This study focuses on video used as instructional material in distance education. The aim of this study is to reveal the descriptive, methodological and general trends of the researches on the use of video in distance education published in journals covered by SSCI between 2000 and 2019. Within the scope of the study, the years in which the studies were published, their methods, data collection tools, sample type and sample numbers were focused on. For this, articles with distance education and video, year range 2000-2019, index SSCI were searched and selected in the Web of Science database. Accordingly, 226 articles were found. A publication classification form was developed to analyze these articles. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods. According to the findings, it has been determined that the number of researches on the use of video in distance education has increased in recent years, quantitative studies are mostly conducted and these studies are mostly conducted in the fields of health, education, and engineering, and qualitative studies, are mostly conducted in the fields of social humanities, fine arts, and law. It is seen that the questionnaire was used the most as the data collection tool and students were the most preferred sample types. When the distribution of the sample types in the researches on the use of video in the field of distance education was examined, it was found that it was mostly in the field of education and then in the field of health. In the distribution of sample numbers, it is seen that 31-100 was preferred. In addition, according to the distribution of sample numbers, it was concluded that researches were mostly conducted in the field of health.