diff --git a/client/src/app/+accounts/account-video-channels/account-video-channels.component.ts b/client/src/app/+accounts/account-video-channels/account-video-channels.component.ts
index 0628c7a96..96d1e0f85 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+accounts/account-video-channels/account-video-channels.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+accounts/account-video-channels/account-video-channels.component.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,6 @@ export class AccountVideoChannelsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   getVideoChannelLink (videoChannel: VideoChannel) {
-    return [ '/video-channels', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]
+    return [ '/c', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.component.html b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.component.html
index 5e92c0f36..772ebf272 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.component.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <ng-container *ngIf="!isCreation()">
       <li class="breadcrumb-item active" i18n>Edit</li>
       <li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current="page">
-        <a *ngIf="user" [routerLink]="[ '/accounts', user?.username ]">{{ user?.username }}</a>
+        <a *ngIf="user" [routerLink]="[ '/a', user?.username ]">{{ user?.username }}</a>
       </li>
     </ng-container>
   </ol>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html
index 44d8a7e87..5b4f35c77 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       </td>
 
       <td *ngIf="isSelected('username')">
-        <a i18n-title title="Open account in a new tab" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" [routerLink]="[ '/accounts/' + user.username ]">
+        <a i18n-title title="Open account in a new tab" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" [routerLink]="[ '/a/' + user.username ]">
           <div class="chip two-lines">
             <my-actor-avatar [account]="user?.account" size="32"></my-actor-avatar>
            <div>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-library/+my-video-channels/my-video-channels.component.html b/client/src/app/+my-library/+my-video-channels/my-video-channels.component.html
index e41cbe921..9f139b4f2 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-library/+my-video-channels/my-video-channels.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-library/+my-video-channels/my-video-channels.component.html
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 <div class="video-channels">
   <div *ngFor="let videoChannel of videoChannels; let i = index" class="video-channel">
-    <my-actor-avatar [channel]="videoChannel" [internalHref]="[ '/video-channels', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]"></my-actor-avatar>
+    <my-actor-avatar [channel]="videoChannel" [internalHref]="[ '/c', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]"></my-actor-avatar>
 
     <div class="video-channel-info">
-      <a [routerLink]="[ '/video-channels', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]" class="video-channel-names" i18n-title title="Channel page">
+      <a [routerLink]="[ '/c', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]" class="video-channel-names" i18n-title title="Channel page">
         <div class="video-channel-display-name">{{ videoChannel.displayName }}</div>
         <div class="video-channel-name">{{ videoChannel.nameWithHost }}</div>
       </a>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-library/my-subscriptions/my-subscriptions.component.html b/client/src/app/+my-library/my-subscriptions/my-subscriptions.component.html
index f91cebacf..1bd459059 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-library/my-subscriptions/my-subscriptions.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-library/my-subscriptions/my-subscriptions.component.html
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@
 
 <div class="video-channels" myInfiniteScroller [autoInit]="true" (nearOfBottom)="onNearOfBottom()" [dataObservable]="onDataSubject.asObservable()">
   <div *ngFor="let videoChannel of videoChannels" class="video-channel">
-    <my-actor-avatar [channel]="videoChannel" [internalHref]="[ '/video-channels', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]"></my-actor-avatar>
+    <my-actor-avatar [channel]="videoChannel" [internalHref]="[ '/c', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]"></my-actor-avatar>
 
     <div class="video-channel-info">
-      <a [routerLink]="[ '/video-channels', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]" class="video-channel-names" i18n-title title="Channel page">
+      <a [routerLink]="[ '/c', videoChannel.nameWithHost ]" class="video-channel-names" i18n-title title="Channel page">
         <div class="video-channel-display-name">{{ videoChannel.displayName }}</div>
         <div class="video-channel-name">{{ videoChannel.nameWithHost }}</div>
       </a>
 
       <div i18n class="video-channel-followers">{{ videoChannel.followersCount }} subscribers</div>
 
-      <a [routerLink]="[ '/accounts', videoChannel.ownerBy ]" i18n-title title="Owner account page" class="actor-owner">
+      <a [routerLink]="[ '/a', videoChannel.ownerBy ]" i18n-title title="Owner account page" class="actor-owner">
         <span i18n>Created by {{ videoChannel.ownerBy }}</span>
 
