YouTube Title Length Checker — Truncation Preview

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YouTube shows ~60 characters in most places and truncates around 70. Aim for ≤60.

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How to use YouTube Title Length Checker

Type or paste your title — the count updates live.
Watch the ~60-character line — that's what search and suggested feeds display.
Front-load the hook: keyword and promise inside the first 40–50 characters.
Trim past 100 — YouTube hard-rejects beyond it; under 60 is the real target.

What is YouTube Title Length Checker?

A YouTube title length checker counts your title's characters live and shows it against the limits that matter: the hard 100-character maximum YouTube accepts, and the softer ~60–70 character point where search results and suggested-video sidebars start cutting titles with an ellipsis.

The truncation point is the real constraint: a 95-character masterpiece whose payoff lives in the last 30 characters displays as a mystery in every feed. Titles are read truncated far more often than whole — writing to the visible budget is writing for reality.

About the YouTube Title Length Checker

Type or paste your title and watch the count against both thresholds — with the practical read: everything after ~60 characters is at risk of never being seen.

The discipline it enforces: front-load ruthlessly (keyword and hook in the first 40 characters — they survive every surface, including mobile where cuts come earliest), spend the 40–60 zone on the qualifier or promise, and treat 60+ as bonus space for the watch page only. Test your real candidates: the difference between "How I Doubled My Channel in 90 Days (No Shorts)" (48 — safe everywhere) and a 90-character version is whether viewers see the promise or a preposition.

Companion checks while you're here: the A/B Title Tester compares candidates, and title casing conventions (Title Case dominates on YouTube) are one click away in the Video Title Capitalizer.

Frequently Asked Questions

100 characters hard maximum — but display truncation starts around 60–70 in search and suggested feeds, and earlier on mobile. 60 is the working budget; 100 is just the ceiling.

Search results and suggested sidebars: ~60–70 characters. Mobile feeds: often less. The watch page shows the full title — but viewers decide to click before they ever reach it.

The keyword and the core promise — the part that must survive every surface. Qualifiers, parentheticals and branding go after; they're expendable under truncation.

Yes, and often as 2 characters each. They also render inconsistently across devices — use sparingly, and never as the carrier of the hook.

Below ~60, length is neutral — clarity decides. The rule isn't "short"; it's "nothing essential past the cut". A crisp 58 beats both a vague 30 and a brilliant-but-truncated 90.