YouTube title character counter
YouTube allows 100 characters in a title and 5,000 in the description. Lists and mobile search truncate much earlier, so front-load the keyword.
This page counts · 100 chars
0
0Characters
0No spaces
0Words
0Lines
0Paragraphs
0UTF-8 bytes
Technical details — what was counted
| Graphemes — visible characters | 0 |
| Unicode code points — Python len() | 0 |
| UTF-16 code units — JavaScript .length | 0 |
| UTF-8 bytes — web, DB, payloads | 0 |
| Korean SMS (EUC-KR-style) bytes, approx. | 0 |
| Whitespace (spaces, line breaks, tabs) | 0 |
| Hangul syllables | 0 |
| Reading time (230 wpm) | 0 |
| Reading time, Korean (500 syllables/min) | 0 |
Title tips
- Lead with the topic; put branding at the end.
<and>aren't allowed in titles.- The first 2–3 lines of the description show before ‘more’.
FAQ
Max YouTube title length?
100 characters.
Max description length?
5,000 characters.
Shorts?
Shorts use the same title field — 100 characters.
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