YouTube Video SEO Checker
Paste your title, description and tags to score them against proven optimization checks — and see exactly what to fix.
- ○ Title is 30–60 characters
- ○ Title contains a number
- ○ Description is 200+ characters
- ○ Description repeats the main keyword
- ○ At least 5 tags
- ○ Includes hashtags
- ○ Has timestamps
It scores your video's title, description, and tags against YouTube SEO best practices and flags what to fix, like a title running past the ~60-character cutoff or a thin description. Creators run it right before hitting publish, or to clean up older videos that have stopped getting impressions.
How to use the Video SEO Checker
- 1. Paste your video title, description, and tags (or the video URL)
- 2. Add the keyword you want the video to rank for
- 3. Run the check to get a score with per-field flags
- 4. Fix the items it marks: shorten an over-length title, fill out a thin description, add missing keyword variants
- 5. Re-run to confirm the score went up before you publish
FAQ
Aim for under ~60 characters. YouTube truncates titles past that point in search and suggested feeds, so put the keyword and the hook early.
Only a little. YouTube has said tags play a minimal role and mostly help with common misspellings. The title, description, and what viewers actually watch matter far more, so don't stuff 50 tags and call it done.
Front-load the first 1-2 lines with your keyword and the value of the video, since that's what shows above the fold and in search snippets. Then add context, chapters, and links below. Avoid keyword stuffing.
No. SEO gets you found, but click-through rate (thumbnail and title) and watch time decide how far the video travels. Treat the score as a floor to clear, not the whole game.
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