         <my-actor-avatar [account]="videoChannel.ownerAccount" size="18"></my-actor-avatar>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+remote-interaction/remote-interaction.component.ts b/client/src/app/+remote-interaction/remote-interaction.component.ts
index e24607b24..3ebe62f49 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+remote-interaction/remote-interaction.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+remote-interaction/remote-interaction.component.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class RemoteInteractionComponent implements OnInit {
       } else if (channelResult.data.length !== 0) {
         const channel = new VideoChannel(channelResult.data[0])
 
-        redirectUrl = '/video-channels/' + channel.nameWithHost
+        redirectUrl = '/c/' + channel.nameWithHost
       } else {
         this.error = $localize`Cannot access to the remote resource`
         return
diff --git a/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts b/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts
index ecede19a3..8a781cbe4 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+search/search.component.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     const linkType = this.getVideoLinkType()
 
     if (linkType === 'internal') {
-      return [ '/video-channels', channel.nameWithHost ]
+      return [ '/c', channel.nameWithHost ]
     }
 
     if (linkType === 'lazy-load') {
diff --git a/client/src/app/+video-channels/video-channels.component.ts b/client/src/app/+video-channels/video-channels.component.ts
index 41fdb5e79..3833d9c54 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+video-channels/video-channels.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+video-channels/video-channels.component.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class VideoChannelsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   getAccountUrl () {
-    return [ '/accounts', this.videoChannel.ownerBy ]
+    return [ '/a', this.videoChannel.ownerBy ]
   }
 
   private loadChannelVideosCount () {
diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.html b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.html
index d7ba40ef6..fc0d66ffd 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
         <div class="comment-account-date">
           <div class="comment-account">
-            <a [routerLink]="[ '/accounts', comment.by ]">
+            <a [routerLink]="[ '/a', comment.by ]">
               <span class="comment-account-name" [ngClass]="{ 'video-author': video.account.id === comment.account.id }">
                 {{ comment.account.displayName }}
               </span>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-avatar-channel.component.html b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-avatar-channel.component.html
index 5f149cbd1..5a7221858 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-avatar-channel.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-avatar-channel.component.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div class="wrapper" [ngClass]="{ 'generic-channel': genericChannel }">
   <my-actor-avatar
     class="channel" [channel]="video.channel"
-    [internalHref]="[ '/video-channels', video.byVideoChannel ]" [title]="channelLinkTitle"
+    [internalHref]="[ '/c', video.byVideoChannel ]" [title]="channelLinkTitle"
   ></my-actor-avatar>
 
   <my-actor-avatar
     class="account" [account]="video.account"
-    [internalHref]="[ '/accounts', video.byAccount ]" [title]="accountLinkTitle">
+    [internalHref]="[ '/a', video.byAccount ]" [title]="accountLinkTitle">
   </my-actor-avatar>
 </div>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
index 4779602d2..bb41fba77 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
@@ -183,16 +183,16 @@
 
               <div class="video-info-channel-left-links ml-1">
                 <ng-container *ngIf="!isChannelDisplayNameGeneric()">
-                  <a [routerLink]="[ '/video-channels', video.byVideoChannel ]" i18n-title title="Channel page">
+                  <a [routerLink]="[ '/c', video.byVideoChannel ]" i18n-title title="Channel page">
                     {{ video.channel.displayName }}
                   </a>
-                  <a [routerLink]="[ '/accounts', video.byAccount ]" i18n-title title="Account page">
+                  <a [routerLink]="[ '/a', video.byAccount ]" i18n-title title="Account page">
                     <span i18n>By {{ video.byAccount }}</span>
                   </a>
                 </ng-container>
 
