Youtube video summarizer

Paste a YouTube URL and get an instant AI summary. Read a 2-hour podcast in 30 seconds — TL;DR, key takeaways, chapters with clickable timestamps.

1 free summary per day on the web. 3/day and unlimited history with the Chrome extension.

Add to Chrome — it's free

How it works

  1. 1

    Paste a YouTube URL

    Any youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, or/shorts/… link works. Live-recorded videos, tutorials, interviews, lectures, podcasts, product reviews — up to 4 hours on the free web tool.

  2. 2

    Pick your summary language

    Choose from 18 languages, or leave it on Auto to follow the video's language. Same page, no reload — switch language and re-generate whenever you need.

  3. 3

    Read the summary

    The AI extracts a TL;DR, key takeaways, chapters with clickable timestamps, notable quotes, and action steps (for tutorials). Click any timestamp to jump to that moment in the embedded video.

  4. 4

    Copy, download, or install

    Copy the summary in Markdown and paste it straight into Notion, Obsidian, or Slack. Download it as .md or .txt. Or install our Chrome extension to get the same summary right on YouTube's own page — no tab-switching.

Who it's for

Four workflows this is built around — pulled from real user reviews, not guesses.

You triage 2-hour videos

TL;DR mode gives you a one-sentence answer to "is this worth watching?" — expand to bullets or the full breakdown only if you decide it is.

You repurpose videos into posts

Pull key takeaways, notable quotes and chapters out of an interview or podcast — each stamped with the exact second it was said. Straight into your X thread, LinkedIn post or newsletter draft.

You research a topic across many videos

Read a 30-second summary before committing to a 40-minute watch. Skip the ones that don't answer your question, revisit the ones that do.

You keep notes in Obsidian or Notion

Download the summary as Markdown with the source URL — drops straight into your vault. Or copy sectioned Markdown that survives the paste into Notion, Slack, and Discord.

Simple pricing

Start free. Upgrade only when you need unlimited AI summaries.

See full pricing →

Free

$0

Forever, no card required

  • ✓ 3 AI summaries per day
  • ✓ Copy or download in Markdown
  • ✓ 18 output languages
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Pro Yearly

Billed annually · cancel anytime

  • ✓ Unlimited AI summaries and chat
  • ✓ 10 hours/mo of AI transcription for videos without captions
  • ✓ Works on videos up to 3 hours

Try it on a video you're procrastinating

Paste any YouTube link — from a lecture to a product review — and get the AI summary in seconds.

Prefer to do it right on YouTube?Install our Chrome extension →