Myth or Rule?
“On YouTube, more hashtags means more reach, so stack as many as you can.”
MythGo past 60 and YouTube ignores every hashtag on the video, not just the extras. Over-tagging can also pull the video from search. A few on-topic ones do the job.
“If a video or playlist has more than 60 hashtags, we'll ignore each hashtag on that content. Over-tagging may result in the removal of your video from your uploads or from search.”Read it on support.google.com (opens in a new tab)
The rules behind it
- More than 60 hashtags · YouTube
- Unrelated, misleading or harassing hashtags · YouTube
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