---
title: "YouTube specs and limits: text, media, daily cap"
url: "https://get1post.com/platforms/youtube/specs.md"
canonical_url: "https://get1post.com/platforms/youtube/specs"
last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "reference"
summary: "Every text, media and posting rule 1Post checks for YouTube, with the network's own page cited and the date read where we read one."
related: ["https://get1post.com/platforms/youtube.md", "https://get1post.com/data/posting-limits.md", "https://get1post.com/tools/posting-limits.md"]
---

# YouTube specs and limits: text, media, daily cap

Every text, media and posting rule 1Post checks for YouTube, with the network's own page cited and the date read where we read one.

YouTube text is limited to 5,000 characters, counted by code points. This page lists every text, media and posting rule 1Post checks for YouTube: counts, sizes, lengths, threads and the daily cap. Where YouTube publishes a figure on its own page we cite it with the date we read it.

## What 1Post checks for YouTube

| Rule | What 1Post checks |
| --- | --- |
| Text limit | 5,000 characters, counted by code points |
| Title limit | 100 characters |
| Description limit | 5,000 characters |
| Tags | 500 characters in total |
| Media accepted | Video |
| Videos per post | 1 |
| Threads | No |
| First comment | No |
| Posts per day, per connected account (1Post) | 10 |

These are the limits 1Post applies in the composer, so a post that passes is not refused for them when it is sent. A network can still refuse a post for reasons outside these rules, such as its content policies.

## What YouTube publishes

| Fact | Source |
| --- | --- |
| The tag list can hold 500 characters in total. Commas between tags count, and a tag with a space counts two extra characters for the quotation marks YouTube adds. | [YouTube Data API: videos resource](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videos), read 2026-10-22 |

## Questions

**How is YouTube text counted?**

YouTube text is counted by code points. The [character counter](https://get1post.com/tools/character-counter.md) applies the same rule.

**Where do these YouTube limits come from?**

They are the limits 1Post checks before a post is sent. Figures the network publishes on its own page are cited above with the date read; the rest are checks 1Post sets.

**How often is this page updated?**

When a network changes a rule or we read a newer figure, the page changes with it. The date at the top shows the last change.

## Sources

- [YouTube Data API: videos resource](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videos), read 2026-10-22

## Related

- [Schedule YouTube posts: formats, limits, setup](https://get1post.com/platforms/youtube.md)
- [Social media posting limits by network, dated](https://get1post.com/data/posting-limits.md)
- [Social media posting limits table, every network](https://get1post.com/tools/posting-limits.md)