Headline & Title Analyzer

Type in a page title, blog headline, or email subject line and this tool checks it against six structural patterns that correlate with better click-through rates: length, word count, whether it contains a number, whether it uses a word that adds emphasis, whether it's framed as a question or how-to, and whether it opens strong. It returns a 0-100 score and a pass/fail breakdown for each check.

It's meant for anyone writing the headline that shows up in a search result or a social share — a business owner titling a new service page, someone writing a blog post, a marketer drafting an email subject line — at the point where the headline is still easy to change, before it's published.

The patterns it checks aren't arbitrary. Length matters because search engines and social platforms truncate long titles, cutting them off mid-word in a way that looks broken and gets fewer clicks; numbers and specific phrasing tend to read as more concrete and scannable than vague ones; and a headline that opens with its strongest word or number tends to hold attention better in a list of competing results than one that buries the point in the middle.

How to use this tool

1. Type or paste your headline into the input field — it replaces the example headline shown by default.
2. Watch the score and checks update live as you type; there's no button to click.
3. Read through the six checks below the score — each one shows a pass or fail with a short explanation of why.
4. Rewrite based on what's failing: trim it if it's too long, add a specific number if none is present, or move your strongest word to the front.
5. Once you're happy with it, pair it with the SERP Preview tool (linked below) to see exactly how it will display and where it might get cut off on a real results page.
6. Use it for page titles, blog headlines, or email subject lines — the same six patterns apply to all three.

What the score doesn't measure

The six checks here are structural — they look at length, word count, numbers, and phrasing, not whether the headline is actually true to the content underneath it or whether it fits your specific audience. A trade publication's readers and a general consumer audience respond to headlines differently, and no automated check knows your audience the way you do. Treat the score as a pre-publish sanity check on structure, not the final word on whether a headline is good.