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Most creators overlook the value of writing good YouTube descriptions. It’s not hard to imagine why: Descriptions aren’t as visible as titles and thumbnails, and they take forever to write. After a long day of filming, editing, and optimizing, they’re easy to forget.
But you should always write something in the YouTube description box. It helps viewers find your video, assess its value, and more.
Are you confused about what to put in the YouTube description? Use this guide to include the correct details every time:
That’s a lot to remember, but you don’t have to build this from scratch every time. It’s often easier (and faster) to generate YouTube description ideas.
Scroll up to use our description generator for YouTube. It will give you a “starter” paragraph you can enhance right now with YouTube SEO (for making videos rank). Keep hitting the "generate" button on our YouTube description maker to cycle through ideas.
Using a YouTube description maker is a solid way to beat writer's block. But even with that shortcut, you should tweak the copy for many reasons. You want to ensure there's enough information contained for Google and YouTube SEO.
If you can’t imagine the perfect video description, don’t worry. We’ll give you a YouTube description template that works every time.
It’s the same one we use on the vidIQ channel, which has over 1 million subscribers:
Below, is a sample description from our recent video on starting a YouTube channel
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Consider adding this template to the Upload Defaults section of your YouTube channel.
Simply go to YouTube Studio > Settings > Upload Defaults > Basic Info. The next time you upload a video, the description box will automatically show your template. All you have to do is fill in the sections and hit publish.
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