One-click ChatGPT summaries injected right under any YouTube video with a transcript.
This is our editors' assessment out of 5, not an average of user ratings. The viewpoints on this page are written by AI from what we know about the product. They are not customer reviews.
According to OpenAITools.app telemetry verified on 2026-11-11, Youtube Video Summary (chromewebstore.google.com) is an AI platform indexed under AI Summarizer generating 0 monthly visits with a month-over-month traffic delta of +0 (0.0%). Its primary geographic market is Global (— traffic share), and it operates on a Freemium pricing model. Top competing alternatives by monthly volume include Glarity (188.82K visits/mo), Gist AI (4.11K visits/mo), Kome AI (174.91K visits/mo).
Super handy for skipping long intros.
Summaries can get a bit repetitive.
Love that it uses my own OpenAI account.
Stopped working after a YouTube layout update.
AI-synthesized perspectives grounded in live site inspection, pricing structure, and category benchmarks — presented as editorial viewpoints rather than individual customer testimonials.
ChatGPT summaries are injected straight into the YouTube page, so you read the key points without switching tabs.
The extension reuses the OpenAI session you are already logged into, keeping setup to a single install.
Summary language can be adjusted among the supported options, useful for non-English audiences.
Longer transcripts are automatically chunked and summarised so hour-long videos still produce a usable digest.
The developer declares collected data is not sold to third parties or used outside the extension's core summarising function.
Youtube Video Summary targets the very common problem of long YouTube videos that you only want the gist of: lectures, interviews, conference talks and podcasts. Once installed, the extension watches the page you are on, pulls the available transcript, sends it to ChatGPT and renders a condensed summary in the player area, so you never have to leave YouTube or copy transcript text into a separate chatbot window.
The extension deliberately avoids the API-key friction that puts people off most summarizer tools. It relies on the OpenAI session you are already signed into, which means a free or Plus ChatGPT account is all you need. The developer notes that if a video has no captions, no summary is produced - the tool summarises transcripts rather than watching the audio itself.
Since launch it has grown support for more summary languages and added automatic summarisation of longer transcripts. It is a small, single-purpose utility: it does not store your data, and the developer declares nothing is sold to third parties. Reach for it when you want speed and zero setup cost rather than a full research workspace.
Get the main arguments of a recorded lecture before deciding whether it is worth watching end to end.
Scan key takeaways from long industry talks and webinars during a short break.
Choose a summary language you read comfortably and check comprehension of videos in another language.
Prioritise a queue of saved videos by reading summaries first and watching only the ones that matter.
Side-by-side telemetry comparison of competing AI tools in the same primary category
| Rank | AI Tool | Monthly Visits | MoM Growth | Direct traffic share | Pricing | Head-to-Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Youtube Video Summary | 0 | — | — | Freemium | Current |
| 1 | Glarity | 188.82K | -49.6% | 7% direct | Freemium | vs Glarity |
| 2 | Gist AI | 4.11K | -21.3% | 39% direct | Free | vs Gist AI |
| 3 | Kome AI | 174.91K | -6.5% | 30% direct | Freemium | vs Kome AI |
| 4 | Noiz | 148.84K | -27.8% | 29% direct | Free Trial | vs Noiz |
| 5 | Walles.ai - Your AI Browser Sidekick | 8.31K | -39.2% | 67% direct | Freemium | vs Walles.ai - Your AI Browser Sidekick |
| 6 | Eightify | 109.24K | -23.2% | 44% direct | Freemium | vs Eightify |
Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser
Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser
One free Chrome extension that summarizes websites, YouTube videos and PDFs in a single click
One free Chrome extension that summarizes websites, YouTube videos and PDFs in a single click
Summarize, bookmark and write with AI right in your browser
Summarize, bookmark and write with AI right in your browser
Summarize any YouTube video into key ideas and timestamped notes in seconds.
Summarize any YouTube video into key ideas and timestamped notes in seconds.
Your GPT-powered sidekick for every page, PDF and video
Your GPT-powered sidekick for every page, PDF and video
AI summaries that turn long YouTube videos into key ideas in seconds
AI summaries that turn long YouTube videos into key ideas in seconds
One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
One browser agent that combines every major AI model with web automation
One-click AI summaries for everything you have to read or watch
One-click AI summaries for everything you have to read or watch
Turn long articles, videos and PDFs into structured summaries you can actually search.
Turn long articles, videos and PDFs into structured summaries you can actually search.
Bottom Line Up Front for every page, PDF and video you read
Bottom Line Up Front for every page, PDF and video you read
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone
