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Transcript and comments of a YouTube video

Get the full transcript of a YouTube video and its comments in one run. The transcript comes back with language and timestamps; each comment arrives as its own row with author, likes and reply count. Useful for audience research, sentiment analysis and content ideas. Set how many comments to fetch per video. Example input: Rick Astley, Never Gonna Give You Up.

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YouTube Transcript API: Any Video, Channel or Playlist
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Comment
Comment author
Comment likes (as shown)
Comment posted (as shown)
+12 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Channels, playlists, videos or search terms(required):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Include transcripts / subtitles (billed separately):true
Include comments (billed separately):true
Max comments per video:100

Output fields

Comment
Comment author
Comment likes (as shown)
Comment posted (as shown)
Comment replies (as shown)
Is a reply
Author verified
Author is creator
Video ID
Comment ID
Author channel ID
Row type
Input
Site
Error kind
Error

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The YouTube Transcript API: Any Video, Channel or Playlist Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like channels, playlists, videos or search terms, include transcripts / subtitles (billed separately), and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Transcript and comments of a YouTube video" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as comment, comment author, comment likes (as shown), and more.

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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Transcript and comments of a YouTube video" task via API.

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