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YouTube Rank Tracker — check your video's position for any keyword
Paste a YouTube video URL, add up to 10 keywords, and get live positions from the top of YouTube search.
How the YouTube Rank Tracker works
SmartLabsAI queries YouTube search for each keyword you enter and reports the position of your video in the top 30 results. Pair it with YouTube Keyword Research to find the right terms to chase, then track their movement week over week.
Explore more creator toolsWhat is the YouTube Rank Tracker and how does it help content creators?
The SmartLabsAI Rank Tracker tells you exactly where a video sits in YouTube search results for the keywords you care about. Paste a video URL, add up to ten keywords, and the tool reports the position of that video within the top results for each phrase from a neutral, logged-out request.
Publishing an optimised video is only half the job. Rankings move constantly as competitors publish, as watch time accumulates and as YouTube re-evaluates relevance. Without measurement you cannot tell whether a title rewrite helped, whether a new thumbnail lifted click-through enough to move you up, or whether a keyword you targeted was simply out of reach.
Tracking positions weekly turns YouTube SEO from a one-time task into a feedback loop. You will quickly learn which keyword families your channel has authority in, which videos are drifting downward and need a refresh, and which older uploads are quietly climbing and deserve a promotional push.
Key features
Privacy-first
Checks run server-side from a neutral session. Nothing is tied to your Google account or your watch history.
Fast processing
All ten keywords are checked in parallel, so a full report returns in seconds rather than minutes.
Neutral results
Positions are measured from a logged-out request, so personalisation and your own watch history do not inflate the numbers.
How to use it: step-by-step
- 1Copy the URL of the video you want to monitor.
- 2Paste it into the video URL field on this page.
- 3Enter your target keywords, one per line, up to ten at a time.
- 4Press Track rankings and wait a few seconds for the report.
- 5Record the positions in a spreadsheet and repeat weekly so you can see the trend rather than a single snapshot.
Pro tips for better results
- Always compare against a baseline. One check tells you little; four weekly checks tell you whether your optimisation worked.
- If a video does not appear in the top results, the keyword is probably too competitive for your channel's current authority. Move down to a longer-tail variant.
- Rankings you see while logged into your own account are personalised and usually far better than reality. That is exactly why this tool checks logged-out.
Frequently asked questions
YouTube personalises results based on your watch history and subscriptions. Because you have watched your own video, YouTube surfaces it first for you. This tool checks from a neutral session for that reason.
It checks the top results returned for each keyword. If your video is not found within that range, it is reported as unranked for that term.
Once a week is enough for most channels. Rankings fluctuate daily, and checking too often produces noise rather than signal.
Yes. Any public video URL can be tracked, which makes the tool useful for benchmarking your position against the leaders in your niche.