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YouTube description generator

Add the title, what the video covers and, if you have them, chapters and links. Get two descriptions under 5,000 characters, with the chapters checked.

YouTube suggests picking 1–2 main words and using them in the title and description.

Optional. One per line. We check them against YouTube's chapter rules.

Optional. One per line: a label, then the URL. Added exactly as you typed them.

Hashtags

YouTube shows up to 3 hashtags by the title.

Up to 10 generations a minute across our AI tools. Each description is checked against YouTube's 5,000-character limit; chapters against its chapter rules.

Your descriptions appear here, with your chapters and links added and checked.

Written by GLM 5.3 Flash via OpenRouter (Meta Llama 3.3 70B on Cloudflare Workers AI steps in if it’s unavailable). It can get facts wrong and doesn’t know your product beyond what you type. Review and edit before you publish. We don’t save what you enter.

How to use it

  1. Paste the title and say what the video covers, in the order it covers it.
  2. Add one or two main keywords, the words someone would search to find the video.
  3. If you have chapters, paste them one per line, like “0:00 Intro”. We check them against YouTube’s rules and add them exactly as you wrote them.
  4. Add your links one per line, label first. They’re added as typed; the model never writes a link.
  5. Pick a call to action and how many hashtags you want, then edit the version you prefer.

YouTube’s description rules

YouTube description rules and their sources
WhatRuleSource
Description length5,000 characters. YouTube's API counts 5,000 bytes.YouTube Help: Upload videos
YouTube Data API: videos
CharactersNo < or >YouTube Data API: videos
First linesYouTube suggests using the first few lines to describe the video, because they're what viewers see firstYouTube Help: Tips for video descriptions
ChaptersFirst timestamp at 00:00, at least 3, in ascending order, each at least 10 seconds longYouTube Help: Video chapters
HashtagsUp to 3 show by the title. With more than 60, YouTube ignores them all.YouTube Help: Hashtags

Checked against each platform’s own help and developer pages in October 2026.

What goes where

  • The opening. One or two sentences on what the viewer will learn or see. It’s the part shown before “more”, so it has to work on its own.
  • The details. What the video covers, in order, in plain sentences that use your keywords where they fit. YouTube’s tips also ask for a different description on every video, so don’t reuse one.
  • Chapters, then links, then hashtags. Chapters let viewers jump to the part they need; links go where people expect them; up to 3 hashtags close it.

Tag the links you share with the UTM builder to see in your analytics which videos send visitors.

Honest limits

The model hasn’t watched the video. It writes from your title and summary, and we flag sentences that may say something you didn’t tell us. It has no YouTube search data, so it can’t tell you which keywords get searched. For the title itself, use the YouTube title generator.

Questions

How long can a YouTube description be?

5,000 characters, per YouTube's help center. YouTube's API counts 5,000 bytes, so text with accented or non-Latin characters fits a little less. We check both.

Why aren't my chapters showing?

YouTube needs the first timestamp at 00:00, at least 3 timestamps in ascending order, and each chapter at least 10 seconds long. Paste yours into the Chapters box and the generator tells you which rule a list breaks.

How many hashtags should I add?

Up to 3: YouTube shows up to 3 hashtags by the title. If a video has more than 60, YouTube ignores all of them, and its help center asks that hashtags relate directly to the video.

Will it make up links?

No. The model never writes a URL. Paste your links in the Links box and they're added exactly as you typed them, so nothing points to a page that doesn't exist.

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