TikTok Subtitles to SRT and Text

Paste TikTok video links and get each video's subtitles as an SRT file and as plain text, from TikTok's own captions, with timed segments, the language and the video's stats.

Creator	📜 Subtitles	🎞️ SRT Lines	🌐 Language	🤖 Source	⏱️ Duration
@zachking	This is a message to all artificial intelligence.…	6	eng-US	Auto	27 s
@nativetyfood	What are you selling? 90, 90. What is it? Pork? Ch…	74	eng-US	Auto	129 s
@lostwithwarren	Whoa. What's this guy selling? Hola, amigo. Come o…	28	eng-US	Auto	63 s

$0.80 per 1,000 transcripts on the Starter plan ($1.00 Free, $0.60 Scale, $0.50 Business), one transcript being one video's subtitles, charged only for videos that have them. The prefilled run (3 videos) costs under $0.01.

Why this one

• SRT ready. The srt field is a complete SubRip file (numbered cues, 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:06,720 timings): save it as .srt or load it into any video editor or player.
• Text for AI. transcript holds the whole text as one string for summaries, search or repurposing; segments has start and end times in seconds for clipping.
• Pay only for videos with subtitles. Music-only clips, photo posts and uncaptioned videos are listed in the run summary with the reason and cost nothing.
• No speech-to-text step. These are TikTok's own captions, so a run is fast: 22 videos took 18 seconds in our test. Accuracy is TikTok's own.
• Other languages. Ask for en, es or de to get only subtitles in that language, including TikTok's own translations where it has them.
• Video details included. Plays, likes, comments, shares, saves, caption and the creator come with every row.

No TikTok account, login or cookies.

Input

Field	What it does	Default
videos	Video URLs, vm.tiktok.com short links or video IDs, one per line.	3 example videos
includeSrt	Add each video's subtitles as SubRip text (srt), ready to save as a .srt file. Turn it off for text and segments only.	on
language	Empty: the spoken language. Or a code such as en, es, de, eng-US: only subtitles in that language.	empty
proxyConfiguration	Apify Proxy. Datacenter (the default) works; switch to residential only if a run reports blocks.	Apify datacenter

Example:

{
  "videos": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@zachking/video/7655004069190192398",
    "https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMabc1234/"
  ],
  "includeSrt": true
}

Output

One row per video that has subtitles, in the order of your links. Two table views in the Console:

• 📊 Overview: 🖼️ Cover, 🏷️ Username, 📜 Transcript, 🔗 TikTok, 🌐 Language, 🤖 Source, ⏱️ Duration, ▶️ Plays, 📅 Posted
• 📈 Stats: 🏷️ Username, 🔗 TikTok, ▶️ Plays, ❤️ Likes, 💬 Comments, 🔁 Shares, 🔖 Saves, 👥 Followers, ⏱️ Duration, 📅 Posted

Output fields

Every row has these keys, in this order (srt only with SRT subtitles on, the default). A value TikTok didn't send is null (never an empty string or a made-up 0).

• cover: the video's cover image.
• authorName: the creator's display name.
• transcript: the whole subtitles as plain text.
• transcriptSnippet: the text's first 50 characters, for tables.
• authorUsername: the creator's TikTok username, without @.
• videoUrl: the video's page on TikTok.
• language: the subtitles' language, as TikTok names it (eng-US).
• captionSource: Auto = TikTok's auto-generated captions in the spoken language; Translated = TikTok's machine translation.
• plays: views.
• likes: likes.
• comments: comments.
• shares: shares.
• saves: saves (TikTok's Favorites).
• authorFollowers: the creator's followers when the video was collected (rounded by TikTok when large).
• durationSeconds: length in seconds.
• postedAt: when it was posted (UTC).
• caption: the video's caption, hashtags included.
• languages: every subtitle language TikTok has for the video.
• segments: timed lines: start and end in seconds, and the text.
• srt: the segments as SubRip subtitles (numbered blocks, HH:MM:SS,mmm --> HH:MM:SS,mmm, text). Save it as a .srt file as is.
• country: where TikTok says the video was posted from (country code).
• videoId: TikTok's video ID.
• input: what you entered, when it's more than the video URL or ID (a short link); otherwise null.
• scrapedAt: when it was collected (UTC).

