscriptions({
+        url: servers[0].url,
+        token: users[0].accessToken,
+        sort: '-createdAt',
+        search: 'toto'
+      })
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+
+      const subscriptions = res.body.data
+      expect(subscriptions).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    }
+  })
+
   it('Should list subscription videos', async function () {
     {
       const res = await listUserSubscriptionVideos(servers[0].url, servers[0].accessToken)
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
index 3493a723d..367f99fdd 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-channels.ts
@@ -421,6 +421,32 @@ describe('Test video channels', function () {
     expect(totoChannel.videosCount).to.equal(0)
   })
 
+  it('Should search among account video channels', async function () {
+    {
+      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
+        url: servers[0].url,
+        accountName: userInfo.account.name + '@' + userInfo.account.host,
+        search: 'root'
+      })
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(1)
+
+      const channels = res.body.data
+      expect(channels).to.have.lengthOf(1)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const res = await getAccountVideoChannelsList({
+        url: servers[0].url,
+        accountName: userInfo.account.name + '@' + userInfo.account.host,
+        search: 'does not exist'
+      })
+      expect(res.body.total).to.equal(0)
+
+      const channels = res.body.data
+      expect(channels).to.have.lengthOf(0)
+    }
+  })
+
   after(async function () {
     await cleanupTests(servers)
   })
diff --git a/shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions.ts b/shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions.ts
index 7148fbfca..6d402c073 100644
--- a/shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/shared/extra-utils/users/user-subscriptions.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ function addUserSubscription (url: string, token: string, targetUri: string, sta
   })
 }
 
-function listUserSubscriptions (url: string, token: string, sort = '-createdAt', statusCodeExpected = 200) {
+function listUserSubscriptions (parameters: {
+  url: string
+  token: string
+  sort?: string
+  search?: string
+  statusCodeExpected?: number
+}) {
+  const { url, token, sort = '-createdAt', search, statusCodeExpected = 200 } = parameters
   const path = '/api/v1/users/me/subscriptions'
 
   return makeGetRequest({
@@ -20,7 +27,10 @@ function listUserSubscriptions (url: string, token: string, sort = '-createdAt',
     path,
     token,
     statusCodeExpected,
-    query: { sort }
+    query: {
+      sort,
+      search
+    }
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/shared/extra-utils/videos/video-channels.ts b/shared/extra-utils/videos/video-channels.ts
index 55f08b996..97b68178f 100644
--- a/shared/extra-utils/videos/video-channels.ts
+++ b/shared/extra-utils/videos/video-channels.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ function getAccountVideoChannelsList (parameters: {
   sort?: string
   specialStatus?: number
   withStats?: boolean
+  search?: string
 }) {
-  const { url, accountName, start, count, sort = 'createdAt', specialStatus = 200, withStats = false } = parameters
+  const { url, accountName, start, count, sort = 'createdAt', specialStatus = 200, withStats = false, search } = parameters
 
   const path = '/api/v1/accounts/' + accountName + '/video-channels'
 
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ function getAccountVideoChannelsList (parameters: {
       start,
       count,
       sort,
-      withStats
+      withStats,
+      search
     },
     statusCodeExpected: specialStatus
   })