Once you get past 50 characters, performance starts to decline
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:14 am
Use about 7-10 keywords
You need to cover all the topics you cover without overdoing it.
If you use too many keywords, you dilute the importance of each of them. (just like with video tags).
Here's an example:
Too many channel keywords
It would be hard to figure out the topic and category of this channel just with these kyrgyzstan email list v tags. For starters, they are not very descriptive. And there are way too many of them.
That's why you should limit yourself to about 5-7 keywords. (which in most cases is about 50-75 characters).
The study I cited earlier found that 50 characters is the "sweet spot." for channel keywords.
Diminishing returns
3. Analyze competitor channel keywords
If you're stuck or looking for keyword ideas, take a look at the keywords your competition is using. are using in their channels.
To find them, just go to the "About" tab of a channel.
Right click on "View Page Source":
Finally, search the page for "keywords" . This list of keywords represents the keywords of the channel:
Channel keywords
You can also use the Chrome extensions TubeBuddy or VidIQ . These extensions are useful because they allow you to see channel keywords without having to dig into a bunch of code:
You need to cover all the topics you cover without overdoing it.
If you use too many keywords, you dilute the importance of each of them. (just like with video tags).
Here's an example:
Too many channel keywords
It would be hard to figure out the topic and category of this channel just with these kyrgyzstan email list v tags. For starters, they are not very descriptive. And there are way too many of them.
That's why you should limit yourself to about 5-7 keywords. (which in most cases is about 50-75 characters).
The study I cited earlier found that 50 characters is the "sweet spot." for channel keywords.
Diminishing returns
3. Analyze competitor channel keywords
If you're stuck or looking for keyword ideas, take a look at the keywords your competition is using. are using in their channels.
To find them, just go to the "About" tab of a channel.
Right click on "View Page Source":
Finally, search the page for "keywords" . This list of keywords represents the keywords of the channel:
Channel keywords
You can also use the Chrome extensions TubeBuddy or VidIQ . These extensions are useful because they allow you to see channel keywords without having to dig into a bunch of code: