diff --git a/searx/engines/bitchute.py b/searx/engines/bitchute.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88170c949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/bitchute.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""bitchute (Videos)"""
+
+from json import dumps
+from datetime import datetime
+from searx.utils import html_to_text
+
+about = {
+    "website": 'https://bitchute.com',
+    "wikidata_id": "Q45287179",
+    "official_api_documentation": None,
+    "use_official_api": False,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+base_url = "https://api.bitchute.com/api/beta/search/videos"
+categories = ['videos']
+paging = True
+results_per_page = 20
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+
+    start_index = (params["pageno"] - 1) * results_per_page
+    data = {"offset": start_index, "limit": results_per_page, "query": query, "sensitivity_id": "normal", "sort": "new"}
+    params["url"] = base_url
+    params["method"] = 'POST'
+    params['headers']['content-type'] = "application/json"
+    params['data'] = dumps(data)
+
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    search_res = resp.json()
+    results = []
+
+    for item in search_res.get('videos', []):
+
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "title": item['video_name'],
+                "url": 'https://www.bitchute.com/video/' + item['video_id'],
+                "content": html_to_text(item['description']),
+                "author": item['channel']['channel_name'],
+                "publishedDate": datetime.strptime(item["date_published"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ"),
+                "length": item['duration'],
+                "views": item['view_count'],
+                "thumbnail": item['thumbnail_url'],
+                "iframe_src": 'https://www.bitchute.com/embed/' + item['video_id'],
+                "template": "videos.html",
+            }
+        )
+
+    return results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index a0b898448..dc9e6277a 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -560,6 +560,11 @@ engines:
     engine: bing_videos
     shortcut: biv
 
+  - name: bitchute
+    engine: bitchute
+    shortcut: bit
+    disabled: true
+
   - name: bitbucket
     engine: xpath
     paging: true