                 <ng-container *ngIf="isChannelDisplayNameGeneric()">
-                  <a [routerLink]="[ '/accounts', video.byAccount ]" class="single-link" i18n-title title="Account page">
+                  <a [routerLink]="[ '/a', video.byAccount ]" class="single-link" i18n-title title="Account page">
                     <span i18n>{{ video.byAccount }}</span>
                   </a>
                 </ng-container>
diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/video-list/overview/video-overview.component.html b/client/src/app/+videos/video-list/overview/video-overview.component.html
index e21bffb6c..d3c602aa5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/video-list/overview/video-overview.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/video-list/overview/video-overview.component.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
       <div class="section channel videos" *ngFor="let object of overview.channels">
         <div class="section-title">
-          <a [routerLink]="[ '/video-channels', buildVideoChannelBy(object) ]">
+          <a [routerLink]="[ '/c', buildVideoChannelBy(object) ]">
             <my-actor-avatar [channel]="buildVideoChannel(object)"></my-actor-avatar>
 
             <h2 class="section-title">{{ object.channel.displayName }}</h2>
diff --git a/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 23fd52e8b..0a43ab0ad 100644
--- a/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ const routes: Routes = [
     loadChildren: () => import('./+signup/+verify-account/verify-account.module').then(m => m.VerifyAccountModule)
   },
   {
-    path: 'accounts',
+    path: 'a',
     loadChildren: () => import('./+accounts/accounts.module').then(m => m.AccountsModule)
   },
   {
-    path: 'video-channels',
+    path: 'c',
     loadChildren: () => import('./+video-channels/video-channels.module').then(m => m.VideoChannelsModule)
   },
   {
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ const routes: Routes = [
     redirectTo: 'videos/watch/playlist'
   },
   {
-    path: 'a',
-    redirectTo: 'accounts'
+    path: 'accounts',
+    redirectTo: 'a'
   },
   {
-    path: 'c',
-    redirectTo: 'video-channels'
+    path: 'video-channels',
+    redirectTo: 'c'
   },
   {
     matcher: (url): UrlMatchResult => {
diff --git a/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.html b/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.html
index 2e07deca2..3a7ffcbb6 100644
--- a/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             </div>
 
             <div ngbDropdownMenu>
-              <a *ngIf="user.account" ngbDropdownItem ngbDropdownToggle class="dropdown-item" [routerLink]="[ '/accounts', user.account.nameWithHost ]"
+              <a *ngIf="user.account" ngbDropdownItem ngbDropdownToggle class="dropdown-item" [routerLink]="[ '/a', user.account.nameWithHost ]"
                 #profile (click)="onActiveLinkScrollToAnchor(profile)">
                 <my-global-icon iconName="go" aria-hidden="true"></my-global-icon> <ng-container i18n>Public profile</ng-container>
               </a>
diff --git a/client/src/app/root.component.ts b/client/src/app/root.component.ts
index c65f59448..ae999e058 100644
--- a/client/src/app/root.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/root.component.ts
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ export class RootComponent implements OnInit {
           ]))
         )
         .subscribe(actor => {
-          if (actor.constructor.name === 'Account') {
-            this.router.navigateByUrl(`/accounts/${actor.name}`)
+          if (/\/accounts\//.test(actor.url)) {
+            this.router.navigate([ `/a/${actor.name}` ], { state: { type: 'others', obj: { status: 200 } }, skipLocationChange: true })
           }
 
-          if (actor.constructor.name === 'VideoChannel') {
-            this.router.navigateByUrl(`/video-channels/${actor.name}`)
+          if (/\/video-channels\//.test(actor.url)) {
+            this.router.navigate([ `/c/${actor.name}` ], { state: { type: 'others', obj: { status: 200 } }, skipLocationChange: true })
           }
         })
   }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-abuse-list/abuse-list-table.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-abuse-list/abuse-list-table.component.ts
index 4dc2b4f10..07b9dddba 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-abuse-list/abuse-list-table.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-abuse-list/abuse-list-table.component.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export class AbuseListTableComponent extends RestTable implements OnInit {
   }
 
   getAccountUrl (abuse: ProcessedAbuse) {
-    return '/accounts/' + abuse.flaggedAccount.nameWithHost
+    return '/a/' + abuse.flaggedAccount.nameWithHost
   }
 
