YouTube Tags

Free extension for Chrome

See the tags of any YouTube video

YouTube Tags shows the hidden video tags a creator added, in a panel right under the description. See how many there are, copy the whole list, or click one tag to copy just that keyword. A tag viewer and tag extractor with no website to visit and no account.

Add to Chrome — free

Also works in Edge, Brave, Opera and other Chromium browsers on desktop.

The YouTube Tags panel under a video with eight tags and a Copied! button, and the extension popup with a preview of the panel and a language menu

At a glance

What it does
Shows the hidden tags (keywords) of a YouTube video in a panel under its description, with a count, Copy for the whole list and one-click copy of a single tag.
Who it is for
Creators doing keyword research before an upload, SEO specialists and marketers studying videos, and viewers curious how a video is labelled.
Price
Free. No account, no paid version.
Data
Stores one setting, your language, in Chrome sync. No analytics. When the tags are not in the page data, it asks YouTube for the same public video page, nothing else.
Works in
Regular watch pages on www.youtube.com in Chrome and other Chromium browsers on desktop. Not on Shorts, in the YouTube apps, Firefox or Safari.
Limits
Shows only the tags the uploader set. It does not generate or suggest tags, and it is not the hashtags from the description. Some videos have no tags.
Version
2.4.0, updated October 23, 2026

Three steps to a video's tags

  1. 1

    Add it to Chrome

    One click on the Chrome Web Store. YouTube tabs that are already open start working without a reload.

  2. 2

    Open any video

    A panel appears under the description: Tags, the count, and one chip per keyword.

  3. 3

    Copy what you need

    Copy takes the whole list, separated by commas. Click a chip to copy a single tag.

What people use video tags for

#

Keyword research

Open a few top videos on your topic and see which keywords their uploaders filed them under.

✓

Checking your own upload

Open your published video as a visitor sees it and confirm which tags are attached.

A–Z

SEO and content audits

Copy the tags of several videos into one document and compare how channels label the same subject.

What it does

  • One chip per tag

    Every keyword gets its own chip with a blue hash, styled like the rest of the YouTube watch page.

  • Tag count

    The panel header shows how many tags the video has, so you see at a glance how heavily it is tagged.

  • Click to copy

    Copy puts the whole list on your clipboard, comma-separated. A click on a chip copies only that tag, and it says Copied!

  • Next video, new tags

    Move on to the next recommendation and the panel updates by itself. No page reload.

  • tags? It says so

    If the uploader left the tag field empty, the panel tells you instead of staying blank.

  • languages

    Pick a language in the popup, with right-to-left support. The panel follows YouTube's light and dark theme.

Where YouTube hides video tags

Tags are keywords an uploader types into a separate field in YouTube Studio. YouTube doesn't show them on the watch page, and they are not the hashtags in the description, which YouTube already shows above the title. Finding them normally means searching the page source for "keywords".

YouTube says tags play a minimal role in helping viewers find a video and are most useful for words people often misspell. So read them as research: they show how the uploader described the video. YouTube Tags reads them from the video's own data and lays them out under the description, ready to copy.

Private by design

  • No account

    Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log in to.

  • No tracking

    No analytics, no ads, no servers of its own. Your clicks, searches and watch history are never collected.

  • Three permissions

    Storage, to remember your language. www.youtube.com, to read a video's tags and show the panel. Scripting, to add the panel to YouTube tabs already open when you install or update.

Page source vs YouTube Tags

Page source vs YouTube TagsPage sourceYouTube Tags
Finding the tagsOpen the source and search for "keywords"A panel under the description
Copy the whole listSelect it and clean up the quotes by handOne Copy button, comma-separated
Copy one tagSelect it by handClick its chip
Next videoRepeat the search for every videoUpdates by itself
Video without tagsNothing to find, no hintSays the video has no tags

Questions

How do I see the tags of a YouTube video?

Add YouTube Tags to Chrome and open the video. Its tags appear in a panel under the description, with the number of tags in the header.

How do I copy tags from a YouTube video?

Click Copy in the panel to copy every tag, separated by commas. To copy one keyword, click its chip.

Are tags the same as hashtags?

No. Hashtags are written in the description and shown above the title. Tags are a separate, hidden field the uploader fills in YouTube Studio; this extension shows that field.

Why does a video show no tags?

Many uploaders leave the tag field empty, and the panel says so. If the video is private, removed or still loading, reload the page.

Do tags help a video rank?

YouTube says tags play a minimal role in discovery and help mostly with common misspellings. The extension shows tags; it makes no promises about views or rankings.

Can it suggest or generate tags?

No. It shows the tags already attached to a video. It does not invent, score or suggest new ones.

Does it work on Shorts or in the YouTube app?

No. It works on regular watch pages on www.youtube.com in a desktop browser.

Is it free? Does it collect data?

It is free. It has no account and no analytics. It reads public video data from YouTube and stores only your language choice.

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