Extract Every Fact, Figure, and Claim from a YouTube Video
YouTube to Facts is built for a narrower job than summarizing: pulling out only the checkable claims — names, numbers, dates, statistics — and separating them from opinion, framing, and filler. It's for people who need to quote or verify something specific from a video, not people who want the general gist.
- Paste any public YouTube URL — lectures, interviews, news clips, documentaries
- AI separates concrete facts, figures, and citations from opinion and filler
- Every fact links back to its exact timestamp for verification
- Built for citable claims, not narrative flow — for that, use YouTube to Summary instead
- Export to PDF or copy as plain text with timestamps intact
Paste YouTube URL
Paste any public YouTube video URL
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How to Convert YouTube Videos to Fact List
Three simple steps — no account, no installation, no design skills required.
Paste YouTube URL
Drop in a link to any lecture, interview, news clip, or documentary.
AI Isolates Claims
EDITHLY separates opinion and filler from concrete facts, numbers, and citations.
Review & Verify
Get a clean, timestamped list of facts you can quote or verify independently.
Who Uses YouTube to Facts
Real workflows, not hypotheticals — this is how people actually put it to use.
Pulling citable claims from an interview or panel discussion
Instead of relistening to find the exact number a guest cited, get a clean list of every concrete claim made, each linked to the moment it was said, ready to verify or cite properly.
Fact-checking a competitor's product announcement video
A competitor's launch video gets reduced to its actual claims — specs, pricing, dates — stripped of the marketing language around them, useful for a quick internal comparison.
Extracting citable data points for a research paper
A documentary or expert interview assigned as course material gets reduced to its actual factual claims, each timestamped for a proper citation instead of a vague reference to "the video."
Tracking specific claims made in an industry webinar
A webinar full of stats and predictions gets reduced to the discrete claims worth remembering or acting on, separate from the presenter's opinions and framing.
Why Use EDITHLY to Create Fact Lists?
No Fluff
Only concrete facts and figures — no filler, no rambling intros.
Timestamp Linked
Every fact links back to the exact moment it was said.
Fact-Check Ready
Great for journalists, researchers, and students who need citable claims.
Doing This Manually vs. YouTube to Facts
| What You're Doing | The Manual Way | With EDITHLY |
|---|---|---|
| Finding every specific claim in an hour-long interview | 45–90 minutes of careful relistening | Under a minute |
| Separating opinion from fact | Manual judgment call throughout | AI filters automatically, still reviewable |
| Citing a claim accurately | Scrubbing back through the video to find it again | Timestamp link takes you straight there |
| Comparing claims across multiple speakers | Manual notes per speaker | Claims listed with timestamps for each moment |
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Tips for Better Results
- Use this instead of Summary when you need to quote or cite something specific — Summary gives narrative flow, Facts gives discrete, checkable claims.
- Click through to the timestamp before quoting a fact publicly — extraction is accurate, but verifying context takes one click and protects you from misquoting.
- Works especially well on interviews and panels with multiple speakers making distinct claims worth attributing correctly.
- For opinion-heavy content, expect a shorter fact list — that's the tool correctly filtering out framing and opinion, not a failure.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Treating every extracted "fact" as independently verified truth — the tool extracts claims made in the video accurately, it doesn't fact-check whether the speaker was correct.
- Quoting a fact without checking the timestamp for surrounding context — a number can be accurately extracted but still misleading out of context.
- Using it on a video with no substantive factual content, like pure opinion or vlogging, and expecting a long list.
Where This Tool Has Limits
- Extraction accuracy depends on how clearly claims are stated in the video — vague or hedged statements are harder to cleanly separate into a discrete fact.
- The tool reports what was said, not whether it's true — verifying accuracy against other sources is still your job for anything you plan to publish or cite.
- Heavily opinion-based or narrative content naturally produces a short fact list, since there's less discrete factual material to extract.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Facts different from Summary?+
Summary gives you the narrative flow of the video. Facts strips that away and returns only discrete, checkable claims and figures.
Does it work on interviews and debates?+
Yes — it's especially useful for pulling out specific claims made by different speakers in interviews and panel discussions.
Can I export the fact list?+
Yes, export to PDF or copy as plain text with timestamps intact.
Does this fact-check whether claims in the video are true?+
No — it accurately extracts what was said and separates it from opinion, but it doesn't independently verify accuracy. Verifying a claim against other sources before citing or repeating it is still on you.