Title Check

Check a YouTube title and description before you publish

Paste a title, description and tags: see the counts against YouTube's limits, where lists cut the title, the hashtags and whether the chapters work.

Free. Works in any browser, on a phone or a computer. What you put here stays on your device.

About Title Check

A title can be up to 100 characters, a description up to 5,000. YouTube's API, which upload tools use, counts the description in bytes, so Title Check counts both.
Neither may contain < or >.
Tags: up to 500 characters in all. The commas count, and a tag with a space counts its quotation marks.
Hashtags: of those in the description, YouTube shows up to three by the title, the ones it judges most engaging. With more than 60, it ignores every hashtag on the video.
Chapters: the first at 00:00, at least three in order, each at least 10 seconds long.

Lists cut a long title at about 70 characters on a computer, fewer on a phone. That is an estimate, not a YouTube rule.

How long can a YouTube title be?: 100 characters. Lists cut it at about 70 on a computer, so put the words that matter first.
Why do my chapters not show?: The first time must be 00:00, there must be at least three in order, and each must be at least 10 seconds long; Title Check finds the times in your description and checks all of them. Chapters also do not show when a channel has an active strike or the video may be inappropriate for some viewers, and a channel without them yet applies for access to advanced features.
Which hashtags show above my title?: YouTube picks up to three of your description's hashtags, the ones it judges most engaging. Title Check counts them, but cannot know which three.
Is what I type sent anywhere?: No. The checks run in your browser.