{"id":42086,"date":"2018-12-04T23:54:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=42086"},"modified":"2022-10-13T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T10:48:12","slug":"chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Must-have Chrome Extensions for YouTube Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a YouTube creator, you need to create superb videos and tweak them for social platforms and search engines to <strong>make them viral<\/strong>. However, if your videos are not performing well, then most probably you\u2019re not using the <strong>right tools<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I did a research on the <strong>tools used by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/youtube-channels-to-spend-hours-on\/\" rel=\"noopener\">popular YouTube channels<\/a><\/strong>, and I\u2019m going to share the best Chrome extensions for YouTube creators that prove helpful in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>With given extensions, you can <strong>create searchable videos, streamline your workflow, evaluate the performance<\/strong> of your videos and channels. They can also help you to <strong>monetize the videos<\/strong> and grow your vlogging business by managing and optimizing social and video platforms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/video-content-creators-make-money\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 8 Sites to Make Money for Video Creators\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">8 Sites to Make Money for Video Creators<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/video-content-creators-make-money.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-38864 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/video-content-creators-make-money.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">8 Sites to Make Money for Video Creators<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThere are sites that'll pay you for the things you do daily. However, if you have a talent,...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Create and edit videos in browser<\/h2>\n<p>In this section, I\u2019ll showcase some extensions that help to <strong>create your own story and mix and edit music and videos<\/strong> efficiently. All these extensions work directly inside your browser, and provide no less power than any simple video editor.<\/p>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/video-editor-for-chromebo\/okgjbfikepgflmlelgfgecmgjnmnmnnb?hl=en\">WeVideo<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/wevideo.jpg\" width=\"958\" height=\"603\" alt=\"WeVideo\"><\/figure>\n<p>This is my favorite <strong>online video editor<\/strong>, especially due to its ease of use. This tool makes it easy to create and <strong>edit videos professionally<\/strong> and makes them accessible from anywhere. And it offers the following features for video creators like you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Features <strong>turn-by-turn collaborative<\/strong> editing from any place on any device.<\/li>\n<li>Allows to record and <strong>add a voice-over<\/strong> to the video clip using webcam and mic.<\/li>\n<li>Avails different <strong>editing modes<\/strong> for beginners and professionals namely Storyboard and Advanced Timeline, offering ease and power respectively.<\/li>\n<li>Supports connecting to <strong>cloud services<\/strong> and taking media files directly from Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dailymotion, Box, and Dropbox.<\/li>\n<li>Lets you <strong>publish videos on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Dailymotion<\/strong>, etc., or share them on social media sites or embed them on your website out of the box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/pro-mode-for-youtube-vide\/aenmbapdfjdkanhfppdmmdipakgacanp\">Pro Mode for YouTube Video Editor<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/pro-mode-youtube-videos.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"503\" alt=\"Pro Mode for YouTube Videos\"><\/figure>\n<p>If you use the YouTube\u2019s editor to do most of the editing stuff, then this tool will help you <strong>do more using shortcuts<\/strong>. This handy tool enhances and improves on the YouTube\u2019s built-in video editor with keyboard shortcuts and other productivity features like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adds various <strong>buttons and notifications<\/strong> to make you get and know things faster.<\/li>\n<li>Allows to sort photos, <strong>navigate the timeline<\/strong>, select tabs and do various other tasks without losing the current selection in the editor, using just the shortcuts.<\/li>\n<li>Playback control takes <strong>control of the preview player<\/strong> and is controlled by a separate playback button and a slider, which allows editing and scrolling in the locked mode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/useful-youtube-keyboard-shortcuts-to-know\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 30+ YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">30+ YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/useful-youtube-keyboard-shortcuts-to-know.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-14889 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/useful-youtube-keyboard-shortcuts-to-know.