Get a YouTube Channel Summary in 5 Minutes, Not 40 Hours

Stop watching every video to keep up. Taffy reads every transcript and every comment, then gives you a structured channel summary—topics, sentiment, audience questions, and gaps—with links back to the source videos.

Free daily channel summary. No credit card required.

You follow 20+ channels. They each upload weekly. Do the math.

That is 40+ hours of content a month. Nobody has that time. Taffy reads it all and surfaces what matters—the topics trending, the sentiment shifting, the questions viewers keep asking, and the gaps nobody has covered.

40+ hrs

Content per month across your channels

vs

 

5 min

To read a Taffy channel summary

What you get in a YouTube channel summary

Every insight traces back to a specific video you can replay

Sentiment breakdown

See how viewers feel about the channel overall and per-topic. Know where the audience is enthusiastic, skeptical, or frustrated.

Live data from Foundmyfitness

Overall: 33% positive

Trending topics

See the topics viewers care about most. Ranked by engagement and comment volume, not just view count.

Top requested

Brain Health, Cognitive Decline & Alzheimer's Prevention

Gut Microbiome Deep Dive & Optimization

Pregnancy, Prenatal Nutrition & Fertility

What is working

See what viewers praise most. Understand which content formats, topics, and presentation styles resonate.

Top praised

sleep optimization (369 mentions)

longevity science (271 mentions)

Viewer questions

The questions viewers ask in comments reveal what they want to know next. See the top unanswered questions.

Top questions

What is the optimal fasting protocol for health and longevity - how often, how long, and which method (water fast, FMD, or time-restricted eating)?

What is the best diet for longevity - keto, carnivore, vegan, or plant-based - and how much protein should I eat?

Gap opportunities

Topics viewers request that the channel has not covered yet. Valuable for creators, competitors, and researchers.

Direct video references

Every insight traces back to specific videos. See which video drove a topic, sparked a comment thread, or generated the most discussion.

Other ways to get a YouTube channel summary (and why they fall short)

You have options. Here is what each one actually delivers.

NotebookLM

  • You manually upload up to 50 sources
  • No comment data or sentiment
  • No automatic channel-wide analysis

Taffy: Processes the whole channel in one click—videos AND comments.

ChatGPT / Claude

  • Cannot access YouTube transcripts directly
  • No comment analysis or sentiment trends
  • No channel-level trends or video references

Taffy: Full channel summary with sentiment, topics, and video citations.

Watching everything

  • 40+ hours per month just to keep up
  • You miss what viewers are saying in comments
  • No way to see sentiment trends over time

Taffy: 5 minutes instead of 40 hours. Comments included.

Want to dig deeper? Just ask.

Summaries give you the overview. Chat gives you the details.

What is the optimal fasting protocol for health and longevity - how often, how long, and which method (water fast, FMD, or time-restricted eating)?

This question comes up 436 times across the channel, mostly in Fasting & Time-Restricted Eating Protocols discussions. Viewers want more detail on this topic...

What content are viewers requesting most?

The top request is "Brain Health, Cognitive Decline & Alzheimer's Prevention" with 84 mentions and 2259 total likes. Viewers are actively asking for this across multiple videos...

A real YouTube channel summary: Foundmyfitness

Live data from today's featured channel. Not a demo.

140
Videos analyzed
623K
Subscribers
24.1K
Comments analyzed
33% positive
Overall sentiment

Watching every video vs reading a channel summary

What changes when you stop watching and start reading

Watching every video Taffy channel summary
Time per channel 2-4 hours/week 5 minutes
Topics covered Whatever you watched Every topic, ranked
Audience sentiment Scroll through comments Quantified breakdown
Viewer questions Hope you spot them Extracted and ranked
Content gaps Guesswork Data-driven analysis
Video references Your memory Linked to source videos

Questions about YouTube channel summaries

How does Taffy summarize a channel?

Taffy extracts transcripts from the channel's videos and collects public comments. AI then analyzes the combined data to identify topics, sentiment patterns, viewer questions, praised elements, and content gaps. The result is a structured summary you can read in minutes.

How many videos does it analyze?

Taffy analyzes the channel's recent videos—typically 20-50 depending on your plan. For each video, we process the full transcript and up to hundreds of comments. This gives a comprehensive view of both content and audience response.

Can I get summaries for multiple channels?

Free accounts get the daily featured channel summary—ready to explore right away. Plus subscribers can add 1 custom channel. Pro subscribers can track up to 10 channels. Custom channels take a few hours to index, then the full summary and chat are available.

Do summaries link to specific videos?

Yes. Every insight in a channel summary is traceable to the specific videos and comments that generated it. You can click through to see the source material and replay the relevant moments.

Is there a free trial?

Every account gets free access to the daily featured channel summary—fully analyzed and ready to explore, a new channel every day. No credit card required. Upgrade to Plus or Pro to add your own channels.

See it in action

Explore the full summary of Foundmyfitness—today's featured channel.

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