Free AI Article Summarizer
Paste an article, report or long email to get a short summary, key bullet points or a one-line TL;DR.
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How to use the free AI article summarizer
- 01
Paste the text (up to about 2,000 words).
- 02
Choose a paragraph, bullet points or a TL;DR.
- 03
Copy the summary.
Good uses for a summarizer
Summaries help you decide what's worth reading in full, write a TL;DR for the top of your own posts, turn a long article into social copy, or create the excerpt and meta description for a page.
The summarizer only uses what's in your text and adds nothing new, but always skim the original for anything critical: summaries necessarily leave details out.
Tips for using the AI article summarizer
Make TL;DRs for your posts
A one-paragraph summary at the top of long posts helps skimmers and gets quoted by AI search.
Turn summaries into social posts
Bullet summaries make quick LinkedIn and X posts that link back to the full article.
Draft meta descriptions
Summarize, then shorten to 155 characters with the meta description length checker.
Check before sharing
Summaries leave out detail. Skim the original for anything critical before you rely on it.
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AI Article Summarizer FAQ
How long can the text be?
Up to 12,000 characters (around 2,000 words) per summary.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes. The summary is written in the same language as your text.
Is my text stored?
It's sent to our AI provider to create the summary and isn't stored by Rankfly.
Can I summarize a web page by URL?
Paste the text for now. To audit a page by URL, use the AI SEO audit.
Does it add information?
No. It's instructed to use only what's in your text.
What summary length should I use?
TL;DR for social, a paragraph for excerpts and meta descriptions, bullets for notes.
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