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YouTube Title and Description Checker

Count your title and description against YouTube's limits and see how the video will look in search results before you publish.

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How to use the Title and Description Checker

  1. 01

    Type or load

    Type a title and description, or load them from a video that's already published.

  2. 02

    Read the checks

    See the length against YouTube's limits, characters YouTube rejects and whether there are too many hashtags.

  3. 03

    Preview it

    Switch between the desktop search and phone previews to see where your title gets cut off.

YouTube's title and description limits

A title can be up to 100 characters and a description up to 5,000. YouTube won't save either if it contains the < or > characters, and it ignores all of a video's hashtags if there are more than 60.

Fitting the limit isn't the same as being seen. Search results and suggested videos cut titles off after about two lines, and only the opening of the description shows in search, so the words that matter most should come first.

Frequently asked questions

How long can a YouTube title be?

Up to 100 characters. Titles over about 70 characters are often cut off on phones and in suggested videos, so keep the key words near the start.

How long can a YouTube description be?

Up to 5,000 characters. Emoji and letters outside the Latin alphabet take several bytes each, so a description full of them can hit the limit sooner.

Why won't YouTube save my title?

It's probably longer than 100 characters or contains < or >, which YouTube doesn't allow in titles or descriptions.

How many hashtags can a video have?

If a video has more than 60 hashtags across its title and description, YouTube ignores all of them.

Is the preview exact?

It's close, not pixel-perfect. YouTube's layout changes with screen size, and where text is cut off depends on the width of the letters used.

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