See Search Volume on YouTube
Does any tool really have YouTube search volume?
Here is something most keyword tools will not admit: no tool has genuine YouTube search-volume data, including this one. YouTube has never released its search counts to anyone.
So when a tool shows you a "YouTube search volume", that number is not coming from YouTube, it cannot be, because YouTube does not share it. It is an estimate the tool has modelled and shown to you as if it were fact.
Keywords Everywhere does something more honest. Rather than dress up a guess as YouTube data, it shows you the Google search volume for each term right under the YouTube search bar, and tells you exactly what it is: Google's number, from Google Keyword Planner, not YouTube's.
YouTube, Amazon, eBay and Etsy all keep their search counts private, so no tool can show their true numbers. We would rather give you a published Google figure, clearly labelled, than a number disguised as YouTube's own.
So why is a Google number worth having on YouTube? Because a consistent figure for every keyword lets you compare demand between keywords: a term searched 40,000 times a month clearly has more pull than one searched 300 times, and that gap is a useful guide whether people are searching on Google or on YouTube.
You do not have to install anything to try this. Our free YouTube Keyword Tool pulls YouTube's autocomplete suggestions for any seed keyword and shows the Google search volume for each, right in your browser.
Here is what changes once the extension is installed.
What YouTube shows vs what Keywords Everywhere adds
| On YouTube by itself | With Keywords Everywhere you also see |
|---|---|
| A list of videos ranked by relevance, with no demand numbers attached. | The Google search volume, CPC and competition for that exact term. |
| An autosuggest dropdown of popular completions, with nothing to separate the big terms from the small ones. | A 12-month trend and historical volume for the term, back to 2008, so you can spot what is rising. |
| No tag or competition insight, you cannot see a video's tags or how the ranking videos stack up. | Every video's tags with their volumes, plus a YouTube Insights widget summarising the results page. |
four features added to YouTube
Search Volume
Keywords Everywhere shows the monthly search volume, CPC, competition & 12 month trend data for every search on YouTube.
YouTube does not publish its own search volume, so this is the Google Keyword Planner figure, the same data Google gives advertisers.
Search Insights Widget
For every search that you make, the tool looks at the data for all the results that are shown on the page and provides you with a YouTube Insights widget with a bunch of useful data.
The Detailed Breakdown link shows you the data for each of the videos in detail, so that you can verify the calculations made by the tool.
It is the data you need to size up the competition for a keyword before you invest in making a video.
Trend Chart Widget
For every search that you perform, the tool shows a widget at the top right that shows the trend for that search from 2008. Paying customers see the exact historical search volume.
Tag Widget
For every video that you watch, the tool shows a widget that lists all the tags that have been added to the video.
You can also see the monthly search volume, CPC, competition & trend data.
It is a quick way to borrow the best tags from videos that already rank. See the YouTube Tags page for the full breakdown.
Questions you may have
Does YouTube show keyword search volume?
No. YouTube shows a list of videos and an autosuggest dropdown, but it never tells you how many people search for a term. There is no search volume, CPC or competition data anywhere in the YouTube interface. Keywords Everywhere adds the Google search volume for each term right under the YouTube search bar, so you have a concrete number to compare keywords with instead of guessing.Where does the YouTube search volume data come from?
The numbers come from Google Keyword Planner, the same data Google gives its advertisers, so they are Google's search volumes, not YouTube's. YouTube never releases its own search counts (nor do Amazon, eBay or Etsy), so no tool can show you YouTube's true volume. We show the Google figure because a consistent number for every keyword lets you compare demand between keywords, which is far more useful than no data at all.How do I find YouTube search volume?
Install the Keywords Everywhere extension for Chrome, Firefox or Edge, then search on YouTube as usual. The Google Keyword Planner search volume, CPC and competition appear right under the search bar, along with a 12-month trend and historical volume back to 2008. To check a whole list of keywords without installing anything, use our free Search Volume Checker tool.Is there a free YouTube search volume tool?
The Keywords Everywhere extension is free to install. The search volume numbers are a paid feature: you buy credits, and one credit returns the data for one keyword. Credits start at a low annual price and there are no monthly plans. You can also check the monthly volume for a small batch of keywords for free with our Search Volume Checker tool.Can I see YouTube keyword competition?
Keywords Everywhere shows the competition score from Google Ads, a 0 to 1 figure for how many advertisers bid on the keyword, not a YouTube-specific ranking-difficulty score, since YouTube does not publish one. To judge how hard a term is to rank for on YouTube itself, use the YouTube Insights widget: it summarises the views, likes and other stats of the videos already ranking, so you can see how strong the competition is before you target a keyword.Does it show search volume for video tags?
Yes. On any video you watch, the Tag widget lists every tag the creator added, each with its Google search volume, CPC, competition and trend. It is a quick way to see which of a popular video's tags actually have demand behind them, and to borrow the ones worth targeting. The YouTube Tags page has the full breakdown.Already installed? Sign up for an API key here
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