Executive Summary

Independent creators, small studios, educators and researchers who manage multi-video YouTube playlists today face fragmented transcripts, manual copy‑paste, and repeated editing to make content searchable and repurposable; that friction costs time and limits reuse—conservatively 1–5 hours per week for active creators—and excludes accessibility improvements for audiences. The unmet need is a single interoperable file that combines per-video transcripts into a deduplicated, timestamped, speaker‑aware, searchable document that can be exported to SRT/VTT/DOCX/JSON and pushed to downstream tools like Notion, Google Docs or DAWs. You could build a service that harvests playlist captions (via YouTube API and optional ASR), normalizes timestamps, merges overlapping content, applies lightweight speaker diarization and semantic chunking, and offers a polished editor for corrections plus one‑click exports and integrations. Include batch processing, playlist versioning, per‑video metadata, and an API so studios can embed the workflow; offer both a $3–$15/month SaaS tier for individuals and enterprise licensing for teams that need bulk processing. This market is more attractive now because there are roughly 100M creators and professionals who could reasonably pay about $40/year on transcription and repurposing tools (a $4.0B addressable market), ASR accuracy has materially improved which reduces manual cleanup, and budgets are shifting toward multi‑format distribution. Competition is medium: there are generic transcription services and workflow tools, but few address playlist‑level merging, metadata continuity and export automation in one product. To stand out, focus on playlist‑level UX, metadata fidelity, robust batching, privacy/compliance controls and deep integrations rather than incremental transcription accuracy improvements; that creates a clear value proposition for creators and small studios. Be honest about challenges: YouTube API limits, copyright and takedown risk, variable caption quality across languages, and the need to build an intuitive editor to minimize manual labor—these are solvable but require operational discipline and partnerships to scale.

Market Opportunity

Combine YouTube playlist transcripts into one searchable, exportable file targets a $4.0B = 100M content creators/professionals x $40/year (transcription + repurposing tools) total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 18% CAGR in speech-to-text and content repurposing tool demand (global creator economy expansion).

Key trends driving demand: Creator-economy expansion -- more individuals and small studios need faster repurposing and accessibility workflows.; ASR improvements -- higher accuracy enables automated merging and fewer manual corrections.; Content repurposing -- shifting budgets from single-format creation to multi-format distribution drives tool adoption.; Accessibility & compliance -- legal and platform demand for captions and transcripts increases organic need..

Key competitors include Descript, Otter.ai, Happy Scribe, yt-transcript / open-source scripts (GitHub projects).

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Combine YouTube playlist transcripts into one searchable, exportable file

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