Video & Link Tools

Title & Description Checker

Check your title, description, and tags against YouTube's actual character limits, with a search-truncation warning for long titles.

Video title

0 / 100

Description

0 / 5,000

Tags (comma separated)

0 / 500 characters 0 tags

About the Title & Description Checker

The Title & Description Checker validates a video's title, description, and tags against YouTube's real character limits before you publish. It's built for creators who want to avoid silently truncated titles or dropped tags, channel managers reviewing metadata before scheduling a video, and anyone who's ever wondered exactly how long a YouTube title or description is allowed to be. As you type, live counters and progress bars track your usage against each limit — 100 characters for titles, 5,000 for descriptions, and 500 combined for tags — with a clear warning once a field goes over. It also flags titles approaching the point where search results and suggested-video thumbnails tend to truncate them with an ellipsis, even before hitting YouTube's hard 100-character cap.

How to Use the Title & Description Checker

Type or paste your video title into the title field and watch the live character counter.
Type or paste your description into the description field to check it against the 5,000-character limit.
Type or paste your tags, separated by commas, into the tags field.
Watch for the orange warning message if your title risks truncation in search results.
Watch for the red "over limit" state on any field's progress bar before publishing.

Key Features

Live character counters for title, description, and tags as you type
Visual progress bars that turn red when a field exceeds YouTube's limit
Early warning for titles likely to be truncated in search results, well before the hard 100-character cap
Automatic tag count alongside the combined character count
Checks all three fields at once, side by side
No login or upload required — just type or paste and check

Practical Use Cases

A creator writing a title wants to know if it will get cut off with "..." in search results before publishing.
Someone drafting a long, detailed description wants to confirm it fits within YouTube's 5,000-character limit.
A creator adding a long list of tags wants to check they haven't silently exceeded the combined character limit.
A channel manager reviewing a batch of scheduled videos wants a quick way to catch metadata problems before they go live.

Related Terminology

Title truncation: When YouTube cuts off a title with an ellipsis ("...") in search results or suggested videos because it's too long to display fully in the available space.
Video tags: Optional keywords attached to a video, mainly used by YouTube to help correct for common misspellings of a video's main topic — distinct from hashtags, which appear in the title or description.

Frequently asked questions

What are YouTube's real limits?

Titles: 100 characters. Descriptions: 5,000 characters. Tags: 500 characters combined, including commas — YouTube silently drops anything past these limits.

Why does it warn me before 100 characters on the title?

Search results and suggested-video thumbnails typically truncate titles around 60–70 characters — staying under that keeps your full title visible without a "..." cutoff.

Do tags still matter for SEO?

YouTube has said tags play a minor role compared to title, description, and thumbnail — mainly helpful for correcting common misspellings of your main keyword.

What counts toward the tag character limit?

All your tags combined, including the commas separating them — not each tag individually. The tool shows both your total character count and how many individual tags that adds up to.

Does this check my video against YouTube directly?

No — it checks whatever you type or paste against YouTube's known, publicly documented limits. It doesn't connect to your channel or verify a video already published.

Is this a youtube title checker for character limits?

Yes — this youtube title length checker and youtube character limit checker shows a live youtube title character counter as you type, so you can check youtube title length before publishing.

Does it also work as a youtube description length checker?

Yes — description length is checked against YouTube's 5,000-character limit using the same live counter approach as the title field.