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YouTube Playlist Exporter – CSV, Excel, TXT & JSON
Paste a YouTube or YouTube Music playlist link, choose the fields you need and download the whole list as a spreadsheet, text file or JSON.
How to export a YouTube playlist
- 01
Copy the playlist link
Open the playlist on YouTube or YouTube Music and copy its link. It contains “list=”.
- 02
Choose what to export
Pick a format, the fields you want, where links should open and the order of the videos.
- 03
Download your file
Check the preview, then download. The file is created right in your browser.
What people use playlist exports for
A playlist export turns a list that lives inside YouTube into a file you own and can use anywhere.
- Back up a playlist
- Keep titles and links safe, so you still know what was there if a video is removed.
- Work in a spreadsheet
- Open the list in Excel or Google Sheets to sort, filter, add notes or share it.
- Move to another app
- Use the text or CSV list to rebuild the playlist on another music or video service.
- Feed it to other tools
- Paste plain links or JSON into scripts, documents or AI assistants.
Which export format should you choose?
TubeKit's YouTube playlist exporter saves the same list in five formats. Pick the one that matches where the file is going.
| Format | Best for | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| CSV | Spreadsheets and databases | Comma-separated values that open in Excel, Google Sheets and Numbers. Saved as UTF-8, so titles in any language display correctly. The usual choice for a YouTube playlist to CSV backup. |
| Excel (.xlsx) | Working in Excel | A ready-made spreadsheet with one row per video, no import step needed. |
| TXT | Notes and plain lists | One video per line. If you pick more than one field, they're joined with " - ". |
| JSON | Scripts and developers | An array with one object per video, keyed by field name. |
| Markdown | Docs, wikis and AI chats | A table you can paste into Notion, GitHub, Obsidian or a chat with an AI assistant. |
What's in the exported file
Choose any of these fields. The first five are selected by default.
| Field | What you get |
|---|---|
| # | The video's position in the playlist |
| Title | The video title |
| URL | A link to the video, opening in YouTube or YouTube Music |
| Channel | The channel that uploaded the video |
| Length | The video's length, as h:mm:ss |
| Published | The date the video was uploaded (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| Views | The view count at the time of export |
| Likes | The like count at the time of export |
| Video ID | The 11-character ID used in every YouTube link |
You can also sort the file by playlist order, oldest or newest first, most viewed or longest first.
Frequently asked questions
Paste the playlist link above, choose Excel as the format and press Download. You get an .xlsx file with one row per video. You can also choose CSV, which every spreadsheet app can open.
Yes. Paste the music.youtube.com link, and choose YouTube Music under “Links open in” if you want links that open in YouTube Music.
Not yet. Public and unlisted playlists work. Private playlists, Watch Later and Liked videos need a Google sign-in, which TubeKit doesn't support yet.
They are left out by default. Turn on “Include deleted and private videos” to keep them in the file. They appear as “Deleted video” or “Private video”, because YouTube no longer shares their original titles.
Choose TXT and pick the fields you want, for example Title and URL. Each video goes on its own line. For a quick list of links or titles to copy and paste, the Link Extractor is even faster.
YouTube playlists hold up to 5,000 videos. Very long playlists may be exported in part; when that happens, the page tells you how many videos were included.
Paste the playlist link above, choose CSV as the format and press Download. The file uses UTF-8, so titles with accents, emoji or non-Latin scripts open correctly in Excel and Google Sheets.
Yes. In Google Sheets, go to File, then Import, and upload the CSV or Excel file. Each video becomes one row you can sort, filter or share.
More free YouTube tools
- Link & Title ExtractorCopy every video link or title, one per line
- Playlist Length CalculatorTotal length and watch time of any playlist
- YouTube to NotebookLMAdd a whole playlist to NotebookLM in batches
- Playlist RandomizerTruly shuffle every video in a playlist
- Reverse PlaylistPlay a playlist or channel oldest first
- Play All VideosPlay a whole channel, newest or oldest first