What is the YouTube title character limit?

YouTube allows up to 100 characters for video titles. However, titles are truncated at approximately 70 characters in search results and suggested videos.

What is the YouTube description character limit?

YouTube descriptions allow up to 5,000 characters. The first 150 characters show above the fold, so front-load your most important keywords and links.

How many characters can YouTube tags be?

YouTube allows up to 500 characters total for all tags combined. Use specific, relevant tags rather than generic ones.

What is the ideal YouTube title length?

Aim for 50-70 characters to ensure your full title is visible in search results without truncation.

YouTube Character Counter

Optimize your YouTube titles, descriptions, and tags. Prevent title truncation in search results.

Title

0 / 100

Description

0 / 5,000

About This Tool

Optimize your YouTube titles, descriptions, and tags with our free character counter. YouTube titles allow 100 characters (truncated at ~70 in search), descriptions allow 5,000 characters, and tags allow 500 characters total. Prevent truncation and maximize SEO.

How to Use

1Select Title, Description, or Tags.
2Type or paste your YouTube content.
3The counter shows your character usage against YouTube's limits.
4For titles, aim for under 70 characters to prevent truncation in search results.
5Copy your optimized content and paste it into YouTube Studio.

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