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YouTube Video Title Extractor

Paste a video link to get its title exactly as the creator wrote it, ready to copy, with its length and how much of it shows before it's cut off.

What is a YouTube video title extractor?

A video title extractor gets a video's title exactly as the creator saved it. Copying a title from the YouTube page can drag in extra text, lose emoji, or give you a version YouTube auto-translated into your language.

The tool reads the original from YouTube's API, counts its characters the way a person would (an emoji counts as one), and shows how much fits before YouTube cuts it off on phones and in suggested videos. You can copy it as plain text or as a ready-made Markdown or HTML link. It's handy for citing a video in notes or a bibliography, building a link for a blog post, or checking a competitor's title length.

How to copy a YouTube video title

  1. 1.Paste the video link

    Paste the video's address. Watch pages, Shorts, embeds and short youtu.be links are all recognised.

  2. 2.Get the title

    The title appears exactly as YouTube stores it, including emoji and symbols.

  3. 3.Copy or check it

    Copy it as plain text or as a Markdown or HTML link, or open it in the title checker or capitalizer.

Example: a long title

Say a video's title is 82 characters long.

Characters
82 of 100
Fits before cut-off
about the first 70
Hidden on phones
roughly the last 12 characters
Markdown link
[Title](https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID)

The title is allowed, but its last few words may be cut off on phones, so the key words should come early.

The title as YouTube stores it

Copying a title from the YouTube page often picks up extra text or loses emoji. This tool reads it from the YouTube Data API, so you get exactly what the creator typed.

It also counts characters the way people do, so an emoji counts as one, and shows how much of the title fits before YouTube shortens it on phones and in suggested videos.

Frequently asked questions

What is the character limit for a YouTube title?

Up to 100 characters. Titles over about 70 characters are often cut off on phones and in suggested videos, so put the important words first.

Why does the title look different on YouTube?

YouTube can show a translated title to viewers in other languages. This tool shows the original title the creator wrote.

Can I get the titles of a whole playlist or channel?

Yes. Use the playlist title extractor or the channel title extractor to copy every title at once.

Are emoji counted correctly?

Yes. Each emoji counts as one character, including ones built from several joined symbols such as flags, so the count matches what you see on screen.

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