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YouTube Description Length Checker

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📏 YouTube Description Best Practices

First 150 characters — these appear in search results and below the video before "Show more." Put your primary keyword and the most important information here.
Ideal length — 200–500 words (1,000–2,500 characters) for most videos. Longer is better for educational content; shorter is fine for shorts or clips.
5,000-character limit — YouTube's hard cap. Anything over is silently cut off. Check your count before publishing.
Avoid front-loading hashtags — hashtags belong at the end. The first 150 characters should be searchable text, not #tags that break up your snippet.

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