✦ Free · 3 summaries/day

The 3-minute version of every lecture you've been putting off

Stop bookmarking videos you'll never finish. ShortTicks summarizes any YouTube lecture and links every insight back to the exact moment it was said.

Add to Chrome — Free No account required · Works on any YouTube lecture

What ShortTicks does

Everything you need to decide if a video is worth your time

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Click-to-jump timestamps

Every key point is linked to the exact moment in the video. Click any timestamp to jump straight to the source — no scrubbing, no guesswork.

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Three-layer fact marking

Know exactly how confident to be. ✅ means it's a direct quote. 🔶 means it's a reasonable inference. ⚠️ means the subtitle may have a recognition error.

Free, forever

Three summaries a day, no credit card, no account. Just install the Chrome extension and click the button under any YouTube video.

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See how ShortTicks turns a 30-minute lecture into a 3-minute read

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32:14

The Neuroscience of Curiosity: Why Your Brain Loves Learning

Dr. Elena Park · Stanford Cognitive Lab

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Free forever. No account. Works on any YouTube lecture with subtitles.

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