--- title: I've significantly reduced my YouTube watch time | daily.dev description: A developer shares their approach to consuming YouTube content more efficiently by automatically downloading video transcripts from favorite channels, using AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ve-significantly-reduced-my-youtube-watch-time-zlqmafaam twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I've significantly reduced my YouTube watch time | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their approach to consuming YouTube content more efficiently by automatically downloading video transcripts from favorite channels, using AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ve-significantly-reduced-my-youtube-watch-time-zlqmafaam og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZLqmAfAAM.png og:image:alt: I've significantly reduced my YouTube watch time og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I've significantly reduced my YouTube watch time **[ROGverse](https://daily.dev/sources/rogverse)** · [@godieph](https://daily.dev/godieph) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares their approach to consuming YouTube content more efficiently by automatically downloading video transcripts from favorite channels, using AI to summarize them into audio format, and adding them to a local playlist. This method eliminates ads, clickbait, and unwanted content while maintaining access to channel updates. ## Content If you think website traffic is dying, consider my alternative approach: I've significantly reduced my YouTube watch time by downloading video transcript files of my favorite channels every time they publish, Then using AI to summarize the content into a podcast or audio format, which is add to my local playlist. No Ads, No Click-baits, No politics :3 https://github.com/rpfilomeno/yt-dl-fast-api ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I don't 'watch' YouTube videos anymore, I consume them using NotebookLM](https://daily.dev/posts/i-don-t-watch-youtube-videos-anymore-i-consume-them-using-notebooklm-h2okysdsc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [NotebookLM turned my YouTube playlist into a searchable knowledge base, and I stopped watching videos entirely](https://daily.dev/posts/notebooklm-turned-my-youtube-playlist-into-a-searchable-knowledge-base-and-i-stopped-watching-video-3oxz1bhid) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [YouTube adds new podcast features, including an AI recommendation tool and ‘Auto speed’](https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-adds-new-podcast-features-including-an-ai-recommendation-tool-and-auto-speed--blpztnhpn) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ve-significantly-reduced-my-youtube-watch-time-zlqmafaam) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-ve-significantly-reduced-my-youtube-watch-time-zlqmafaam","headline":"I've significantly reduced my YouTube watch time","text":"A developer shares their approach to consuming YouTube content more efficiently by automatically downloading video transcripts from favorite channels, using AI to summarize them into audio format, and adding them to a local playlist. 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