Free YouTube tools
Fast, no-login utilities for creators — built on real, public YouTube data. When you're ready to actually outrank your competition, the full VidHalo analysis is one click away.
YouTube Thumbnail Downloader
Grab any video's thumbnail in full HD — every resolution, one click, no login.
Open toolYouTube Thumbnail Previewer
See your thumbnail in real YouTube search, home-feed and sidebar layouts before you publish.
Open toolYouTube Thumbnail Resizer
Resize any image to YouTube's 1280×720 spec — crop or letterbox, auto-compressed under the 2MB limit, all in your browser.
Open toolYouTube Banner Resizer
Resize channel art to 2560×1440 with the safe area overlaid — see what survives on mobile, desktop and TV before you upload.
Open toolYouTube Video SEO Checker
Score any video's title, description, tags, chapters and hashtags against YouTube's rules.
Open toolYouTube Title Length Checker
See exactly where your title gets cut off in search, mobile and suggested — before you publish.
Open toolYouTube Description Checker
Count your description against the 5,000-character limit and see exactly where the “…more” fold cuts it.
Open toolYouTube Chapters Validator
Paste your timestamps and find out if YouTube will turn them into chapters — and why not if it won't.
Open toolYouTube Subscriber Tracker
Look up any channel's subscriber count, views and upload stats — plus how far it is from monetization.
Open toolYouTube Money Calculator
Estimate ad revenue from your views and niche — as an honest range, not a fake exact figure.
Open toolYouTube Watch Hours Calculator
Work out when you'll hit 4,000 watch hours — and whether your current rate ever gets you there inside the 12-month window.
Open toolYouTube Hashtag Extractor
Pull the hashtags from any title and description, and check them against YouTube's 15-tag limit.
Open toolVideo Script Length Calculator
Turn a script into a runtime — or a target length into the word count you need — at your own speaking pace.
Open toolYouTube Shorts Length Checker
See how your Short's length compares to the best-performing bands — and the sweet spot that reaches the most viewers.
Open toolSRT to VTT Converter
Convert subtitles between SubRip and WebVTT in both directions — in your browser, with an honest list of what each format can't carry.
Open toolGet the YouTube Outrank Checklist
The 12 checks we run on every top-ranking video — title, chapters, comment demand and content gaps. Free, straight to your inbox.
The checklist, plus the occasional YouTube growth tip. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Want more than a quick fix?
These tools polish one video. VidHalo analyzes the top-ranking videos for your topic and writes the brief to beat them — content gaps, chapter depth, comment demand and metadata fixes.