TikTok Transcript Scraper: Videos & Accounts to Text

What does TikTok Transcript Scraper do?

TikTok Transcript Scraper turns TikTok videos into text: the full transcript of what is said, with the video's author, date, views, likes and comments, and optional SRT/VTT subtitles. Paste video links, or give whole TikTok accounts (@username) and get the newest videos of each one, one row per video.

It runs open-source Whisper on the audio, so it works on every video with speech, not only those with captions. No TikTok login, no API key and no subscription: you pay $0.009 per video (first minute included), and videos with only music, private videos and failed downloads are never billed.

It runs on the Apify platform, so you also get an API, scheduling, integrations (Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n) and access for AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by TikTok or ByteDance. TikTok is a trademark of ByteDance Ltd.; it is named only to describe the public data this Actor collects. It only accesses publicly available content.

Why use it?

• 🎣 Hooks and scripts: what viral videos say in their first sentence, ranked by views.
• 📺 Track an account every week: schedule it with Only new videos and get only what was posted since the last run.
• 🕵️ Competitor and creator research: a searchable log of what brands and creators say.
• ✍️ Repurposing: turn your own TikToks into captions, posts and newsletters.
• 🤖 AI pipelines: clean text ready for ChatGPT, Claude or a vector database.

How to get the transcript of a TikTok video

1. Click Try for free.
2. Paste TikTok video links, or add accounts (@nasa) in TikTok accounts.
3. Optionally choose the spoken language (or auto) and extra outputs (SRT, segments, Markdown).
4. Click Start, then download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Output

One record per video. Real result (October 2026):

{
  "source": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7689568478570843422",
  "status": "ok",
  "language": "en",
  "durationSeconds": 52.72,
  "billedMinutes": 1,
  "text": "You three look so good. I'm getting serious 2000 flashbacks. Thanks. I have this disposable camera. …",
  "video": {
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "author": "tiktok",
    "uploadDate": "2026-09-25",
    "views": 327000,
    "likes": 4477,
    "comments": 1576
  }
}

A whole account, every week

{
  "profiles": ["@nasa"],
  "maxVideosPerProfile": 10,
  "onlyNewVideos": true
}

Real run (October 2026): of the 5 newest @nasa videos, 3 had speech and were transcribed (243,300, 163,800 and 105,900 views); the other 2 had only music and were not billed. With onlyNewVideos, a second run skips them all and costs nothing.

Input

Field	Description	Default
sources	TikTok video links (Instagram, X, Facebook and MP4 links also work)	sources or profiles
profiles	TikTok accounts (@username or profile link)	-
maxVideosPerProfile	Newest videos per account	10
onlyNewVideos	Skip videos transcribed by earlier runs	on
language	Spoken language code, or auto	auto
model	base (recommended), small (most accurate) or tiny	base
outputs	text, markdown, segments, srt, vtt, chunks	text

How much does it cost?

Event	Price
Video (first minute included)	$0.009
Each extra minute (base or tiny model)	$0.006
Each extra minute (small model)	$0.012
Run start (per GB of memory, default 4 GB)	$0.0005
AI insights per video (optional; Claude usage billed to your own key)	$0.01

100 TikToks cost about $0.90. A 3-minute video costs $0.021. Music-only videos, private videos and failed downloads are free; each result explains why.

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fguiraud/tiktok-transcript-scraper to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client and ask: "Transcribe the 5 newest videos of @nasa and summarize what they talk about."

Agent-friendly input: common field names such as url, urls, startUrls, query or keywords are accepted, and an empty input runs a small sample from the input form (with a note in the results) instead of failing.

FAQ and limitations

• Videos without speech (music only) come back as "no speech" and are not billed.
• Private videos and videos that need a login cannot be read; they are not billed.
• Is it legal? The Actor reads public videos. Respect the rights of the creators when you reuse their content.
• Found a problem or need a feature? Open an issue on the Issues tab. Replies within 48 hours.

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