Free YouTube Tools
35 practical tools for YouTube creators — resize thumbnails, extract transcripts, calculate earnings, download channel art, format chapters, and more.
Downloaders
2 toolsSave thumbnails and assets from any YouTube video
Extractors
10 toolsPull transcripts, tags, IDs, and metadata from videos and channels
Extract the full transcript of any YouTube video with timestamps. Export as plain text, SRT, or VTT subtitles.
See the hidden tags of any YouTube video. Extract and copy competitor video tags for your SEO research.
Check views, likes, comments, upload date, and duration of any YouTube video - with like ratio and engagement insights.
Extract the 11-character video ID from any YouTube URL format - watch links, Shorts, embeds, youtu.be, in bulk.
Find the UC... channel ID of any YouTube channel from its @handle, custom URL, or channel page link.
Extract the full title and complete description of any YouTube video - including links, chapters, and hashtags.
Check which countries a YouTube video is blocked or available in - see the full region restriction list.
Check any YouTube channel's statistics — subscriber count, total views, video count, join date, and country. Free, instant.
Extract and export the top comments from any public YouTube video — text, likes, and post date, pulled via the official API.
Preview a channel's recent thumbnails as a grid, the way they'd appear together in a feed — spot inconsistent styling at a glance.
Generators
9 toolsAI-powered titles, tags, hashtags, names, descriptions and ideas — plus embed codes and links
Generate custom YouTube iframe embed code with autoplay, start time, mute, size, and privacy-enhanced options.
Create YouTube links that start at an exact moment - hours, minutes, seconds. Perfect for sharing highlights.
Create a link that opens your channel with the subscribe confirmation popup - proven to boost subscriber conversion.
Generate CTR-optimized YouTube titles from your video topic - 8 distinct hooks in one click, free.
Generate a complete set of YouTube tags from your video topic - broad, niche, and long-tail keywords in one click.
Generate relevant YouTube hashtags from your video topic - mix of broad-reach and niche-specific tags, free.
Generate memorable, brandable YouTube channel name ideas from your niche - 10 options with reasoning, free.
Generate a complete, SEO-ready YouTube video description from your title or topic - ready to use, free.
Get 3 free YouTube video ideas for your niche - specific, clickable concepts with a hook angle for each.
Calculators
6 toolsEstimate earnings, engagement, and watch time
Estimate how much a YouTube channel earns from ads - based on views, niche CPM rates, and monetization factors.
Calculate any video's engagement rate from views, likes, and comments - with niche benchmarks to compare against.
Calculate total watch hours from views, video length, and retention - track progress toward the 4,000-hour monetization goal.
Calculate how long your YouTube script will run from word count — or how many words to write for a target video length. Three speaking speeds.
Calculate the total runtime of any public YouTube playlist — sum of every video's length, plus video count and average duration.
Calculate the exact age of any YouTube video — years, months, days, total day count, and the exact weekday it was uploaded.
Utilities
8 toolsEveryday text helpers for YouTube creators
Live character counter for YouTube titles and descriptions - with the 70-character search cutoff marker and SEO hints.
Convert video titles between Title Case, Sentence case, UPPERCASE, and lowercase - with proper minor-word rules.
Resize and crop any image to YouTube thumbnail (1280×720), banner, profile picture, or Shorts poster — browser-based, free.
Generate YouTube chapter timestamps for your video description — add titles and times, copy, and paste. Chapters auto-activate. Free.
Compare two YouTube channels side-by-side — subscribers, total videos, total views, and average recent views.
Get the RSS feed URL for any YouTube channel — paste a handle or link, get the ready-made feed for any RSS reader or automation tool.
Check if a YouTube @handle is available before you create or rebrand a channel — instant lookup via the official API.
Generate a scannable QR code for any YouTube video or channel link — download as PNG, everything runs in your browser.
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