Paste a description and see exactly what's visible before viewers have to click 'Show more', plus the running total against YouTube's 5,000-character cap.
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Three microphones under one hundred pounds, tested in the same room with the same voice. I wanted to know whether the cheapest one is actually usable for a t…
285 of 5,000 characters
Three microphones under one hundred pounds, tested in the same room with the same voice. I wanted to know whether the cheapest one is actually usable for a t…
Only the text above fits before viewers have to click "Show more" on desktop. Put your key links and calls to action inside it.
Paste a description and see exactly what shows before viewers have to click 'Show more' on desktop, the first roughly 157 characters, plus a live count against YouTube's 5,000-character hard limit.
The hard limit rarely bites. The 157-character preview is where your links and calls to action actually need to live, so it gets equal billing with the count.
It is YouTube's usual desktop cut-off before 'Show more' appears. Mobile and different screen widths can show slightly more or less.
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No. The count runs in this tab.