What is TubeBuddy?
TubeBuddy is essentially a certified YouTube SEO tool and Chrome extension that connects directly to your YouTube dashboard. Once you install it in your browser (which is really easy!) and log in, your YouTube dashboard will be completely upgraded! (With tons of new features!). It’s YouTube certified, so you know it’s 100% safe, while also being easy to install.
Check out the overview on YouTube
When you combine all these tools with the hard work required to build a channel, you can increase your views and subscribers and earnings. I’ve done it, and so can you. With TubeBuddy, all the hard work becomes a little easier. This makes a big difference.
How much does TubeBuddy cost?
The TubeBuddy extension is free and includes all the basic tools. After that, the cost is from $9 to $49 per month for different plans. Bonus: TubeBuddy offers discounts of up to 50% if your channel has less than 1000 subscribers. So it ends up being very affordable if you’re just starting out! The RisingStarBuddy plan retails for just $4.50 per month!
They offer a free extension that has a ton of functionality that is useful for when you first start your channel. The plans you pay for offer even more tools to help you grow faster.
These are the benefits of using Tubebuddy:
- Helps you master YouTube SEO
- Allows you to “recruit” viewers from other channels
- The basic features are free
- YouTube certified
- Easy to use
What are the best TubeBuddy features?
TubeBuddy has over 65 features that help your videos get better liked by the YouTube algorithm. Below are my favorite features that I have been using for the past 4 years!
UPLOADING AND KEYWORD EXPLORER
Check out the TubeBuddy uploader package that connects to your YouTube uploader page!
Much of the YouTube SEO magic happens in the uploads section. The keyword explorer is part of this. It is the essential TubeBuddy tool to help you grow your channel and get more views. It helped me grow a ton just by discovering which keywords I could use to improve my output!
This tool alone makes TubeBuddy worth it! You will get tons of views!
This is how it works:
Just type your video idea into the search box and you’ll know what related keywords you can use in the title that has high search volume! You also get what’s popular, so you can have an extra focus on exactly that!
Let’s type in “travel vlog”.
You’ll get tons of keywords and video ideas! If the total score is “bad”, this works even better! That means this is very competitive (with lots of possible views!) and all you have to do is create an amazing piece of content. This will get you into the YouTube algorithm! Remember: If you read my guide on how to grow your YouTube channel, the goal is not to rank your videos in search, but to get suggested views . TubeBuddy helps you achieve this!
SUGGESTED LABELS
This complements the keyword explorer perfectly. The suggested tags tool looks at the video upload page and gives you suggested tags based on your top keywords.
ADVANCED VIDEO STATISTICS
TubeBuddy has over 65 features that help your videos get better liked by the YouTube algorithm. Below are my favorite features that I have been using for the past 4 years!
UPLOADING AND KEYWORD EXPLORER
Check out the TubeBuddy uploader package that connects to your YouTube uploader page!
Much of the YouTube SEO magic happens in the uploads section. The keyword explorer is part of this. It is the essential TubeBuddy tool to help you grow your channel and get more views. It helped me grow a ton just by discovering which keywords I could use to improve my output!
This tool alone makes TubeBuddy worth it! You will get tons of views!
This is how it works:
Just type your video idea into the search box and you’ll know what related keywords you can use in the title that has high search volume! You also get what’s popular, so you can have an extra focus on exactly that!
Let’s type in “travel vlog”.
You’ll get tons of keywords and video ideas! If the total score is “bad”, this works even better! That means this is very competitive (with lots of possible views!) and all you have to do is create an amazing piece of content. This will get you into the YouTube algorithm! Remember: If you read my guide on how to grow your YouTube channel, the goal is not to rank your videos in search, but to get suggested views . TubeBuddy helps you achieve this!
SUGGESTED LABELS
This complements the keyword explorer perfectly. The suggested tags tool looks at the video upload page and gives you suggested tags based on your top keywords.
VIDEO A/B TESTING
TubeBuddy’s legend plan (my current plan) is worth it to me based on this feature alone. The A/B testing feature is the ultimate tool to get you millions of views. It allows you to compare different thumbnails and titles on the same video and see which one performs the best. All you do is give TubeBuddy two different thumbnails and titles and it will automatically change them for you on alternating days and then measure which one got more views.
TubeBuddy creates a report with the click rates for each one. You can then start using the best version! Over time and across the entire channel, this can turn into millions of impressions. It can decide the fate of a video, because the thumbnail and title are so important!
MASS TREATMENT
This feature saves time and can help you earn money. The mass processing function can perform:
- Mass processing of descriptions, titles or thumbnails
- Mass processing of cards
- Mass processing of end screens
Let’s say you have a video library of 100+ videos and you want to update the description to include a new product you’re offering, your new website, or a sponsor you’re working with (which gives you commissions when someone uses your link or code) . Across the entire video library, this can facilitate a ton of traffic.
You can go to each video manually and change it one by one, or you can use TubeBuddy’s bulk description update tool. It’s super easy and saves you tons of time, and has helped me make some money on the side!
Other top features
COMMENT MODERATION
As your channel grows, this becomes an important time-saving tool as you get more and more comments. It helps you sort through comments, respond quickly using pre-written replies, and highlight comments from supporters or recent subscribers! I use it all the time! This is an incredibly useful tool for engaging with your community!
