AI YouTube Summarizer
Read videos.
Skip the watch.
Paste a YouTube link and Sumvid pulls the transcript, runs it through AI, and hands you a clean, scannable summary. Every video you run is saved to your history to revisit or export anytime.
Free, no account: one video a day under 30 minutes. Sign in for 5 free credits.
Prefer to summarize without leaving YouTube? Get the Chrome extension
How it works
Three steps. No more skimming a forty-minute video for the one part that matters.
01
Paste a URL
Drop in any YouTube link — talks, podcasts, tutorials, interviews. Captions are all we need.
02
AI summarizes it
Sumvid feeds the full transcript to AI that reads every minute and distills it down to the points that actually matter.
03
Read & export
Get a clean, sectioned write-up you can skim in a minute — and every summary stays in your history to revisit or export anytime.
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FAQ
Quick answers
- How do I summarize a YouTube video with AI?
- Paste the video's URL into Sumvid and submit. Sumvid pulls the video's transcript, runs it through AI, and returns a clean, sectioned summary you can read in about a minute.
- What kinds of YouTube videos can Sumvid summarize?
- Any YouTube video with captions: talks, podcasts, lectures, tutorials, interviews, Shorts, and live-stream replays. If YouTube has a transcript for it, Sumvid can summarize it.
- Is Sumvid free?
- Yes, to start. Try one summary a day without an account, and sign in for 5 free credits (about 5 videos). Existing summaries are always free to read. After that, prepaid packs start at $5 for 100 credits, with no subscription.
- Can Sumvid summarize videos in other languages?
- Yes. Pick a summary language when you submit a video and Sumvid writes the summary in that language.
- Can I summarize a video without leaving YouTube?
- Yes — the Sumvid Chrome extension summarizes the video you're watching right on YouTube, no tab switching needed.
- How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video?
- You can get a YouTube video's transcript for free from YouTube itself, in the "Show transcript" panel under the video. Sumvid doesn't expose transcript downloads in its web app, but its pay-per-call API and MCP server can fetch transcripts programmatically, and its AI summaries turn any transcript into a quick, readable digest. Read the full guide
- Can I summarize a podcast or lecture without watching it?
- You can summarize a podcast, lecture, or talk without watching it as long as it's published on YouTube — paste its YouTube URL into Sumvid and it returns an AI-written summary in about a minute. Sumvid doesn't ingest bare podcast RSS feeds or downloaded audio, only YouTube uploads. Read the full guide
- Can I export summaries to Obsidian?
- Yes — every summary's share menu has a "Copy for Obsidian" action that copies the summary as markdown with YAML frontmatter and clickable timestamps, ready to paste into a vault note. Read the full guide