How do I summarize a YouTube video?

Paste the link above, wait a few seconds for the transcript, then click Summary. You get a TL;DR plus key bullet points, with the full transcript below for verification.

Is the YouTube summarizer free?

Yes — 10 free AI summaries or translations a day with no account, on top of 5 free transcripts. A free account doubles AI actions to 20 every day.

How accurate are the summaries?

The summary is generated from the actual transcript, not the title or captions — so it reflects what was genuinely said. You can always check any claim against the transcript below it.

How long can the video be?

Links up to 10 minutes as a guest, 30 minutes with a free account, 120 on Pro. Longer videos: upload the file (up to 200 MB) and summarize that.

Can it summarize videos in other languages?

Yes — transcription covers 90+ languages, and you can translate the transcript into 12 languages before or after summarizing.

Is the video or summary stored?

No. Everything is processed in memory and discarded. Copy the summary before you leave the page.

Long videos → short summaries

YouTube summarizer, TL;DR in a click.

Paste a YouTube link, get the full transcript, then let AI write the TL;DR and key takeaways. Free, no sign-up.

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How to summarize a YouTube video

Paste the YouTube link

Any public video or Short. The AI transcribes the full audio first — that is what makes the summary accurate.

Click Summary

One click turns the transcript into a TL;DR plus key bullet points, grounded in what was actually said — not the title or thumbnail.

Copy both

Take the summary for your notes and the full transcript for quotes — both are copyable and exportable.

A summarizer grounded in the real transcript

No sign-up needed

Paste a link and read the full transcript. No account, no email, no credit card.

Results in seconds

Whisper-class AI speech recognition turns a one-minute video into text in a few seconds.

90+ languages

English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese and dozens more — detected automatically.

TXT, SRT & VTT export

Copy plain text for captions and blogs, or download subtitle files with timestamps for your editor.

Nothing is stored

Audio is processed in memory to generate your transcript and then discarded. Your uploads stay yours.

Works without captions

We transcribe the actual audio track, so videos with no captions or burned-in subtitles work fine.

Summaries you can actually trust

Most video summarizers guess from captions — if captions are missing or auto-generated garbage, the summary is fiction. This one transcribes the actual audio first, then summarizes that text. What you get is a TL;DR of what was said, with the key claims as bullets you can verify against the transcript sitting right below it.

It is the difference between a summary of the video and a summary of the title.

Decide what deserves your watch time

A 40-minute podcast might contain four minutes you care about. Summarize it first: if the key points are worth it, watch with context; if not, you just saved 40 minutes. Researchers triage talks this way, marketers digest competitor content, and students preview lectures before class.

Guests get 10 free AI actions a day (summaries and translations); a free account doubles that to 20 every day.

Works on more than YouTube

Instagram and TikTok links summarize the same way, and uploaded files work through the video to text converter. Need the full text instead? Grab the YouTube transcript with timestamps.

YouTube summarizer — FAQ

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40 minutes of video. 40 seconds of reading.

Paste a YouTube link and get the TL;DR — free, no sign-up.

Summarize a video