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HASHTAGS & SHORTS

Find relevant hashtags for search and related content

Describe the video, pick long-form or Shorts, and get 12 hashtag ideas in three tiers: broad topic, niche, and specific long-tail. Review every suggestion for direct relevance before publishing. Three free runs a day, no account needed.

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Hashtags and tags are different fields. For the private tag box in YouTube Studio, use the YouTube Tag Generator instead.

YouTube policy source: Find playlists & videos using hashtags · checked Aug 27, 2026.

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Say what the video is about

One line is enough. The more concrete the topic, the more the niche and long-tail tiers land on hashtags that describe your video rather than your whole category.

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Add the format as context

Choose long-form or Shorts so the suggestions can reflect how you describe the upload. The format choice does not guarantee different ranking, reach, views, or feed placement.

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Review, then paste the relevant set

Add relevant hashtags to the title or description. From the description, up to three hashtags that YouTube considers most engaging may appear by the video title; they are not necessarily the first three you entered. Remove anything that does not directly relate to the content.

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Describe this video. Validate the next idea yourself.

Hashtags describe a single upload. Use your own analytics to choose the next topic; Kabo's Trend Radar is a preview of future category evidence, not live week-over-week tracking today.

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Frequently asked questions

How many hashtags can you use on YouTube?

Kabo returns 12 suggestions by product design. YouTube's current Help guidance says that if a video or playlist has more than 60 hashtags, it ignores every hashtag on that content. That is an over-tagging rule, not a recommendation to use 60. Keep only hashtags that directly relate to the content.

Where do YouTube hashtags show up?

You can add hashtags to a video's title or description. From the description, up to three hashtags that YouTube considers most engaging may appear by the video title; they are not necessarily the first three entered. Hashtags remain clickable in the title or description and link to results featuring other videos that share the hashtag.

Do hashtags help YouTube Shorts?

Hashtags on Shorts are clickable topic labels and can help viewers find related content through search or hashtag results. They do not guarantee feed distribution, ranking, reach, or views. Keep every hashtag directly related to the Short.

Should hashtags go in the title or description?

YouTube allows hashtags in either the title or description. A title hashtag uses part of the title's character budget. From the description, YouTube may select up to three hashtags to appear by the video title, but input order does not guarantee that display. Whichever location you choose, keep every hashtag directly related to the upload.

What's the difference between tags and hashtags?

Tags are a separate, non-public metadata field in YouTube Studio with a 500-character budget. Hashtags are public, clickable, and live in the title or description. YouTube's published over-tagging rule applies when content has more than 60 hashtags; it is not a 15-hashtag cap.

Can I use the same hashtags on every video?

A small set of channel-level hashtags is fine if they describe every video you make. Repeating a large block of loosely related hashtags across uploads is what YouTube's spam policy targets, and videos can be removed for it. Keep a couple of constants and let the rest change with the topic.

How do I find trending hashtags on YouTube?

Search a relevant hashtag or open a hashtag from a video's title or description to review the results that share it. Kabo does not provide live trend data, and those research paths do not promise future ranking, distribution, reach, or views. Use only hashtags that directly relate to your upload.

Do YouTube hashtags get you more views?

YouTube says hashtags connect content with other videos or playlists that share the hashtag and help people find related content through search. It does not promise a specific ranking, distribution, reach, or view increase. Treat hashtags as accurate topic labels, then measure the video's actual performance in YouTube Analytics.

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