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YouTube Video SEO Score
Paste any video and get a scored checklist of its metadata, with a specific fix for everything that loses points.
- 100% free
- No signup
- Official YouTube data
Step by step
How to use the Video SEO Score
Step 01
Paste a video or Shorts link — yours or anyone's.
Step 02
We audit the public metadata: title, description, chapters, tags, hashtags, captions and language.
Step 03
Work through the yellow and red items; each one tells you exactly what to change.
Understand your results
What the results mean
The score is a channelpeeker assessment of metadata quality, out of 100. It checks the things you can fix in five minutes: a title that survives truncation, a description with substance, chapters, sensible tags and hashtags, captions and a set language.
Honest framing: metadata is the smaller part of YouTube SEO. Your idea, thumbnail and audience retention decide most of your reach — perfect metadata on a weak video changes little. But weak metadata on a strong video leaves views on the table, and that's what this audit catches.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does the SEO score measure?
Metadata quality only: title length and casing, description depth, timestamps, links, tags, hashtags, captions and language setting. It does not measure or predict views.
Can I audit someone else's video?
Yes — any public video. Auditing top videos in your niche shows which metadata habits successful channels keep.
What's a good score?
80+ means the basics are covered. Below 55 usually means quick wins are available — most often description depth, chapters or captions.
Do tags really matter for the score?
They're worth 10 of 100 points, mirroring reality: YouTube says tags have minimal ranking weight, so we weight them lightly too.
Why does the checklist care about captions?
Captions improve accessibility, international reach and retention — and retention is a real ranking input.
Is this tool free?
Yes — free, no account, official YouTube data only.
Last updated November 4, 2026 · Reviewed by the channelpeeker team · How we calculate
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