# YouTube Transcript Summarizer

> Copies the YouTube transcript and summarizes it with ChatGPT

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-summarizer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-summarizer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-transcript-summarizer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Robert
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 26
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-07
- **First published:** 2025-03-06
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-transcript-summarizer/)

## Description

This Chrome extension allows users to copy the transcript of a YouTube video and open the ChatGPT website to paste the transcript for summarization. The extension adds buttons to the YouTube interface for easy access to these features.
<ul><li>Copies the transcript of the currently playing YouTube video to the clipboard.</li><li>Opens the ChatGPT website in a new tab and pastes the copied transcript into the input field.</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #21,566 — Overall
- #15 — summarizer
- #16 — summarization
- #20 — summarize youtube
- #20 — youtube summarizer
- #23 — summarize

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `clipboardRead`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`
- `https://chatgpt.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-summarizer)