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">30+ YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMany people today spend most of their time on YouTube, whether for learning purpose or watching some cat...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Record and convert videos directly<\/h2>\n<p>In this section, I\u2019ll share the extensions that help to create videos using your webcam and <strong>convert them various video formats<\/strong>. These tools even <strong>support compressing<\/strong> those videos for faster upload experience without using any third-party tool.<\/p>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/go\/nimbus-screenshot\">Nimbus Screenshot & Screen Video Recorder<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/go\/nimbus-screenshot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/nimbus-screenshot-screen-video-recorder.jpg\" width=\"962\" height=\"457\" alt=\"Nimbus Screenshot & Screen Video Recorder\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A simple but <strong>powerful screenshot taker for everyone<\/strong>, this extension helps capture web pages in a clean and user-friendly interface. That\u2019s not all, it also records videos from your screen and has other features like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add and edit objects <\/strong>like stickers and text boxes in the screenshot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Captures<\/strong> whole or part of web page and <strong>records<\/strong> a<strong> <\/strong>video from a tab or screen.<\/li>\n<li>Lets you edit and manipulate the screenshot, and save it in <strong>JPG and PNG<\/strong> formats.<\/li>\n<li>Allows saving to various <strong>third-party tools<\/strong> like Nimbus Note, Slack and Google Drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/clipchamp-video-editor\/delkpojpfkkfgmknffmblbhmlamkjioi?hl=en\">Clipchamp<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/clipchamp.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"560\" alt=\"Clipchamp\"><\/figure>\n<p>As per my experience, this <strong>Chrome extension is a reliable video converter and compressor<\/strong>. It compresses videos without affecting their quality and works using a simple <strong>drag and drop<\/strong> interface. Here are other salient features of Clipchamp:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows you to create a short link to request and <strong>collect videos<\/strong> from anyone, which can be queued and <strong>uploaded directly<\/strong> to your YouTube channel or Google Drive.<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>webcam recorder<\/strong> records the video in 360p, 480p and 720p resolutions right from your browser, which helps vloggers create video blogs easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/screencastify-screen-vide\/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn\">Screencastify<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/screencastify.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"404\" alt=\"Screencastify\"><\/figure>\n<p>Screencastify packs in <strong>various features to record screenshots and screencasts<\/strong>. All features, however, are not included in its lite version like it only records 20 min. videos. It\u2019s simple to use like Nimbus, and offers the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Records<\/strong> a specific tab in your browser or the whole computer screen.<\/li>\n<li>Creates <strong>WEBM and VP8 videos<\/strong> with audio and lets you save it locally.<\/li>\n<li>Allows saving the files to Google Drive and <strong>publishing directly<\/strong> to YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/video-tools-to-make-compelling-videos-easily\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 5 Best Video Tools for Novice Users\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 Best Video Tools for Novice Users<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/video-tools-to-make-compelling-videos-easily.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-41429 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/video-tools-to-make-compelling-videos-easily.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">5 Best Video Tools for Novice Users<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom business pitches to personal memories, create videos effortlessly.\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Upload and publish videos<\/h2>\n<p>This section talks about the <strong>tools that help in uploading, publishing and sharing videos<\/strong> with others easily, using just a web browser. These extensions also help publishing videos <strong>directly from online storage<\/strong> providers like Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.<\/p>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/youtube-uploader-for-drop\/bohlpmbngemggkpioibiahganclljlag\">YouTube Uploader for Dropbox, Drive<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/youtube-uploader-dropbox-drive.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" alt=\"YouTube Uploader for Dropbox, Drive\"><\/figure>\n<p>This one-of-its-kind extension needs no explanation \u2014 its name tells you all. It allows you to <strong>upload and publish video files from Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive<\/strong> to YouTube directly. It works locally in your browser, and offers the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows uploading video files in <strong>batch mode<\/strong> without using the YouTube\u2019s web interface.<\/li>\n<li>Supports <strong>numerous video formats<\/strong> like WebM, MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG4, MPEGPS, FLV and 3GPP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Manage channels and optimize videos<\/h2>\n<p>In this section, I will talk about the <strong>most important tools<\/strong> in your journey from being a \u201cYouTube creator\u201d to a \u201cpopular YouTube creator\u201d. These extensions will <strong>transform the way you manage your channels<\/strong>, and provide lot more help to optimize them easily than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, these help perform <strong>time-consuming tasks<\/strong> like updating annotations and info cards, managing comments and creating thumbnails and backups in just a few clicks.<\/p>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/tubebuddy\/mhkhmbddkmdggbhaaaodilponhnccicb\">TubeBuddy<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/tubebuddy.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"492\" alt=\"TubeBuddy\"><\/figure>\n<p>TubeBuddy is my most favorite YouTube tool that works as a <strong>channel manager and a toolkit for optimizing videos<\/strong>, making it an absolute must for YouTube creators. This adds a layer of numerous functionalities on top of YouTube such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides <strong>find\/replace and bulk update<\/strong> features to update the descriptions, social profiles, hyperlinks and references on the videos.<\/li>\n<li>Helps generate customized, <strong>professional-looking thumbnails<\/strong> with the help of screenshots and branding or text layers for the videos.<\/li>\n<li>Allows you to <strong>engage and collaborate<\/strong> with new subscribers and fans efficiently as well as export the list of your subscribers and their profiles to a CSV file.<\/li>\n<li>Generates a <strong>detailed analysis<\/strong> of your competitors\u2019 views, subscribers, uploads per day and engagement channels \u2014 all in nice, tabular form in CSV format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/vidiq-vision-for-youtube\/pachckjkecffpdphbpmfolblodfkgbhl\">vidIQ Vision<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/vidiq-vision.jpg\" width=\"817\" height=\"472\" alt=\"vidIQ Vision\"><\/figure>\n<p>As per my experience, this extension delivers a <strong>comprehensive optimization report<\/strong> showing key insights of everything the top creators do to drive traffic and growth. It helps you <strong>boost subscriber engagement and create viral videos<\/strong> for them. And it gives creators access to statistics more than just total views of a video, and more such features like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<strong>vidIQ Score<\/strong>\u201d ranks every video, which helps to evaluate the probability of a video being endorsed in related search or recommended videos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Average watch time<\/strong> helps you understand the quality of your videos and how well they keep viewers engaged, and thus drive success on your channel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Velocity<\/strong> (views per hour) tells about the videos gaining viral traction and their acceleration in popularity, making it clear which are the rocking videos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social media statistics<\/strong> shows the number of likes, shares, comments, and tweets for your videos gathered from various social channels including Reddit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/viso-for-chrome\/gigejlhmkgfmlahodjfejfnhegfllhoh\">VISO Catalyst<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/viso-catalyst.jpg\" width=\"942\" height=\"603\" alt=\"VISO Catalyst\"><\/figure>\n<p>This section isn\u2019t complete without VISO Catalyst, a platform that helps you to discover the popular videos, their <strong>optimization strategies and analytics<\/strong> \u2014 all to <strong>guide you about creating awesome, viral-worthy videos<\/strong>. This platform is, unfortunately, only available for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbtv.com\/creator-solutions\">partners of BBTV<\/a> or an associated network, and includes following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title optimizer<\/strong> ensures the videos possess concise, searchable titles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbnail editor<\/strong> creates beautiful thumbnails using backgrounds, graphics, and text for videos, and allows downloading them for posting to social media.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intelligent keyword recommendations<\/strong> help you improve titles, descriptions, and tags for your videos to make them as user-friendly and searchable as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Manage and optimize social media<\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s the description about some tools that help to <strong>track and manage social media integration<\/strong>, which seems almost impossible to do manually, at least to me. With these tools, you and your team can <strong>work collaboratively<\/strong> to manage various social networks.<\/p>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/hootsuite\/kneloppijbcidgidihgdjnooihjcdbij\">Hootsuite<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/hootsuite.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" alt=\"Hootsuite\"><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s by far the <strong>best and only solution that empowers your business<\/strong> and helps you capture more value via social channels. The tool supports in managing <strong>brand reputation<\/strong>, running <strong>social media campaigns<\/strong>, engaging with viewers and even collaborating internally with your creative team. But it\u2019s not all and here are more things it can do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saves time by allowing to manage all social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+ from a <strong>single dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Measures the social ROI, spots <strong>developing trends<\/strong> and reports how your videos are performing with competitors through real-time reports.<\/li>\n<li>Helps <strong>connect with customers<\/strong> faster and smarter, and enables you to respond instantly by monitoring opinions and reviews about your brand.<\/li>\n<li>Allows inviting <strong>multiple collaborators<\/strong> to manage social profiles and streamline <strong>team workflow<\/strong> using scheduling and assignment tools and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Check video details and statistics<\/h2>\n<p>This section discusses about the Chrome extensions that allow access to <strong>in-depth video insights<\/strong> showing videos\u2019 details and statistics. This insight helps creators in understanding and improving brand awareness, lead generation, and online user interaction.<\/p>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/heartbeat\/kogebojdmfhcaipmkfnnandcjmppfplh?hl=en\">Heartbeat<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/heartbeat.jpg\" width=\"958\" height=\"468\" alt=\"Heartbeat\"><\/figure>\n<p>Out of the tools I tried, Heartbeat is the best tool that allows creators to <strong>connect to the YouTube community<\/strong> as well as to track and view subscriber growth. It also displays others details like video age, count, channel as well as monetization owner and <strong>social media stats for your videos<\/strong>. And below are some of its important features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offers <strong>YouTube real-time chat<\/strong> system with the ability to create chat rooms for people with similar interests to hold discussions and share videos.<\/li>\n<li>Provides the creators with <strong>channel analytics<\/strong> having metrics like earnings, viewership and subscriber growth of their channel and the competition.<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>tag finder<\/strong> allows creators to tag their videos with trending, SEO-friendly keywords, which help the people to find preferred or related content faster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/social-blade\/cfidkbgamfhdgmedldkagjopnbobdmdn\">Social Blade<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-extensions-for-youtube-creators\/social-blade.jpg\" width=\"794\" height=\"493\" alt=\"Social Blade\"><\/figure>\n<p>This extension helps YouTube creators to <strong>track user statistics<\/strong> for YouTube as well as social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and others. Social Blade makes user analytics, growth, and trends simple to understand for creators, and includes features like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides <strong>social analytics<\/strong> for any content, creator, brand or live streamer.<\/li>\n<li>Provides <strong>user and trend statistics<\/strong> for any video or channel on YouTube.<\/li>\n<li>Provides <strong>financial stats<\/strong> including estimated monthly and yearly earnings along with future projections in numerical format as well as easy-to-read graphs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/hashtag-campaign-tracking-tools\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 5 Tools to Track Hashtags for Social Media Users\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 Tools to Track Hashtags for Social Media Users<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/hashtag-campaign-tracking-tools.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-39209 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/hashtag-campaign-tracking-tools.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">5 Tools to Track Hashtags for Social Media Users<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHashtags play a key role in social media plans. They help group talks about a subject, give deep...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Sum and substance<\/h2>\n<p>Among all these Chrome extensions, I find <strong>TubeBuddy, Hootsuite and Heartbeat<\/strong> are the <strong>must haves<\/strong> for every YouTube creator \u2014 beginner or advanced. And if you don\u2019t use a powerhouse video editor, then WeVideo and Clipchamp also prove helpful for creating videos.<\/p>\n<p>How\u2019s your experience of creating videos and managing your channel using these tools? Do you know more such tools? I\u2019ll love to hear from you through email and comments.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a YouTube creator, you need to create superb videos and tweak them for social platforms and search engines to make them viral. However, if your videos are not performing well, then most probably you\u2019re not using the right tools. 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