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YouTube Description Counter

Draft the video description. Live 5,000-character count with color feedback.

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What counts toward 5,000

Body text, chapters, timestamps, hashtags, links, line breaks. YouTube uses the first three hashtags as clickable topics above the title, so put your top three at the very end for maximum reach.

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Common questions

Do chapters count?

Yes. Chapter timestamps and titles are part of the 5,000.

What are the hashtag rules?

Up to 15 hashtags in the description. The first three show above the video title as clickable topics.

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