The videos you would be competing with
GetButlr shows the top-ranking YouTube videos for your topic with their views and engagement, so you can see what a viewer searching that phrase is offered today and where there is room for something better.
Alongside them you get a competition rating, an opportunity rating and a rough demand level. The demand level is estimated from the views of the videos that rank, not from a count of searches; YouTube does not publish search numbers, and GetButlr does not invent them.
Related searches, tags and title ideas
GetButlr adds the related searches YouTube itself suggests as people type, a set of tags and title ideas built around the keyword. Save the research and attach it when you write your video's title and description.
- Top-ranking videos with views and engagement
- Competition and opportunity ratings
- Related searches from YouTube autocomplete
- Suggested tags and title ideas
Free to try, no channel connection
Keyword research works without connecting a YouTube channel. The free plan includes a small monthly allowance; paid plans include more.
Questions creators ask
How do I do keyword research for YouTube?
Start with the phrase a viewer would type. Check what YouTube suggests as you type it, look at the videos that already rank and how strong they are, and pick a phrase where you can make something clearly better. Then use it naturally at the start of your title and description. GetButlr shows all of this in one search.
Is this YouTube keyword tool free?
Yes. Keyword research works without connecting a YouTube channel, and the free plan includes a small monthly allowance. Paid plans include more.
Does it show search volume?
Not as an exact number. YouTube does not publish search volumes, so any number a tool shows is an estimate. GetButlr gives a rough demand level based on the views of the videos that rank, and says that is what it is.
Does Google Keyword Planner work for YouTube?
Only as a rough guide. Keyword Planner measures searches on Google, not on YouTube, and people search the two differently. YouTube's own autocomplete and the videos that rank tell you more about YouTube.
How do I find low-competition keywords on YouTube?
Look for longer, more specific phrases from YouTube autocomplete where the top videos are older, smaller or miss what the searcher wants. GetButlr's competition and opportunity ratings point you to those.
Are YouTube tags still important?
Less than most people think. YouTube says tags play a minimal role in discovery and mainly help with commonly misspelled words. Your title, description and the video itself matter far more.