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Stay on top of your SEO strategy with our free YouTube rank checker
Here's how the Rank & Tag Tracker works
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How to check your YouTube rankings
- Step 1: Open the TubeBuddy dashboard, open the "Website tools" tab, and click on "Search Rank Tracking."
- Step 2: Click on "Add keywords to track" to put on the keywords you want to track.
- Step 3: Go to the Ranking Reports tab to generate a ranking report for your target keywords.
- Step 4: See what positions your videos rank for your chosen keywords.
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Frequently asked questions
TubeBuddy’s Rank Tracker is a tool that shows how your videos rank for specific keywords on YouTube and Google. It helps you keep track of your video performance and makes it easier to plan your SEO strategy.
It tracks the positions of your videos for selected keywords and updates them regularly. Instead of manually searching to see where your video appears, the tool shows accurate rankings directly in your dashboard.
The Rank Tracker gives clear insights into which keywords work best, how your competitors are performing, and where your content stands. These details help you make smarter SEO decisions to increase visibility.
By showing which keywords are helping your videos get found and which aren’t, it helps you fine-tune your titles, tags, and descriptions. This kind of targeted optimization can lead to better rankings over time.
Once you open the Rank Tracker tool in your TubeBuddy dashboard, you can add the keywords you want to track. It will then show ranking updates, performance changes, and suggestions based on real data.
Yes, you can track many videos and keywords at once. This is useful if you want to see how different videos on your channel are performing across a range of search terms
It doesn’t edit the videos for you, but it provides data that shows what to fix. You can then improve your metadata, like your title or tags, based on what the tool reports about keyword performance.
Yes, it’s designed to be user-friendly. Whether you’re just starting or have been on YouTube for a while, the layout is simple and the insights are clear and helpful.
It’s best to check your rankings regularly, especially after uploading a new video or updating an old one. Frequent monitoring helps you stay on top of trends and make adjustments before you lose visibility.
Absolutely. You can enter various keywords into the tracker and see how each one performs. This helps you figure out which terms bring in traffic and which ones need improvement.
By showing what’s working and what’s not in your SEO strategy, the Rank Tracker helps you create more discoverable content. Over time, better rankings mean more views, more engagement, and steady channel growth.
TubeBuddy also includes tools like Keyword Explorer, SEO Studio, Click Magnet, Tag Suggestions, and more. Together, they help you research keywords, improve video optimization, and track what drives results.
