Work with public YouTube data without an API key: pull every comment on a video, extract descriptions across a whole playlist, download subtitles and thumbnails, analyze how a Short performed, and read a video's statistics.
Extract video descriptions from all videos in a YouTube playlist.
Extract all comments from a YouTube video with likes and reply counts.
Extract subtitles and captions from any YouTube video.
Get all thumbnail images of a YouTube video in every resolution.
Get YouTube video stats: views, likes, channel, duration, and publish date from any video URL.
Analyze YouTube Shorts — views, likes, engagement rate, channel info, tags, and categories.
Get direct download URLs for any public YouTube video, in every resolution and bitrate. Audio-only formats included for music and podcasts.
These tools read public YouTube data without an API key, which means no quota and no project setup — but also no access to private or members-only content. Comments and playlist descriptions are the research tools: they turn scattered pages into one table you can sort. Subtitles are the fastest route to a searchable transcript. The Shorts Analyzer and video statistics are performance tools, most useful compared against your own previous videos rather than in isolation.