TikTok Transcript Extractor

What is TikTok Transcripts?

TikTok Transcripts is a focused tool for extracting subtitles and generating transcriptions from TikTok videos. Give it a list of video URLs and choose how you want the text:

• Download subtitles — fetch TikTok's built-in subtitles (available on videos where TikTok has generated them)
• Download subtitles + transcribe the rest — subtitles where available, AI speech-to-text for the remainder
• Transcribe all videos — generate AI transcriptions for every video regardless of whether subtitles exist

How to get TikTok transcripts?

1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Open TikTok Transcripts.
3. Add one or more TikTok video URLs.
4. Choose your subtitle/transcription mode.
5. Click "Start" and wait for the results.
6. Download subtitle (.vtt) and transcription (.txt) files from the Key-Value Store, or access the links directly from the dataset.

Input sample

{
    "postURLs": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@apifytech/video/7398101551744552225"],
    "downloadSubtitlesOptions": "DOWNLOAD_AND_TRANSCRIBE_VIDEOS_WITHOUT_SUBTITLES"
}

downloadSubtitlesOptions accepts one of three values:

Value	Behaviour
DOWNLOAD_SUBTITLES	Download TikTok subtitles only (skips videos with no subtitles)
DOWNLOAD_AND_TRANSCRIBE_VIDEOS_WITHOUT_SUBTITLES	Subtitles where available, AI transcription for the rest ($)
TRANSCRIBE_ALL_VIDEOS	AI transcription for every video ($)

Output sample

Each dataset item links to the subtitle/transcription files stored in the Key-Value Store:

{
    "id": "7398101551744552225",
    "text": "📣 Yes, you can scrape job listings #data in a minute!!",
    "webVideoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@apifytech/video/7398101551744552225",
    "mediaUrls": [],
    "videoMeta": {
        "subtitleLinks": [
            {
                "language": "en",
                "source": "ASR",
                "downloadLink": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/abc123/records/subtitle-7398101551744552225-en"
            }
        ],
        "transcriptionLink": null
    }
}

Subtitle files are saved in .vtt format. AI-generated transcriptions are saved as plain text.

How can I use TikTok transcriptions?

✨ Content repurposing — turn TikTok videos into blog posts, newsletters, or social media copy

🔍 SEO & keyword research — extract spoken keywords and topics from high-performing videos

📊 Sentiment analysis — process transcripts at scale to understand tone and messaging trends

🧏 Accessibility — generate subtitles for videos that TikTok hasn't captioned automatically

🤖 AI pipelines — feed transcripts into LLMs for summarisation, classification, or Q&A

Integrate TikTok Transcripts and automate your workflow

You can connect TikTok Transcripts with thousands of other apps using our integrations:

• Make
• Zapier
• Slack
• Google Drive
• and much more.

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Your feedback

We're always working on improving the performance of our Actors. If you've found a bug or have technical feedback, please create an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console.

Error items

When the scraper cannot retrieve data for a given input — for example a profile is private or a post has been deleted — it pushes an error item to the dataset instead of silently skipping it. Normal output items are never affected; you can tell them apart by the presence of an errorCode field.

Error item structure

{
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@someuser",
    "input": "someuser",
    "error": "Profile is private",
    "errorCode": "PROFILE_PRIVATE"
}

Error codes reference

errorCode	Meaning
NOT_FOUND	Profile or hashtag does not exist
POST_NOT_FOUND_OR_PRIVATE	Post URL is gone or private
POST_SENSITIVE	Post is flagged as sensitive content
NO_TRENDING_FOR_HASHTAG	No ads found for this hashtag
MUSIC_NOT_FOUND	No videos found for the music tag
SEARCH_QUERY_NOT_FOUND	No videos found for the search query
SEARCH_QUERY_PROFILE_NOT_FOUND	No profiles found for the search query
FILTER_NO_PASS	Videos exist but none match the active date/popularity filters
PROFILE_EMPTY	Profile has no videos (or is behind a login wall)
PROFILE_REPOSTS_EMPTY	Profile has no reposts (or is behind a login wall)
PROFILE_FOLLOWING_EMPTY	Profile is not following anyone
PROFILE_FOLLOWERS_EMPTY	Profile has no followers
PROFILE_PRIVATE	Profile is private
GOOGLE_RUN_NO_RESULTS	Google-assisted run returned no results
TRENDING_EMPTY	Trending page returned no results
INVALID_INPUT	Actor failed due to bad configuration (run is also terminated)
INVALID_URLS	One or more start URLs were malformed

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FAQ

How much does it cost to use TikTok Transcripts?

Downloading TikTok's built-in subtitles is included in the standard scraping cost. AI transcription (speech-to-text) is charged as an additional event — see your plan details for per-video pricing.

Apify provides $5 free usage credits every month on the Apify Free plan.

How can I use TikTok Transcripts with the Apify API?

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. You can use the apify-client NPM or PyPI package to run this Actor, fetch results, and integrate it into your own pipelines.

Check out the Apify API reference docs for full details, or click on the API tab for code examples.

Is it legal to scrape TikTok with TikTok Transcripts?

TikTok Transcripts only accesses publicly available video content. It does not extract private user data. You should be aware that your results may contain personal data, which is subject to GDPR in the EU and similar regulations elsewhere. Only scrape data for legitimate purposes. Read more about the legality of web scraping.