PUBLISH ON FACEBOOK
Before TubeBuddy, I used to just share my YouTube videos on my Facebook page as links to try to get more traffic to YouTube. Now I can upload directly to Facebook via TubeBuddy, saving me a lot of time. This allows me to take advantage of Facebook’s autoplay feature and get quite a few views on Facebook as well.
OPPORTUNITY FINDER
This tool helps you get more views from Google instead of YouTube. It suggests keywords to add that will increase web search traffic. Once you add keywords, your videos have the potential to increase their ranking on Google.
AUTOMATIC TRANSLATOR
This helps you translate video titles and descriptions into other languages. You can greatly increase your share of international viewers!
BEST TIME TO PUBLISH
This one is a lifesaver. In the past, I used to just guess what was the best time to post based on my current time zone and where most of my viewers live. Now I use TubeBuddy’s in-depth analytics to know the most favorable upload time based on my audience. This helps a lot in getting your videos into the YouTube algorithm and can give you a big boost!
COMPETITIVE SCORE CARD
This allows you to compare your channel to your competitors in terms of monthly views, monthly uploads, subscribers and engagement. You can export this data to a CSV and dive deep into the data too!
HEALTH REPORT
This gives you an overall overview of how your channel is performing. It tells you what’s working and what’s not for your channel. It gives you a quick overview of analytics, search traffic, related videos and viewing time.
SOCIAL MONITOR
With social monitor you can check where your videos are shared and where they are talked about. It scans Twitter, Reddit and Pinterest. Seeing what people are saying about my videos on Reddit has been a huge help to me. You don’t need to manually search for your videos, but can quickly do so via TubeBuddy
REMEMBER LIST FOR UPLOAD
This is one of the most useful features of TubeBuddy. You will no longer forget any steps in the upload process! There are 9 recommended steps that you tick off every time you upload a video!
NOTICES OF BRANDS
Another amazing TubeBuddy feature! I use it to get notifications about my brand. TubeBuddy scans videos that use my brand name in the title, description or tags. It’s a great tool for monitoring the overall sentiment around your brand on YouTube. You can also use it for any keyword you like, this will help you keep an eye on the competition.
THUMBNAIL PICTURE GENERATOR
TubeBuddy has an amazing tool to help you create thumbnails for your uploads. Thumbnails are an incredibly important part of YouTube SEO. Therefore, you should spend as much time as possible creating the perfect thumbnail. Photoshop is the best option (but very complicated), so I recommend starting with the thumbnail creator!
CHANNEL VALUATION
This tool helps you decide how much to charge for branded offers! You connect it to SocialBlueBook, which then looks at average traffic per video, monthly views and total subscribers to know how much to charge for a dedicated video, or to recommend a brand! It is also a good tool to see if the channel’s valuation is rising or falling.
DEMONETISATION REVISION
This tool helps you decide how much to charge for branded offers! You connect it to SocialBlueBook, which then looks at average traffic per video, monthly views and total subscribers to know how much to charge for a dedicated video, or to recommend a brand! It is also a good tool to see if the channel’s valuation is rising or falling.
CHANNEL STATISTICS
Dive deep into competitor channels! You can compare labels, monthly views and more with TubeBuddy channel statistics! You just need to visit another channel and click on the channel statistics tab!
Does TubeBuddy have any membership benefits?
Yes! There are many, but my favorite is 25% off access to the Epidemic Sound music library (don’t worry about copyright anymore!). Epidemic Sound is an amazing music library that you need when you start your channel. There are several other benefits as well, see them below!
Most of these tools are either free or deeply discounted ! My favorite perks are the various music libraries included.
Some other TubeBuddy benefits include discounted access to AudioHero, JukeDeck and discounted editing software as well as YouTube captioning services!
What is the best TubeBuddy plan for me?
I would choose the Pro plan below if I were to start over. It is very cheap and costs only $9 per month, or only $4.50 per month if you have less than 1000 subscribers! It gives you all the main features but with some limitations. If you want to fast track your growth, go to the Pro plan, then upgrade to the Legend plan when your channel earns enough to support it!
PRO PLAN ($9 per month)
I would choose the Pro plan below if I were to start over. It is very cheap and costs only $9 per month, or only $4.50 per month if you have less than 1000 subscribers! It gives you all the main features but with some limitations. If you want to fast track your growth, go to the Pro plan, then upgrade to the Legend plan when your channel earns enough to support it!
THE STAR PLAN ($19 per month)
THE STAR PLAN is TubeBuddy’s best plan for general use. The star plan gives you all the YouTube SEO tools, mass processing tools, increases speed and automates many tasks for you. It is very good!
LEGEND PLAN ($49 per month)
The Legend plan (my current plan) is the premium plan from TubeBuddy. It’s worth it to me mainly for A/B testing. It is an amazing tool that has helped me get millions of views. Essentially, it lets you compare different thumbnails and titles on the same video and see which one works best. Over time and across your entire channel, this can get you millions of extra views! The legend plan also comes with an automatic translator that can translate your titles and descriptions into other languages to reach new markets. Another amazingly awesome tool!