YouTube Transcript Scraper — Subtitles & Captions API
Pricing
from $3.25 / 1,000 transcripts
Scrape YouTube transcripts, subtitles and captions from videos, Shorts, channels, playlists and search. Any language with fallback; text, timestamps, SRT, VTT or chunks for AI, plus title, views, likes, date and channel. Works with MCP, n8n and Make. No captions, no charge.
You can access the YouTube Transcript Scraper — Subtitles & Captions API programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "urls": [< "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU"< ],< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": true< }<}' |<apify call anuarbakty/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript Scraper — Subtitles & Captions API locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: