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YouTube character counter
Check a YouTube video description against the 5,000-character limit as you type. Your text stays in this browser.
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YouTube character limit
A YouTube video description can have up to 5,000 characters. The video title is separate and can have up to 100 characters.
How this counter counts
YouTube counts UTF-8 bytes, so accented letters count as 2 and many other scripts and emoji as 3 or 4.
YouTube image sizes
| Image | Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Video thumbnail | 16:9, recommended 3840×2160 | At least 640 wide. JPG or PNG. Up to 2 MB when uploaded on mobile, 50 MB on a computer. |
| Shorts thumbnail | 9:16, recommended 2160×3840 | At least 640 tall. |
| Channel banner | 2560×1440 recommended | At least 2048×1152 at 16:9. Keep text and logos inside the 1235×338 safe area at the minimum size. Up to 6 MB. |
| Profile picture | Shown at 98×98 | JPG, GIF, BMP or PNG, without animation. Up to 15 MB. |
Sources, checked November 2026: YouTube Help: thumbnails, YouTube Help: banner and profile picture
Also for YouTube: the free YouTube image resizer.
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