YouTube Description Counter

Check a YouTube description against the 5,000-character limit and see the part viewers notice first.

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What does the YouTube Description Counter do?

Paste your description to see characters used and remaining, words, links, hashtags, timestamps and UTF-8 bytes. A preview shows roughly the first 157 characters — what tends to appear in search results.

The tool also warns about YouTube’s rules: angle brackets (< >) are not allowed, more than 15 hashtags means all are ignored, and chapters need the first timestamp to be 0:00.

How to use the YouTube Description Counter

  1. Paste your description.
  2. Check the counts and the preview.
  3. Fix any warnings.
  4. Copy the description back into YouTube Studio.

Examples

Front-loading

Moving “Free template in the link below” into the first line makes sure viewers see it in search.

Common use cases

  • Final checks before publishing
  • Editing long descriptions
  • Auditing old videos

Features and benefits

  • Private by design — your data is processed on your device and never uploaded.
  • Free with no account, no watermark and no usage limits.
  • Works on phones, tablets and desktops in any modern browser.

Limitations to know

  • YouTube’s visible preview length varies by device.

Frequently asked questions

What is the YouTube description limit?

5,000 characters.

Can I use < and > in descriptions?

No, YouTube rejects them.

How many hashtags are allowed?

Use up to 15; over 15 and YouTube ignores all of them.

Embed this tool on your website

Add the free YouTube Description Counter to your blog or website. Paste the code into your page’s HTML; the tool runs in your visitors’ browsers and stays up to date automatically. Please keep the credit line below the tool.

Free to use on any website. The tool runs inside an iframe served from viptools.pk; nothing your visitors type is sent to your site or ours. Preview the embedded version.

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