Paste any video URL for an instant SEO audit. See title, description, tags, and thumbnail scores with fix-first recommendations.
Enter a YouTube video URL to get your SEO score
Overall SEO Score
Custom HD thumbnail quality
Captions + optimal video length
Most new videos score 35–55 before optimization. Here is what each grade means.
A+
90–100
Excellent
A
80–89
Great
B
70–79
Good
C
60–69
Average
D
50–59
Needs Work
F
Below 50
Poor
250+ chars with keywords in first 2 lines
40–70 chars, keyword at the front
10–20 specific, relevant tags
Likes + comments relative to views
Custom 1280×720 HD image
CC enabled, 8–15 min ideal
YouTube processes 500+ hours of uploads every minute. The algorithm decides visibility from metadata — title, description, tags, thumbnail — before anyone watches a single second. A well-optimized average video outranks a beautifully produced one with poor SEO.
CTR from thumbnails is a direct ranking signal. Engagement rate tells YouTube whether viewers were satisfied. Our checker scores all of these and tells you exactly what to fix first.
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