YouTube Title
Extractor & Truncation Tester
The exact title of any video, verbatim from the official API — then everything YouTube does to it: previewed in the five placements that truncate it, scored on CTR signals, audited across 25 videos at once, and rebuilt side-by-side in the rewrite scratchpad. Works with a URL or with a draft title you haven't published yet.
- ● Canonical API title, verbatim
- ● 5 truncation previews
- ● CTR signals, measured
- ● Bulk audit · 25 URLs → CSV
You'll get the verbatim title with truncation previews for search, mobile, sidebar and Shorts, a measured CTR analysis, bulk audit and a rewrite scratchpad.
Localised titles and A/B experiments mean the page can show something else — the API title is the canonical one the creator wrote.
One title, five truncation points: desktop search, mobile cards, suggested sidebar, Shorts overlay and the browser tab — rendered, not estimated.
Numbers, brackets, questions, power words, keyword position, caps, emoji — the CTR devices measured on the real text.
25 URLs → a CSV of ID, title, length and signals. A channel's whole naming strategy in one paste.
Reference
Where YouTube cuts your title, placement by placement
YouTube allows 100 characters but almost never shows them. Truncation happens by pixel width, so the numbers below vary a few characters either way — the Preview panel renders your actual title against each one.
| Placement | Visible chars | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Search results (desktop) | ~70 | The classic SERP cut |
| Mobile home & search | ~60 | Two lines on a phone card |
| Suggested sidebar | ~50 | Up-next column, tightest common cut |
| Shorts overlay | ~40 | Bottom-left of the vertical player |
| Browser tab | ~35 | What a pinned viewer sees |
Who it's for
Built for the people who live in titles
Creators vet a draft before uploading: the Shorts-overlay preview alone kills half of most first drafts, and the analysis shows whether the keyword actually leads.
SEO teams bulk-audit a competitor's last 25 uploads and read the naming strategy from the CSV — average length, which CTR devices repeat, what changed when their views jumped.
Journalists & researchers cite the canonical title with the copy-as-citation button — channel and link included — even when YouTube shows them a localised or A/B variant.
Editors rework a proven title's structure in the scratchpad and compare both versions signal-by-signal before the thumbnail goes to design.
Related YouTube tools
Keep the workflow going
The title is step one — pull the description and hidden tags next, or draft a better title of your own with the generator.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy the exact title of a YouTube video?+
Paste the video URL above. The extractor returns the verbatim title from the official YouTube Data API — no localisation, no A/B experiment variant, no trimmed emoji — with one-click copy and a copy-as-citation option that includes the channel and link.
Why can the API title differ from what I see on YouTube?+
Two reasons: creators can localise titles per language (you see your language's version), and YouTube runs title A/B tests where different viewers see different variants. The API returns the canonical original the creator wrote.
Where exactly does YouTube truncate titles?+
It depends on the placement: roughly 70 characters in desktop search, 60 on mobile cards, 50 in the suggested sidebar and 40 on the Shorts overlay. The Preview panel renders your title in each placement so you see exactly what survives, and the meter marks the 70/100 lines.
Can I check a title's length without a video URL?+
Yes — use the 'check a draft title' field. It runs the same truncation previews and analysis on any text you type, so you can vet a title before you ever upload.
Can I extract titles from multiple videos at once?+
Yes — Bulk mode takes up to 25 URLs and returns a table of ID, title, length and CTR signals, exportable as CSV. Handy for auditing a channel's naming patterns or a whole search results page.