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How YouTube Summary Classifies Videos in 2025

How YouTube Summary Classifies Videos in 2025

Inside our 2025 pipeline: how YouTube Summary classifies videos, podcasts, and Shorts and why category-specific prompts improve accuracy.

Valérian Valérian

October 15, 2025 · 7 min read

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We split ‘Business and Finance’ into two categories

We split ‘Business and Finance’ into two categories

To make summaries clearer and more relevant, we’ve separated the former ‘Business and Finance’ category into two: ‘Business’ and ‘Finance’.

Valérian Valérian

October 14, 2025 · 1 min read

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New ‘Cooking’ Video Category: Better AI Summaries for Recipes and Tutorials

New ‘Cooking’ Video Category: Better AI Summaries for Recipes and Tutorials

We’ve added a ‘Cooking’ category so recipe videos get clearer, more accurate AI summaries—think ingredients, timing, and techniques at a glance.

Valérian Valérian

October 13, 2025 · 3 min read

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YouTube Summary Is Now Free for Everyone

YouTube Summary Is Now Free for Everyone

No more accounts or premium: the service is now free for everyone, sustained with light ads and Amazon affiliate links.

Valérian Valérian

October 08, 2025 · 2 min read

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Upgrading to ChatGPT‑4.1‑mini for better video summaries

Upgrading to ChatGPT‑4.1‑mini for better video summaries

We upgraded YouTubeSummary to ChatGPT‑4.1‑mini for sharper context, better technical accuracy, and faster, more reliable summaries.

Valérian Valérian

April 16, 2025 · 4 min read

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Prompting ChatGPT is Hard: What Actually Works

Prompting ChatGPT is Hard: What Actually Works

Prompting ChatGPT sounds simple until accuracy breaks. Here’s how we engineer reliable outputs for YouTube summaries and quotes.

Grégoire Grégoire

February 26, 2025 · 7 min read

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Why YouTube Summary Needs Subtitles

Why YouTube Summary Needs Subtitles

We summarize videos when YouTube provides captions. Transcribing audio ourselves is slower, costlier, and less reliable at scale.

Grégoire Grégoire

January 30, 2025 · 5 min read

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Get YouTube Lecture Insights in 30 Seconds

Get YouTube Lecture Insights in 30 Seconds

Turn hour-long YouTube lectures into 30‑second takeaways you can act on, without sign‑ups or paywalls.

Valérian Valérian

October 16, 2024 · 4 min read

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Summarize Sports Videos in Minutes with YouTube Summary

Summarize Sports Videos in Minutes with YouTube Summary

YouTube Summary now has a dedicated Sport mode that turns game transcripts into clear, timestamped recaps with key plays, results, and context.

Grégoire Grégoire

July 28, 2024 · 4 min read

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Amazon Links in YouTube Summaries

Amazon Links in YouTube Summaries

We now add relevant Amazon product links inside YouTube summaries using transcript analysis and affiliate best practices.

Grégoire Grégoire

July 21, 2024 · 4 min read

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Summarize YouTube Product Reviews, Faster

Summarize YouTube Product Reviews, Faster

YouTube Summary now recognizes product reviews and delivers clear pros, cons, and verdicts so you can decide in minutes, not hours.

Grégoire Grégoire

July 01, 2024 · 4 min read

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Can AI Summarize YouTube Videos?

Can AI Summarize YouTube Videos?

Yes: with transcripts and modern LLMs you can get solid video summaries. Here’s what works, what fails, and a practical workflow.

Grégoire Grégoire

May 26, 2024 · 6 min read

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How YouTube Summary Extracts Accurate Key Points

How YouTube Summary Extracts Accurate Key Points

Inside the pipeline: from transcript retrieval to category-specific prompts that turn videos and podcasts into reliable, scannable key points.

Grégoire Grégoire

March 28, 2024 · 5 min read

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Get Key Insights From YouTube Interviews Fast

Get Key Insights From YouTube Interviews Fast

Paste a YouTube link into Youtube Summary, wait ~30 seconds, and scan a clear summary to decide if the full interview is worth your time.

Grégoire Grégoire

March 15, 2024 · 4 min read

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Stay informed with YouTubeSummary

Stay informed with YouTubeSummary

Drown out the noise, keep the signal. YouTubeSummary turns hours of video into minutes of clarity with a simple workflow.

Valérian Valérian

February 23, 2024 · 5 min read

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Extract insights from a 1‑hour video in 30–60 seconds with YoutubeSummary

Extract insights from a 1‑hour video in 30–60 seconds with YoutubeSummary

Paste a link into YoutubeSummary and get decision‑grade insights in 30–60 seconds. Skip the 10‑minute DIY pipeline and low‑quality output.

Valérian Valérian

February 16, 2024 · 4 min read

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Valérian de Thézan de Gaussan

I am a Software Architect who helps process-heavy organizations with significant costs associated to manual digital operations to automate processes.

And sometimes I make web applications like youtubesummary.com 😄

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Grégoire de Thézan de Gaussan

I am a Software Engineer with a diverse background. My main goal is to produce tools and applications that are truly useful to their users.

I help Valérian build youtubesummary.com

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