YouTube title and description checker
Check the 100 character title and the 5,000 byte description before you upload, catch the characters YouTube rejects, and see where your title gets cut off in search, on phones and on Google.
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Your channel · 12K views
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Your channel · 12K views
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Your channel · 12K views
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Measured in YouTube’s font at the width each place gives a title. Screens differ, so treat it as about.
What shows of your description
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Hashtags
0 / 60Add hashtags to the description and up to 3 show next to your title.
Chapters
List timestamps in the description, starting at 0:00, and YouTube splits the video into chapters.
The rules your title and description must follow
What YouTube accepts, what it shows, and what it quietly ignores.
Titles stop at 100 characters
YouTube won’t save a title longer than 100 characters, and it needs one to publish. Every character counts once, emoji included.
Descriptions are counted in bytes
The 5,000 limit is in bytes, not characters. Plain English letters take 1 byte, accented letters 2, Hindi, Chinese or Japanese 3, and emoji 4. A description full of emoji or written in another script runs out much sooner.
No < or >
YouTube rejects both in titles and descriptions, so an arrow like -> or a heart like <3 stops the upload. Swap them for → and ♥.
Titles get cut by width
YouTube cuts a title where the line runs out of room, not after a set number of characters. Wide letters like W, M and capitals fill it sooner than i or l, so two titles of the same length get cut at different points.
Hashtags: 3 show, 60 max
Up to 3 hashtags from the description show next to the title. Add more than 60 and YouTube ignores all of them.
Chapters come from timestamps
List timestamps in the description, starting at 0:00, at least 3 of them in order, each chapter 10 seconds or longer, and YouTube splits the video into chapters.
YouTube title and description limits
What YouTube accepts for each part of a video’s text.
| Part | Limit | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Title | 100 characters | Required. No < or >. |
| Description | 5,000 bytes | No < or >. Emoji take 4 bytes, accented letters 2. |
| Hashtags | 60 per video | More and all are ignored. Up to 3 show by the title. |
| Chapters | 3 or more | First at 0:00, in order, each at least 10 seconds. |
How much of a YouTube title shows
YouTube cuts by width, so this is how much of a title in ordinary words fits. Capitals and wide letters fit fewer.
| Where | Shows about | Lines | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube search | All 100 characters | 2 | Measured on youtube.com |
| Home feed on a phone | 67 characters | 2 | Estimated from the layout |
| Up next, beside a video | 43 characters | 2 | Estimated from the layout |
| Shorts shelf | 34 characters | 2 | Measured on youtube.com |
| Google search | 43 characters | 1 | Estimated from the layout |
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