   getVideoEmbed (abuse: AdminAbuse) {
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notification.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notification.model.ts
index ed5791794..002a01583 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notification.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/users/user-notification.model.ts
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export class UserNotification implements UserNotificationServer {
   }
 
   private buildAccountUrl (account: { name: string, host: string }) {
-    return '/accounts/' + Actor.CREATE_BY_STRING(account.name, account.host)
+    return '/a/' + Actor.CREATE_BY_STRING(account.name, account.host)
   }
 
   private buildVideoImportUrl () {
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-comment/video-comment.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-comment/video-comment.model.ts
index 9a4e3954e..1a2fe03db 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-comment/video-comment.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-comment/video-comment.model.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class VideoCommentAdmin implements VideoCommentAdminServerModel {
     if (this.account) {
       this.by = Actor.CREATE_BY_STRING(this.account.name, this.account.host)
 
-      this.account.localUrl = '/accounts/' + this.by
+      this.account.localUrl = '/a/' + this.by
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html
index 645be92bd..6c34123ed 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-miniature/video-miniature.component.html
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
       <div class="d-flex video-miniature-meta">
         <my-actor-avatar
           *ngIf="displayOptions.avatar && displayOwnerVideoChannel()" [title]="channelLinkTitle"
-          [channel]="video.channel" [size]="actorImageSize" [internalHref]="[ '/video-channels', video.byVideoChannel ]"
+          [channel]="video.channel" [size]="actorImageSize" [internalHref]="[ '/c', video.byVideoChannel ]"
         ></my-actor-avatar>
 
         <my-actor-avatar
           *ngIf="displayOptions.avatar && displayOwnerAccount()" [title]="channelLinkTitle"
-          [account]="video.account" [size]="actorImageSize" [internalHref]="[ '/video-channels', video.byVideoChannel ]"
+          [account]="video.account" [size]="actorImageSize" [internalHref]="[ '/c', video.byVideoChannel ]"
         ></my-actor-avatar>
 
         <div class="w-100 d-flex flex-column">
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
             </span>
           </span>
 
-          <a tabindex="-1" *ngIf="displayOptions.by && displayOwnerAccount()" class="video-miniature-account" [routerLink]="[ '/video-channels', video.byVideoChannel ]">
+          <a tabindex="-1" *ngIf="displayOptions.by && displayOwnerAccount()" class="video-miniature-account" [routerLink]="[ '/c', video.byVideoChannel ]">
             {{ video.byAccount }}
           </a>
-          <a tabindex="-1" *ngIf="displayOptions.by && displayOwnerVideoChannel()" class="video-miniature-channel" [routerLink]="[ '/video-channels', video.byVideoChannel ]">
+          <a tabindex="-1" *ngIf="displayOptions.by && displayOwnerVideoChannel()" class="video-miniature-channel" [routerLink]="[ '/c', video.byVideoChannel ]">
             {{ video.byVideoChannel }}
           </a>
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-element-miniature.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-element-miniature.component.html
index ec004a407..e74f58f47 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-element-miniature.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-element-miniature.component.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
           [attr.title]="playlistElement.video.name"
         >{{ playlistElement.video.name }}</a>
 
-        <a *ngIf="accountLink" tabindex="-1" class="video-info-account" [routerLink]="[ '/accounts', playlistElement.video.byAccount ]">
+        <a *ngIf="accountLink" tabindex="-1" class="video-info-account" [routerLink]="[ '/a', playlistElement.video.byAccount ]">
           {{ playlistElement.video.byAccount }}
         </a>
         <span *ngIf="!accountLink" tabindex="-1" class="video-info-account">{{ playlistElement.video.byAccount }}</span>
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html
index f50f95003..81c36e6fe 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-video-playlist/video-playlist-miniature.component.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       {{ playlist.displayName }}
     </a>
 
-    <a i18n [routerLink]="[ '/video-channels', playlist.videoChannelBy ]" class="by" *ngIf="displayChannel && playlist.videoChannelBy">
+    <a i18n [routerLink]="[ '/c', playlist.videoChannelBy ]" class="by" *ngIf="displayChannel && playlist.videoChannelBy">
       {{ playlist.videoChannelBy }}
     </a>