Chapters make your video easier to navigate and help it rank. Here's the exact format YouTube needs — and how to generate good chapter titles automatically.
Chapters go in your description, one per line, as '0:00 Title.' The first must start at 0:00, you need at least three, and each must be 10+ seconds.
The format is easy; writing punchy, accurate chapter titles for a long video is the work. That's what takes time.
Paste your video link into RecapGPT. It generates YouTube-ready chapters — correct format, compelling titles, right number for the length.
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Your own YouTube video.
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Drop the chapter list into your video description — YouTube does the rest.
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Make lectures navigable and searchable.
Add timestamps to your video description, one per line, formatted as '0:00 Chapter title.' The first must be 0:00, with at least three chapters total.
'0:00 Title' on each line. YouTube auto-detects chapters when the first starts at 0:00 and you have three or more, each at least 10 seconds long.
Paste your video link into a tool like RecapGPT — it produces correctly formatted, compelling chapter titles based on the actual content.
Yes. Chaptered videos rank better and appear as key moments in Google and YouTube search.
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