AI YouTube Video Summarizer

Get the key points of any YouTube video in about two minutes of reading. Summ writes a structured summary with chapters and timestamps, so you can decide what's worth watching.

Works with YouTube videos, Shorts, podcasts and live replays

How it works

  1. 1

    Paste a YouTube link

    Lectures, podcasts, interviews, news, tutorials: any video with speech.

  2. 2

    See if it's ready

    If we've already summarized the video, you'll get a link to the summary right away.

  3. 3

    Summarize in the Summ app

    Get a summary in your language, listen to it, and save it to your library.

What a Summ summary looks like

  • A short overview: what the video is about, in a few sentences
  • Key points as a bullet list
  • Chapter-by-chapter notes with timestamps that link back to the video
  • Your choice of length, from a quick brief to a detailed breakdown
  • Any output language: summarize an English video in Spanish, or a Korean video in English

Why use a YouTube summarizer?

Long videos are often 80% intro, sponsor reads and repetition. A summary gives you the 20% that matters, so you can learn from more videos in less time, check a video before watching it, or review something you watched last week.

See real examples in our library of YouTube summaries.

Summ vs. asking ChatGPT

General chatbots often can't open YouTube links, or they guess from the title. Summ reads the actual transcript, keeps timestamps so you can check every claim, and saves your summaries in one place. More in our guide: Can ChatGPT watch YouTube videos?

Summarize any video on your phone with Summ

Share a video from YouTube to Summ and get key points, chapters and timestamps in seconds. You can also listen to the summary.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I summarize a YouTube video?⌄

Paste the link into Summ. You get a structured AI summary with key points and timestamps in under a minute. On this page you can open the summary right away if one already exists.

Is the YouTube summarizer free?⌄

Summ has a free plan with daily summaries. Premium adds unlimited summaries and longer videos.

Can it summarize long videos and podcasts?⌄

Yes. Summ handles multi-hour podcasts, lectures and livestreams, and splits the summary into chapters.

What languages are supported?⌄

Summ reads videos in most languages and can write the summary in more than 50, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

How accurate are AI summaries?⌄

Summaries are based on the full transcript, and every chapter links to its timestamp, so you can check anything important in the original video.

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Example summaries