Extract the tags from a Youtube Video

Tags from a YouTube video may be extracted using this program. Simply enter the URL and your tool will do the rest.

Extract the tags from a Youtube Video


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YouTube tags are the hidden metatags connected with YouTube videos. Not all videos include these tags since it is up to the video publisher to include them when they submit the video. The Tag Extractor tool is a convenient way to extract and expose the meta tags associated with any public video. Extraction of YouTube Tags may be quite informative in understanding how rival videos and other high-performing videos use these tags to increase their performance..

Tags are not to be confused with HashTags which are displayed in the video description and above the video title.

What are YouTube Tags?

The confusing thing about YouTube is there are two types of tags:

  1. Tags: which are the invisible “meta” Tags associated with a video. This is what the Tag Extractor extracts
  2. HashTags: which are the visible tags shown above a video title. See more information about YouTube HashTags.

Tags are added to a video when it is uploaded on YouTube. Unlike HashTags, they do not have pound (#) signs in front of them and they can also contain spaces to encompass a string of multiple words. Best practice is to use all lowercase Tags with alpha-numeric characters.

Since these Tags are invisible on the actual video page, our friends at SEOptimer generously shared some screenshots with us so we can peek behind the scenes at how they tagged their videos.

In YouTube Studio, at the bottom of the “Video details” page is a hyperlink “Show More”:

Once this is clicked, it expands further options including “Tags”:

A YouTube video can have up to 500 characters worth of Tags - which is a lot! In the example above, we can see the SEOptimer video has 11 Tags. Altogether these Tags only take up 164 characters of the 500 limit, so there’s room for many more.

Now here comes the magic. Using the YouTube Tag Extractor, we can easily reveal these hidden meta tags with the click of a button:

You’ll notice, the Tags are importantly extracted in exactly the same order that the author has used. This gives you a really great insight about what the author thinks is (a) the most important topics in the video and; (b) the highest priority tags for video SEO.

Why are YouTube Tags important?

So now we know the YouTube Tag Extractor works like magic on any public YouTube video and extracts the invisible meta tags whilst maintaining the order of those Tags as denoted by the author of the video.

But why is this important? You’re likely reading this page at the moment because you’re interested in the overall topic of Video SEO. We know from YouTube themselves that many signals contribute to the overall ranking in the search result page (title, description, hashtags, thumbnail, tags, quality of video, etc).

We recommend getting the basics right and utilize all the features that YouTube provide to categorize and apply meaning to your videos. The jury might be out as to the degree of influence the hidden meta tags have on search result rankings, but our recommendation is always to err on the side of optimization and use all YouTube features together. After all, the more YouTube understands what your video is about, the more chance your videos will rank higher in YouTube search results.

YouTube Tags strategy

There are some strategic considerations when extracting Tags from competitor videos. There are two possible scenarios when extracting Tags from a YouTube video using this tool:

1. The video has no Tags: This is extremely frequent since the Tags field is buried beneath the "Show More" text link at the bottom of the video information page in YouTube Studio. So, unless your opponents are YouTube experts, they will most likely ignore this and submit the video with no tags. This is a positive conclusion for you since any tags you put to your video will be more effective. Consider the terminology rivals use in the video title and description, as well as whether they employ HashTags in the video description..

2. The video has Tags: As in the previous example from SEOptimer, which revealed 11 Tags on their video, the next step is to apply your best judgment to analyze the quality of these Tags. Look for anything out of the ordinary or strange about the Tags and the sequence in which they appear. Again, the SEOptimer example above is a pretty typical collection of Tags that begin with the brand word "seoptimer," then contain broad category phrases like "seo," and then expand to include sub-category or specialist terms like "seo reporting." The arrangement of these Tags reveals a lot about how they think about their core phrases. For direct competitors, we advocate using comparable broad Tags to stay competitive, but also employing some unique Tags to grab niches. searches where you may have a competitive advantage.

The beautiful thing about Tags is that you can modify them even after your films have been published. So, if you believe that certain of your videos may be performing better in search, or that your rivals are outperforming you on some key phrases, consider adjusting your Tags accordingly. One final point to consider when thinking about your Tags is what YouTube says just above the Tags input box: