This page is going to show you how many total tags you can add to the YouTube tags section of a video upload as well as reveal a free browser extension that allows you to paste a list of line separated tags into the YouTube tags text box.

The correct number of tags you can associate with a YouTube video is not the correct question but the correct answer is you can use up to 500 characters, including spaces between words of tags.

It is a good idea to begin with the main long tail keyword phrase as your first video tag and then gradually add more tags by reducing the number of words in the tag so you are entering shorter tags.

For example:

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Then add another long tail keyword phrase and break that down into shorter and shorter tags until ...