YouTube Description Generator

Paste the link to your video and get a description ready to paste into YouTube – written from what you actually say in it, with chapters and hashtags.

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audio and video · up to 4 hours · up to 2 GB · first 10 minutes free – one of your 2 free videos a day

  • YouTube
  • TikTok
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • your own files

A description built from your video, not from a prompt

  • What does it write?Two opening lines with the words people search for, a short retelling, chapters with timestamps and a few hashtags – under YouTube’s 5,000-character limit.
  • Do the chapters work?They follow YouTube’s rules: the first at 0:00, at least three, in order, each at least ten seconds long. If a video is too short for three, no chapters are added.
  • Which videos?Public YouTube videos with captions, automatic ones included. Private videos cannot be read. A video without captions works on a paid plan, after its speech is transcribed.
  • What is free?One description a day for videos up to 1.5 hours, separate from your 2 free videos. No account and no card.
  • Which language?The language of the video. Once it is ready, switch it to any of 14 languages – free, timestamps kept.

How to write a YouTube description from your video

  1. Copy the link of your YouTube video and paste it into the field above.
  2. The description starts by itself – or with one button showing the price, on a plan.
  3. Check the chapters against your video and press Copy description.
  4. Paste it into YouTube Studio under Details, Description.

A YouTube description written from what you say

Most description generators start from a title and a few keywords you type in, so they describe the video you might have made. This one reads the transcript of the video you did make and writes from it: what the viewer gets in the first two lines, a short retelling, and chapters that point at the moments where each part actually starts.

The first lines are the ones YouTube shows above the fold and the ones search reads first, so they carry the words people type to find a video like yours. The hashtags come from the same place – the topics you talk about – and there are only a few of them, because YouTube ignores a wall of tags.

Chapters that YouTube accepts

YouTube turns timestamps in a description into chapters only if the list follows its rules, and ignores all of them if one is off. So the list is fixed before you see it: the first chapter at 0:00, at least three chapters, in order, each at least ten seconds long, each starting on a real line of your transcript. A video too short for three chapters gets none rather than a broken list.

Then summarise it, or read the transcript

The same link gives you the AI summary and the full transcript with timestamps on this page – useful for pinned comments, show notes or a blog post from the same video. The summary is one free a day too, counted separately from the description.

Frequently asked questions

How do I generate a YouTube description?

Paste your video link on this page. The transcript is read and the description is written from it: opening lines with the keywords, a short retelling, chapters with timestamps and hashtags. It usually takes under a minute, and there is nothing to install.

Is this YouTube description generator free?

One description a day is free for videos up to 1.5 hours, with no account. After that, a description costs the same credits as a summary of the same video – one hour is 60 credits – on a paid plan or with a credit pack.

Will YouTube accept the chapters?

The chapter list is checked against YouTube’s rules before you see it: it starts at 0:00, has at least three chapters, runs in ascending order, and every chapter is at least ten seconds long. Every timestamp is taken from a real line of your transcript.

Does it make things up?

The description is written only from what is said in the video – no facts, names or links that are not in the transcript. That is why it matches your video rather than a guess about its title.

Which videos does it work with?

Public YouTube videos and Shorts that have captions, including the automatic ones YouTube generates. A freshly uploaded video gets automatic captions once YouTube has processed it, so try again when they appear. Private videos cannot be read.

How long can the description be?

YouTube allows 5,000 characters. The description is kept under that, and the counter under it shows how much of the limit it uses.

Can I get it in another language?

It is written in the language of the video. Once it is ready, pick any of 14 languages under it and it is translated in a few seconds, free, with the chapter timestamps unchanged.

Do I need an account?

No. The free description a day works without signing in. An account keeps your videos and summaries in one place; a plan or a credit pack removes the daily limit.

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