Paste your title and see the exact character and word count — with the 100-character limit and the 60-character cut-off point marked. Free, instant.
Run it through the title tester for an SEO + click-through score, then check the thumbnail.
Title tester Thumbnail tester| Field | Limit | Shown until |
|---|---|---|
| Video title | 100 characters | ~60 in search, ~70 in the feed |
| Description | 5,000 characters | ~150 in search results |
| Tags | 500 characters total | — |
| Channel name | ~100 characters | Truncated on mobile |
The 100-character figure is your hard limit; the ~60-character point is where titles commonly start getting cut off, so front-load the important words.
100 characters. Titles longer than that cannot be saved. In practice, search and the feed truncate much earlier, so 25–60 characters is the safe zone.
Aim for 25–60 characters. It is long enough for a hook plus a keyword, and short enough not to be cut off.
5,000 characters. Only the first ~150 characters show in search, so put links and key info at the top.
Yes — the counter includes spaces, punctuation and emoji, exactly as YouTube counts them.