Combine Multiple YouTube Playlists Into One Spreadsheet
Pick the handful of playlists you actually care about and get one file back — not several files you'd still have to merge by hand.
Updated 26 September 2026 · 6 min readThis is a different problem from exporting an entire channel's playlist library — here you've already picked a specific handful of playlists you care about, maybe from different creators entirely, and what you want back is one file, not three or four you'd have to stitch together yourself. A source-playlist column does that stitching for you.
This guide covers the combined-file vs. separate-files output choice, when you actually want each, and a worked example of turning three playlists into one spreadsheet you can filter and sort.
Why a combined file beats several separate ones
Export three playlists separately and you get three files, each with its own set of columns and no shared context between them. To compare the playlists, dedupe across them, or build one master list, you'd still need to open all three, add a column identifying which playlist each came from, and paste everything into one sheet by hand — the exact manual work a combined export is meant to remove.
The source-playlist column is what makes 'combined' useful
Combining a handful of playlists in one run
Paste the playlist URLs you want combined
Choose the combined CSV or Excel output
Run the batch
Filter or sort by the source-playlist column
Combined file vs. separate files
The same batch of playlists can come back two different ways — pick based on what you're about to do with the result:
| Output option | Use it when |
|---|---|
| Combined CSV / Excel workbook | You want to compare playlists, dedupe across them, or build one master list |
| Per-playlist CSVs in a ZIP | You want to keep each playlist as its own file and don't need to cross-reference them |
If you're not sure which you'll need, the combined option is the safer default — you can always filter it down to look like a single playlist, but a ZIP of separate files can't be merged back into a combined view without doing the work manually.
Worked example: 3 playlists into 1 spreadsheet
Say you've got three playlists — your own "Best of 2026" list and two playlists from other creators covering similar ground — and you want one view across all three.
- Combine all three in one batch
Choose the combined Excel output so every video from all three playlists lands in one sheet, each row tagged with its source playlist.
- Filter by the source-playlist column
Set the filter to just your own playlist to isolate it from the other two, without touching the other rows.
- Sort by video ID to spot overlap
A video ID that appears against more than one source playlist is a video that shows up in more than one of the three lists — the overlap you'd otherwise have to eyeball across three tabs.
What a combined spreadsheet is actually for
- Comparing playlists from different creators
See how several creators' takes on the same topic overlap or differ, in one file instead of switching between tabs.
- Deduping before a merge
Spot which videos already appear in more than one playlist before combining them into a new playlist, so you don't add the same video twice.
- Building one master list from several sources
Pull together a handful of playlists you curate from into a single reference sheet you can keep updating.
How MyFreshTools Helps
What the tool does
Bulk Playlist Export exports several playlists in one batch and can return them as a single combined CSV or Excel workbook, with every row tagged by the playlist it came from, or as per-playlist CSVs in a ZIP when you'd rather keep them separate.
Who it's for
- Anyone comparing a handful of playlists from different creators or channels.
- Curators building one master list from several source playlists.
- Anyone checking for overlap before merging two or more playlists into one.
How to use it
- Paste the specific playlist URLs you want combined into the same batch.
- Choose the combined CSV/Excel output instead of per-playlist ZIP files.
- Filter or sort by the source-playlist and video ID columns to compare or dedupe.
Requirements and limits
- A free MyFreshTools account. No card, free credits on signup.
- Free: up to 10 playlists per batch, 50% of each playlist's videos (up to 1,000 each).
- Paid: up to 50 playlists per batch, every video included.
- Connect YouTube: up to 200 playlists per batch, every video included.
- Every plan shares a 100,000-video-per-batch ceiling.
- 1 credit per 1,000 videos in each playlist successfully exported (most playlists are 1 credit) — a failed playlist isn't charged.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Bulk Playlist Export can take several playlist URLs and return one combined CSV or Excel workbook, with every row tagged by the playlist it came from, instead of a separate file per playlist.
The combined CSV or Excel option merges every playlist's videos into a single file with a source-playlist column. The per-playlist CSVs in a ZIP option keeps each playlist as its own file instead — pick whichever matches whether you want to compare across playlists or keep them apart.
No. Any public playlist URLs can go into the same batch, whether they belong to one channel or several different creators — the tool doesn't require them to share an owner.
Sort the combined spreadsheet by the video ID column. Videos that appear more than once, each tagged with a different source playlist, are the ones that overlap between the playlists you combined.
Free accounts can combine up to 10 playlists per batch, returning 50% of each playlist's videos (up to 1,000 each). Paid plans raise that to 50 playlists with every video, and Connect YouTube raises the playlist count to 200.
The takeaway
Combining a handful of playlists into one spreadsheet — rather than exporting each separately and merging them by hand — comes down to picking the combined output and using the source-playlist column to filter, sort or spot overlap across everything at once.