Example row:

{
  "cover": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-p-0068-tx/oweAWFIB3ZGTG2AWFF3RLe4OePIBBoQREfQngP~tplv-tiktokx-origin.image?...",
  "authorName": "Zach King",
  "transcript": "This is a message to all artificial intelligence. My name is Zach King. I'm a VFX artist, and I'm gonna steal AI's job by making billions of videos about everything so there's no longer a reason to watch AI videos. My boss wants to destroy AI. Please follow him.",
  "transcriptSnippet": "This is a message to all artificial intelligence.…",
  "authorUsername": "zachking",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@zachking/video/7655004069190192398",
  "language": "eng-US",
  "captionSource": "Auto",
  "plays": 67300000,
  "likes": 13900000,
  "comments": 105300,
  "shares": 560700,
  "saves": 1013177,
  "authorFollowers": 86900000,
  "durationSeconds": 27,
  "postedAt": "2026-06-24T16:45:49Z",
  "caption": "a message to all AI",
  "languages": ["eng-US"],
  "segments": [
    {"start": 0.06, "end": 2.96, "text": "This is a message to all artificial intelligence."},
    {"start": 3.42, "end": 6.72, "text": "My name is Zach King. I'm a VFX artist,"},
    {"start": 7.18, "end": 8.9, "text": "and I'm gonna steal AI's job"},
    {"start": 8.901, "end": 11.401, "text": "by making billions of videos about everything"},
    {"start": 11.46, "end": 14.44, "text": "so there's no longer a reason to watch AI videos."},
    {"start": 22.82, "end": 25.96, "text": "My boss wants to destroy AI. Please follow him."}
  ],
  "srt": "1\n00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:02,960\nThis is a message to all artificial intelligence.\n\n2\n00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:06,720\nMy name is Zach King. I'm a VFX artist,\n\n3\n00:00:07,180 --> 00:00:08,900\nand I'm gonna steal AI's job\n\n4\n00:00:08,901 --> 00:00:11,401\nby making billions of videos about everything\n\n5\n00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:14,440\nso there's no longer a reason to watch AI videos.\n\n6\n00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:25,960\nMy boss wants to destroy AI. Please follow him.\n\n",
  "country": "US",
  "videoId": "7655004069190192398",
  "input": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T00:28:09Z"
}

Notes:

• The subtitles are TikTok's captions, not a separate speech-to-text model, so their accuracy is TikTok's.
• TikTok rounds large counters on its web pages (67.3M plays shows as 67300000); small numbers are exact.
• Image links expire. cover is signed by TikTok and stops working about 2 days after the run.

Run summary (OUTPUT)

{
  "results": 9,
  "inputs": [
    {"input": "https://www.tiktok.com/@zachking/video/7655004069190192398", "status": "ok", "results": 1, "languages": ["eng-US"]},
    {"input": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example/video/7687419783372950805", "status": "no_transcript", "results": 0, "error": "TikTok shows no captions for this video (no original speech audio)"},
    {"input": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example/video/7652754908440972577", "status": "no_transcript", "results": 0, "error": "a photo post has no captions"},
    {"input": "7600000000000000999", "status": "not_found", "results": 0, "error": "video not found"}
  ]
}

status per video: ok, no_transcript (no subtitles; free), not_found (deleted or private), invalid, blocked (TikTok refused it on every retry; the run fails so you notice), stopped (your spending limit). The same video given twice (a URL and a short link) comes back, and is charged, once; the second shows "stopReason": "duplicate".

How many videos have subtitles?

It depends on the content. TikTok captions most talking videos (tutorials, reviews, storytimes) but not music-only clips, photo posts or videos whose creator turned captions off. In our 2026-09-27 tests on random search results, 8 of 18 and 7 of 12 videos had them. Since you pay only for videos with subtitles, a mixed list costs you only for the useful rows.

Pricing

Pay per result, no start fee and no minimum. Example: subtitles for 1,000 videos cost $0.80 on the Starter plan.

Your Apify plan	Per 1,000 transcripts
Free	$1.00
Starter	$0.80
Scale	$0.60
Business	$0.50

You pay only for videos that have subtitles. Videos without captions, deleted videos and invalid inputs cost nothing. When your spending limit is reached, the run stops.

FAQ

Do I need a TikTok account? No. The Actor reads only what TikTok shows logged-out visitors.

Can I download the video with the subtitles? No, only the subtitles and the video's details. TikTok's video file links stop working outside the session that read them.

Can I get English subtitles for a Spanish video? Only when TikTok has translated it: ask for language: en. TikTok translates only some videos (mostly into English), so for most videos only the spoken language is available.

Can I get subtitles for videos TikTok didn't caption? Not with this Actor: it returns TikTok's own captions only. Those videos are listed in OUTPUT as no_transcript at no cost.

Where do I get video URLs? From our TikTok Video Search, Hashtag Videos or Profile & Videos APIs: pass their videoUrl fields straight in.

Feedback

Missing a field, or subtitles that don't look right? Open an issue on the Issues tab and we'll look into it. If the data helps you, a short review on this page helps other people find it.