Does adding captions to your YouTube video help it preform better?

<p>We are constantly looking for methods to get our videos to rank on YouTube. The better the videos perform, the more views we get which then turn into subscribers.<br/><br/>One tool that YouTube has is the automatic captioning tool. <br/>This essentially puts into text the words you are saying in your video. <br/><br/>Besides that fact that that is not 100% percent accurate, does captioning your video really help your video&apos;s performance? Do captions give you more engagement and watch time?<br/>These are the questions I put to Ryan Sweeny, head of partnerships at rev.com - a professional captioning company and the conversation was pretty interesting!<br/><br/>In this episode you will learn:</p><ul><li>What are captions and subtitles</li><li>What&apos;s the difference between human and machine captions</li><li>How do captions help your video</li><li>Do captions really help your video’s performance</li></ul><p>For more info on Rev, head over to <a href='https://Rev.com'><b>Rev.com</b></a><br/><br/>This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a <a href='https://thetechieguy.com'>Tech Blogger</a>, <a href='https://youtube.com/lironsegev'>YouTuber</a>, and the Director of customer success at<a href='https://vidiq.com'> vidIQ</a>. If you have any questions, please feel free to email <a href='mailto:liron@vidiq.com'>liron@vidiq.com</a></p>