YouTube Transcript Scraper: Find Every Moment a Word Is Said

YouTube Transcript Scraper - Paste videos or a whole channel, type a word, and get a link to every second it's spoken.

What does YouTube Transcript Scraper do?

One row per mention with a youtu.be jump link to that exact second plus the lines around it, across whole channels - the popular transcript scrapers just dump the full text and leave the searching to you.

• A clickable link to the exact second each word or phrase is said
• Search the latest videos of a whole channel in one run
• The caption lines before and after each mention, so you see what was meant
• Full transcripts when you leave the keywords empty
• Creator captions first, auto-generated ones as a fallback, in the language you pick

Why this YouTube Transcript Scraper?

Many break when YouTube changes its caption format and stop being fixed. This YouTube Transcript Scraper checks every run and tells you plainly when a page could not be read, instead of returning empty or wrong rows.

Data you get from YouTube Transcript Scraper

Every result is one flat row with these fields (values from a real run):

Field	Example
videoId	dQw4w9WgXcQ
videoUrl	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
title	Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K R...
channel	Rick Astley
channelId	UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw
language	en
captions	creator
keyword	give you up
start	43
timestamp	0:43
jumpUrl	https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=43
text	♪ Never gonna give you up ♪
context	♪ Gotta make you understand ♪ ♪ Never gonna give you up ♪ ♪ ...

How to use YouTube Transcript Scraper

1. Press Start - the form already holds an example that works.
2. Put in your own input (see the fields on the Input tab).
3. Run it once, or put it on an Apify Schedule to get fresh rows every day.
4. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send them to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, the Apify API or an AI agent (Apify MCP server).

Input example

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "give you up"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "contextLines": 1,
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 10,
  "maxItems": 3,
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

Output example (a real run)

[
  {
    "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
    "channel": "Rick Astley",
    "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "language": "en",
    "captions": "creator",
    "keyword": "give you up",
    "start": 43,
    "timestamp": "0:43",
    "jumpUrl": "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=43",
    "text": "♪ Never gonna give you up ♪",
    "context": "♪ Gotta make you understand ♪ ♪ Never gonna give you up ♪ ♪ Never gonna let you down ♪"
  },
  {
    "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
    "channel": "Rick Astley",
    "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "language": "en",
    "captions": "creator",
    "keyword": "give you up",
    "start": 85,
    "timestamp": "1:25",
    "jumpUrl": "https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=85",
    "text": "♪ Never gonna give you up ♪",
    "context": "♪ Don't tell me you're too blind to see ♪ ♪ Never gonna give you up ♪ ♪ Never gonna let you down ♪"
  }
]

One flat row per result.

How much does YouTube Transcript Scraper cost?

You pay only per result (pay per event) - no monthly fee, no minimum, and the price per result is lower on Apify's Bronze, Silver and Gold plans. The exact price is on the Pricing tab. Apify's free plan credit is enough to try it on real input.

You want	What you pay for
A quick test with the example	a few results
A daily scheduled run	only the rows that run returns
A big one-off export	the results delivered - set a maximum in the input

Also searched as

• youtube transcript search
• find word in youtube video
• youtube captions scraper
• youtube transcript api
• youtube timestamps

FAQ

Does YouTube Transcript Scraper need a login, cookies or an API key? No. It reads public pages only.

Can I run YouTube Transcript Scraper on a schedule? Yes - with Apify Schedules; each run returns fresh rows.

Can I call it from Python, JavaScript or an AI agent? Yes - through the Apify API, the Apify client libraries or the Apify MCP server.

Is it legal? It collects only data anyone can see without logging in. You are responsible for using it within the source site's terms and data protection law (GDPR, CCPA).

What if the site blocks a request? The run retries from a fresh connection and, if it still cannot read the page, stops with a clear message - never with made-up rows.

Do I need proxies? No setup needed - YouTube Transcript Scraper uses Apify Proxy by default where the site needs it.

Troubleshooting

• No results: check the input (a public URL or a search term that returns results in a normal browser), then try the example input once.
• Fewer results than expected: raise the maximum in the input; some sites show only a part of their data without logging in, and YouTube Transcript Scraper never logs in.
• The run stopped with a message: the message says what the site answered; run it again later or with fewer items.

Your feedback

Missing a field, found a bug, or need another site? Open an issue on the Issues tab - issues are answered and fixed. If YouTube Transcript Scraper saved you time, a short review on this page helps others find it.

Data source: www.youtube.com

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