Summarize any YouTube video with AI

Turn long videos into clear key points in seconds. AI-powered summaries with clickable timestamps, in 15+ languages.*

Add to Chrome — Free

AI that reads the video for you

Watching a long YouTube video just to find one useful part is a waste of time. With an AI summarizer you paste nothing and switch nowhere — open the video, click Summary, and the AI reads the full transcript and hands you the key points in seconds.

Unlike tools that dump a raw transcript on you, YouTube Summary uses AI to actually understand the content: it pulls out the main arguments, the important moments, and gives you clickable timestamps so you can jump straight to what matters. A one-hour talk becomes a three-minute read.

⚡ Instant AI summaries

The AI reads the transcript and returns a concise, structured summary of any YouTube video in seconds.

🎯 Clickable timestamps

Every summary comes with smart chapter markers. Click one to jump to that exact moment in the video.

🌍 15+ languages

Summarize videos in English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and more — and translate the summary into your own language.

🚀 Adaptive length

Short videos get short summaries, long videos get detailed ones. Always the right amount of detail.

* Summaries are generated from video transcripts. Some YouTube videos may not have transcripts available.

How to summarize a YouTube video with AI

1. Install the extension

Add YouTube Summary to Chrome for free. It takes a few seconds and no account is required to start.

2. Open any YouTube video

Go to the video you want to summarize. A small widget appears on the page with a Summary button.

3. Click Summary

The AI reads the transcript and generates a concise summary with clickable timestamps. Translate it into your language with one click.