YouTube Title Length Checker
Check your title's length and see exactly where it gets cut off in search, on mobile and in suggested — with a live character meter. Free, no login.
How it looks on YouTube
Desktop search
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Mobile
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Suggested / sidebar
Your channel
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Browser tab
Previews use your browser's rendering to approximate YouTube's own truncation — the exact cut-off can vary by a character or two across devices.
Most people watch YouTube on a phone, where titles are trimmed hard. A title that fits perfectly in your Studio editor can lose its punch line — or its keyword — the moment it hits the feed. This tool renders your title at each surface's real width so you can see the actual cut-off point, not just a character count.
How long should a YouTube title be?
Aim for ~60 characters to stay fully visible on mobile. Between 60 and 70 you'll start losing the end on small screens; past 70 it's trimmed in search and suggested too. YouTube's hard limit is 100 characters. Front-load the words that matter — the keyword and the hook — so nothing important is what gets cut.
Titles are half the click
Viewers read the title and thumbnail together. Once the length is right, check how the two read as a pair in the Thumbnail Previewer, and run the whole video through the Video SEO Checker to catch anything else holding it back.
Frequently asked questions
What's the ideal YouTube title length?+
Keep it to about 60 characters so the whole title is visible on mobile, where most views happen. You have up to 100 characters before YouTube stops you, but search results and suggested videos start trimming titles well before that — usually around 70 characters on desktop and fewer on phones.
What is YouTube's maximum title length?+
100 characters, including spaces. That's a hard cap — YouTube won't let you save a longer title. This tool flags the moment you cross it.
Why does my title get cut off with '…' ?+
YouTube trims titles to fit the space on each surface — a two-line box in search, a narrower one on mobile, and a small one in the suggested sidebar. Anything past the fold is replaced with an ellipsis, so your most important words need to come first.
Is truncation based on characters or pixels?+
Pixels, really — a title of wide characters (M, W, capitals) truncates sooner than one of narrow characters. That's why this tool renders your actual title at each surface's real width instead of just counting characters, so you see the true cut-off point.
Where should I put my keyword in the title?+
Near the front. Because titles truncate from the right and viewers scan the first few words, a keyword that's front-loaded stays visible everywhere and does the most work.
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