People do not read descriptions like essays. They scan. Long sentences, jargon piles, and walls of emojis all reduce the chance someone clicks a link or understands the video. This checker estimates sentence length and a simple grade-level style score so you can simplify without sounding like a robot.
How to use this tool
- Paste the text you will publish.
- Note average sentence length and flagged long lines.
- Split any sentence that tries to do three jobs.
- Re-check the first 400 characters only — that is the fold.
Write for the fold, then for the archive
The first paragraph should be grade-friendly and specific. Credits, gear lists, and legal text can be denser below. If your audience is professional (colorists, developers), jargon is fine — after you have named the problem in plain language.
Professional notes
- Replace “utilize” with “use.” YouTube is not a white paper.
- Pinned comments should be one idea plus one link.