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Keyword Research

Keyword check​

Search any keyword to see its live search results and a personalized difficulty score for your active channel. You'll see:

  • The top-ranking videos with subscriber counts, views, age, and duration
  • The search intent behind the term — learning, evaluating, or interest-driven browsing — read from what actually ranks, never guessed from the keyword itself
  • The dominant format and the format gap: the video length nobody is serving for this term, which is often the opening
  • The full score breakdown (Reading Your Score)

It's the fastest way to gut-check whether a specific term is worth pursuing. A search on its own is a one-off — hit Track this keyword to keep it.

Score your draft​

Once you've picked a term, paste your draft title and caption into Score your draft on the same screen. It runs your pre-publish checklist — keyword in the caption naturally, no stuffing, title states the topic, hashtags in range — with a recommendation on every check that isn't right yet.

Where's the keyword suggestions table?​

Coming — honestly. Tools that show you "search volume" for YouTube keywords are estimating: YouTube has never published search counts to anyone. Rather than show invented numbers, we're building keyword suggestions on data that can actually be measured. Until then, the keyword check shows you the real ranking picture for any term you're considering.

Tracking keywords​

Track any keyword from a keyword check. Tracked keywords:

  • Belong to the channel that was active when you tracked them — each channel has its own list
  • Count toward your plan's keyword limit (shared across your channels)
  • Appear in the Rank Tracker
  • Get re-checked on your plan's schedule — weekly on Free and Starter, daily on Pro and Agency — so you can watch your position move over time

Untracked searches are not saved — tracking is what makes a keyword stick.

Reading difficulty​

Difficulty runs 0 (Winnable) to 100 (Tough), personalized to your channel. See Scoring Methodology for how it's computed and Reading Your Score for how to interpret it.