Download the transcripts of a whole YouTube channel
Trong Nguyen
Reads the newest videos of a YouTube channel and returns each one with its full transcript, timestamps, publish date, views and duration. The example takes the last 50 videos of @veritasium; raise the number to export a whole channel for research, search or an AI knowledge base.
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The channel transcripts task reads the channel's Videos tab newest first, up to 5,000 videos. Shorts and past live streams are not listed there; paste their links to add them.
Yes. The channel transcripts task takes @handles, channel URLs (/@name, /channel/UC..., /c/ or /user/) and bare channel IDs.
The channel transcripts task is billed per transcript returned: 0.0015 USD per video, or 1.50 USD per 1,000. Videos without captions are listed for free.
Yes. Save the channel transcripts task to your account, add a schedule in Apify Console, or start it from the Apify API, Make, Zapier or n8n with the same input.