Free YouTube SEO grader — no signup

Score every video on title, description, tags

Paste the three fields you fill in YouTube Studio. The analyzer returns a 0–100 number and a per-input checklist of what already works and what to fix — all inside this tab, all free.

Updated June 2026
★★★★★ 4.9/5 — graded 1.8M+ videos this year
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Score your video metadata

Title, description, tags, and target keyword — instant SEO score with fix chips.

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Six checks behind every score

Title length, keyword placement, description depth, hashtag count, tag diversity, CTA presence — graded together, returned in one panel.

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Title length checker

Counts characters and flags anything outside the 50–70 sweet spot where titles render fully on every YouTube surface.

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Keyword placement

Scans the first 50 characters of the title and the first 150 of the description for your target phrase — the two slots ranking signals weight hardest.

Emotional trigger scan

Detects proven hook words drawn from a curated list of curiosity, shock and stakes drivers — the same family of words that lift CTR.

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Description depth

Measures length, link count, timestamp presence and CTA phrases against the 250-character minimum that descriptions need to compete.

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Hashtag & tag rules

Counts hashtags inside the description (3–5 ideal) plus tag count and average tag length to keep your discovery clean.

Per-input checklists

Each sub-score returns a green list of what already works and a red list of fixes — you keep the voice, the analyzer keeps the math.

Three steps from paste to plan

Title, description, tags scored 0-100 with per-input fix chips.

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Paste your metadata

Title, description, tags, and (optional) target keyword. Live character and tag counters update as you type.

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Three sub-scores merge

Title /35 + Description /35 + Tags /30. Sweet-spot windows score full points; outside the windows score loses.

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Read fix-chip output

Publish-ready / Almost there / Needs work / Rewrite recommended verdict, with per-input green and red fix chips underneath.

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Title, description, tags — scored side by side

Every signal YouTube reads from your upload form gets graded inside one panel. No tab switching, no spreadsheet, no copy-paste between tools.

Title length: 50–70 characters. Hit it every time.

Titles under thirty characters look thin in the grid; titles over eighty get cut by an ellipsis on mobile feed. The analyzer counts characters live, watches for capitalization mistakes, scans for keyword presence inside the first fifty characters, and looks for at least one emotional trigger word from a curated list.

  • Live character count against the 50–70 sweet spot
  • Keyword detection in the first fifty characters
  • Capitalization plus trigger-word scan
Hit the 50–70 character sweet spot every time

Early keyword. Three hashtags. One CTA.

The first 150 characters of the description are what YouTube indexes hardest — the analyzer checks for the target keyword inside that window. It then counts hashtags (three to five), counts outbound links, scans for chapter timestamps, and looks for one of forty CTA phrasings. Each finding lands as a chip in the result panel.

  • Keyword in the first 150 characters — checked
  • Hashtag count window 3–5 — enforced
  • CTA phrase, link and chapter timestamp scans
Early keyword, three hashtags, one CTA

8–15 tags. Two or three words each.

Tag fields are the most ignored part of YouTube SEO. The analyzer breaks down tag count, average word length per tag, presence of the target keyword, and variations of it — singular, plural, “how to” prefixes. You get a quick verdict on whether the field is doing work or just sitting there.

  • Tag count window 8–15 — checked
  • Average words per tag (2–3 ideal) — checked
  • Target keyword and variations — matched
Eight to fifteen tags, two or three words each

One 0–100 score. Iterate against it.

Three sub-scores (Title 35, Description 35, Tags 30) roll up into one number every editor can chase. Score it before publish, edit, re-score — treat the panel like a unit test for your metadata until the green chips outnumber the red ones.

  • One 0–100 score per video upload
  • Three sub-scores so you know what to fix first
  • Re-runs instantly — no upload, no API key
One 0–100 number you can iterate against

A plain guide to YouTube video SEO

YouTube ranks videos against a handful of signals it reads straight from your upload form — the title text, the description body, and the tag list. Get these three fields wrong and even strong footage will sit at zero impressions. This page grades the three fields the same way YouTube's own ranker reads them, then shows you exactly what to change before you hit publish.

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What the title field actually controls

The title is the largest CTR lever you have. YouTube weights the first words heaviest, so your keyword belongs in the first half. Hit a length between 50 and 70 characters so the line renders cleanly on grid, mobile feed and search.

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Why the first 150 characters of the description matter

That's the window YouTube indexes hardest and the slice users actually see before clicking Show more. Pack the keyword, a clean one-line summary and one chapter timestamp inside it — everything after that is bonus depth.

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Hashtags vs tags — not the same field

Hashtags sit inside the description body (3–5 is the sweet spot, only the first three show above the title). Tags are the separate keyword list YouTube Studio asks for — aim for 8–15 phrases, two or three words each.

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What a healthy score looks like

Anything above 80 is publish-ready. 60–79 is fixable in two minutes — usually a missing CTA, too few tags, or the keyword sitting too late in the title. Below 60 means rewrite the title or pad the description before uploading.

Seven jobs this analyzer handles

One paste, seven graded outputs — everything YouTube reads from your upload form gets a verdict.

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Title length grader

Counts characters live and flags everything outside the 50–70 sweet spot where titles render cleanly across every YouTube surface.

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Keyword placement audit

Confirms your target keyword sits in the first 50 characters of the title and the first 150 of the description — the two priority slots.

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Trigger-word detector

Scans the title for emotional and curiosity drivers drawn from a list of 40+ proven hook words.

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Description depth scorer

Grades total length, link count, timestamp presence and CTA phrasing inside the description body.

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Hashtag counter

Counts hashtags inside the description and checks they land in the 3–5 window.

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Tag list quality check

Counts tags, averages word length per tag, scans for the target keyword and its singular/plural variants.

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Combined 0–100 score

Rolls the three sub-scores into one number you can iterate against until the green chips outnumber the red.

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Who runs videos through this every week

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Solo creators

Pre-flight every upload before publish — titles, descriptions and tag lists all pass the grader before they ever land on YouTube.

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YouTube channel managers

Audit a backlog of 200 older videos in an afternoon and rewrite the ones scoring below sixty.

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Video editors

Get the metadata sign-off before the rendered MP4 even finishes exporting.

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Course teachers and coaches

Teach a repeatable pre-publish ritual to clients without sending them to a paid platform first.

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Agencies and freelance SEO

Drop a screenshot of the result panel into client reports as the “before” baseline for every revision.

How the score actually gets built

Five deterministic stages between your paste and the 0–100 number on screen.

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Inputs land in three buckets

Title, description and tags are read straight from the form. The optional target keyword is normalised to lower case for matching.

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Title scored out of 35

Length window, keyword in first 50 characters, capitalisation, presence of at least one trigger word — each rule worth a fixed slice.

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Description scored out of 35

Total length, keyword in first 150 characters, link count, hashtag window 3–5, CTA phrase present — each lands as a chip.

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Tags scored out of 30

Tag count window 8–15, average words per tag, keyword and variations detected. Empty or one-tag fields go straight to zero.

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Three sub-scores roll into one number

35 + 35 + 30 = 100. The overall figure paints green, amber or red, and every working / fixing chip stays visible underneath.

Three quick reviews from working channels

“I run every upload through this before publish. Two minutes, three sub-scores, then I rewrite the title until the panel turns green. CTR up roughly eighteen per cent across the last forty videos.”

— Mira Vance, YouTube Strategist

“I edit for three different cooking channels. The grader is now part of my export checklist — the score has to be eighty plus before the MP4 leaves the project folder.”

— Esteban Ruiz, Senior Video Editor

“Audited a back catalogue of two hundred videos in an afternoon. Forty of them scored under sixty, all because the keyword was sitting too late in the title. Easy weekend rewrite.”

— Tilly Brookhaven, Channel Manager

Direct answers about the SEO grader

The score combines title health (35 points), description health (35 points) and tag health (30 points). Each input is graded on length, keyword placement and structural signals — the three sub-scores then add up to your overall number.
Yes. The whole tool runs inside your browser tab — no upload, no API call, no signup. Run a hundred videos in an afternoon at zero cost.
Titles between 50 and 70 characters tend to render cleanly across the desktop grid, the mobile feed and search results. Under 30 looks thin; over 80 gets truncated with an ellipsis on most surfaces.
Three to five. YouTube counts only the first three above the title; piling on more dilutes click signal without adding reach. The analyzer flags any count outside that window.
First 50 characters of the title and first 150 characters of the description. Both placements get a positive checkmark in the per-input report when the keyword is present early.
Eight to fifteen, mostly two- or three-word phrases. Single-word tags compete with the entire platform; six-word tags rarely match a real search. The tool checks both count and average length.
No — it diagnoses, you decide. Each input panel returns a green checklist of what already works and a red checklist of fixes to apply, so you stay in control of voice and angle.
Yes. The title scan checks for trigger words drawn from a curated list of proven hooks — surprising, secret, never, behind, brutal, instant and more. Hits show up in the working column.
Right-click the result panel and use your browser print-to-PDF, or copy the bullet text into your notes. No accounts are involved at any step.
Yes. The scoring rules apply to any YouTube upload — Shorts, long-form, livestream replays. Length sweet spots stay identical because YouTube indexes all three the same way.

Paste a title. Score it. Publish smarter.

Drop your title, description and tags above. The analyzer returns a number and a checklist in the same tab — iterate until the panel goes green.

What users are saying

4.8 · 12 reviews
Tyler M.
★★★★★

Run a small gaming channel — used the revenue calculator and SEO analyzer the same week. The SEO tool flagged that my titles were under-optimized. Renamed three videos, saw views jump 40% over the next 30 days.

Olivia G.
★★★★★

Monetization checker confirmed my channel met all the policies before I applied. Saved me an awkward rejection from YouTube. Worth its weight.

Marcus D.
★★★★★

Shorts revenue calculator gave me an honest range — small for new shorts, real for proven ones. Other tools just hype the number to make creators dream.

Sarah K.
★★★★★

Video lifecycle analyzer changed how I plan content. Showed me how my old videos still pulled views years later. Started making more evergreen pieces because of that data.

Brandon L.
★★★★½

Solid toolkit. Would love the retention-rate estimator to factor in audience age more carefully, but the data is still very useful for content tweaks.

Hannah C.
★★★★★

Cross-platform agency here. We use the revenue calculator for client budget conversations. The estimates land within reasonable margins of actual reported earnings.

Reggie M.
★★★★★

SEO analyzer pointed out that my video descriptions were missing keywords the title implied. Quick fix, real impact on impressions.

Vikram J.
★★★★★

Money calculator gave a defensible number for a sponsor pitch. Got the deal. The platform stopped paying me as well last year so external estimators matter now.

Liam C.
★★★★½

Useful suite. Would love a "compare two videos" mode for the SEO analyzer, but the single-video analysis is already detailed.

Aanya M.
★★★★★

Retention-rate estimator helped me see why a specific video underperformed. Hooks dropping at the 8-second mark. Re-edited and republished, doubled retention.

Owen P.
★★★★★

Monetization checker is honest — told me my new channel was not eligible yet and exactly which criteria I was missing. Better than YouTube's own opaque process.

Carla T.
★★★★★

No paywall. No upsell. Free YouTube tools that actually give real numbers. Filipino creators thank you.