Everyday AI · School & study
Summarize a YouTube video
Do you have a long YouTube tutorial or lecture and want the main points first?
What to do
- Copy the public YouTube link from the address bar or Share. Skip private or members-only videos.
- Open Gemini on the web or the official app.
- Paste the link, then paste the prompt below (or type “summarize this video”).
- Open the video and check one fact, name or step before you use the summary. For a study notebook with citations, add the same link as a source in NotebookLM.
Try this prompt
Paste the YouTube URL into Gemini, then this prompt.
Summarize this video for someone who has not watched it:
[paste the YouTube URL]
Give me:
1. What it is about in two sentences.
2. Five key points.
3. Any numbers, dates or names I should verify in the video.
If you cannot access the video, say so. Do not invent quotes.See a sample result
Illustrative example. Your answer may differ.
Input (illustrative): You paste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=… for a 20-minute cooking tutorial. Example result: Two-sentence topic, five steps, and “To confirm: heat setting mentioned around the middle.” You still open that part of the video.
Before you use it: Pasting the public YouTube link is enough in Gemini. Watch the part that matters. Private videos and videos without captions may fail. This is not exam or professional advice. NotebookLM is optional if you want citations from the captions.