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YouTube Title & Description Length Checker

Check YouTube title and description length with live grapheme counts, emoji and byte stats, a ≤60 title cue, and a highlighted first-200-character snippet preview—all in your browser.

Video title

Max 100 characters. Keep ≤ 60 for mobile search results.

0 / 100 charactersRecommended ≤ 60 for mobile (avoids truncation)
Emojis: 0
Bytes: 0

Video description

Max 5,000 characters. The first 200 often appear in search snippets.

0 / 5,000 charactersSnippet zone: first 200 characters

Search snippet highlight

Your first 200 characters will highlight here.

Emojis: 0
Bytes: 0

Put the hook, keywords, and CTA in the highlighted snippet zone. Timestamps, links, and hashtags can follow below.

How to Use

  1. Paste or type your video title in the left editor. The tool hard-caps input at 100 graphemes and shows characters used versus that cap.
  2. Watch the title progress bar and status: green when ≤60 graphemes, amber when over the recommended 60 (still under 100), with a mobile truncation warning.
  3. Check the title Emojis and Bytes pills, plus the live preview, so multi-codepoint emoji are counted as graphemes, not raw code units.
  4. Paste your description on the right (capped at 5,000 graphemes). The first 200 graphemes highlight as the snippet zone; the remainder appears dimmed.
  5. Revise until the title stays in the green band and the snippet carries your hook, then use Copy Title / Copy Description to paste into YouTube Studio.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this checker measure for titles?

It counts title length in Unicode graphemes (via Intl.Segmenter when available), shows emoji count and UTF-8 byte size, and enforces a 100-grapheme input cap that matches the tool’s max. A separate recommended band of ≤60 graphemes drives the green/amber progress state and the mobile truncation tip in the UI. Treat 60 as this tool’s drafting cue for avoiding clipped titles in tight layouts—not as a guarantee of how every YouTube surface will display your title.

What is the description snippet highlight?

The description panel counts graphemes up to a 5,000 maximum and highlights the first 200 graphemes as a “search snippet” preview. Text after that stays visible but dimmed so you can see what sits outside the snippet zone. Use that highlight to place your hook, primary keywords, and call-to-action early; put timestamps, longer links, and extra detail below. The 200-grapheme window is this tool’s preview length, not a live Google/YouTube API readout.

How are emojis and “characters” counted?

Visible length uses grapheme segmentation so many multi-byte emoji and combining characters count as one unit—closer to how people read the string than raw UTF-16 code units. A separate Bytes pill shows UTF-8 size, which can be higher than the grapheme count when emoji are present. Example: “How I Edit Product Photos in 10 Minutes” is 39 graphemes / 39 bytes; adding a trailing ✨ becomes 41 graphemes / 43 bytes, still inside the ≤60 recommended title band.

Worked example: what should I see with a typical draft?

Title: “How I Edit Product Photos in 10 Minutes” → 39 / 100 characters, under the ≤60 recommendation (green), 0 emojis. Description starting with a one-paragraph hook plus timestamps and a link (about 283 graphemes total) → counter shows 283 / 5,000; the snippet highlight covers exactly the first 200 graphemes (through early timestamp lines), and the rest is dimmed. Copy buttons only enable when the field has text; nothing is uploaded—counts update locally as you type.

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How to use this YouTube title and description length checker

This YouTube Title & Description Length Checker is a drafting aid for the two fields you edit most before publish: title and description. On the left, type a title and read live grapheme count against a 100-character cap, with a recommended ≤60 band that turns the bar amber when you go longer—the same cue the UI labels as reducing mobile truncation risk. Emoji and byte pills sit under the field so you can see when a decorative emoji changes grapheme versus UTF-8 size. On the right, descriptions are capped at 5,000 graphemes; the first 200 are highlighted as the snippet zone so you can verify the hook viewers may see before “show more,” while timestamps and links can live below. Worked example aligned to the tool’s counters: title “How I Edit Product Photos in 10 Minutes” = 39 graphemes (green). A ~283-grapheme description with intro, chapter lines, and a checklist link fills the 200-grapheme highlight and leaves the remainder dimmed. Common mistakes this UI catches: stacking the real promise after character 60 in the title, parking the CTA after the snippet highlight, assuming byte size equals grapheme count when emoji are present, or pasting a draft longer than the hard caps (the editors slice input at 100 / 5,000). Practical workflow: draft title to green → write the first 200 graphemes of the description as a self-contained pitch → add chapters and links underneath → copy both fields into YouTube Studio. Counts run entirely in your browser; use them to inspect length and preview layout, not as a substitute for Studio’s own publish checks.