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YouTube Transcript Scraper for Videos & Channels

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Extract transcripts, captions, and timestamped segments from YouTube videos or channel batches. Export structured text with metadata; add comments or AI chapters only when needed.

Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 video scrapeds

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Developer

Nick

Actor stats

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Total users

Monthly active users

5 days ago

Last modified

tags

Optional

Video tags / keywords when available.

Type:array | null

Example:

[
  "tutorial",
  "example",
  "python"
]

Is Short

is_short

Optional

True for vertical Shorts (duration < 60s).

Type:boolean | null

Example:

false

Engagement Rate (%)

engagement_rate

Optional

(likes + comments) / views * 100, rounded to 4 decimals.

Type:number | null

Example:

4.6312

Channel ID

channel_id

Optional

Channel UC... ID.

Type:string | null

Example:

UCAbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUv

Channel Name

channel_name

Optional

Channel display name.

Type:string | null

Example:

Example Channel

Channel URL

channel_url

Optional

Canonical channel URL.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUv

Channel Handle

channel_handle

Optional

Channel @handle when available.

Type:string | null

Example:

@examplechannel

Handle

handle

Optional

Channel @handle on channel records.

Type:string | null

Example:

@examplechannel

Subscriber Count

subscriber_count

Optional

Channel subscriber count on channel records.

Type:integer | null

Example:

384000

Total Videos

total_videos

Optional

Channel video count on channel records.

Type:integer | null

Example:

412

Total Views

total_views

Optional

Channel lifetime view count on channel records.

Type:integer | null

Example:

28450000

Joined Date

joined_date

Optional

Channel creation date string from the About tab.

Type:string | null

Example:

Jan 5, 2018

Country

country

Optional

Channel country code where exposed.

Type:string | null

Example:

Verified

verified

Optional

True when the channel shows the verified checkmark.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Avatar URL

avatar_url

Optional

Channel avatar image URL.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://yt3.ggpht.com/example-avatar.jpg

Banner URL

banner_url

Optional

Channel banner image URL.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://yt3.ggpht.com/example-banner.jpg

Channel Keywords

keywords

Optional

Keywords declared on the channel.

Type:array | null

Example:

[
  "python",
  "tutorials",
  "data science"
]

Transcript (plain text)

transcript_text

Optional

Full plain-text transcript when transcripts are enabled and available.

Type:string | null

Example:

Welcome back to the channel. Today we're looking at...

Transcript Segments

transcript_segments

Optional

Timed segments with start, duration, and text.

Type:array | null

Example:

[
  {
    "start": 0,
    "duration": 4.32,
    "text": "Welcome back to the channel."
  },
  {
    "start": 4.32,
    "duration": 5.1,
    "text": "Today we're looking at..."
  }
]

Transcript Language

transcript_language

Optional

Language code of the returned transcript.

Type:string | null

Example:

Transcript Kind

transcript_kind

Optional

'asr' for auto-generated, '' for manually uploaded.

Type:string | null

Example:

asr

Transcript Available

transcript_available

Optional

True when a transcript was retrieved.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Chapters

chapters

Optional

AI-generated timestamped chapters from the transcript when generateChapters is enabled.

Type:array | null

Example:

[
  {
    "start": 0,
    "end": 60,
    "title": "Intro",
    "summary": "Sets up the topic and goals for the video."
  },
  {
    "start": 60,
    "end": 240,
    "title": "Setup",
    "summary": "Walks through environment configuration."
  }
]

Comments

comments

Optional

Top comments fetched when includeComments is enabled. Each entry includes comment_id, author + author_channel_id, text, like_count (and legacy likes), published_date, and a deep-link URL.

Type:array | null

Example:

[
  {
    "comment_id": "Ugy...AaABAg",
    "author": "Example User",
    "author_channel_id": "UCxxx",
    "text": "Great walkthrough - thanks!",
    "like_count": 12,
    "likes": 12,
    "published_date": "1 week ago",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbCdEfGhIjK&lc=Ugy...AaABAg"
  }
]

Search Query

search_query

Optional

Original query for video records emitted in 'search' mode.

Type:string | null

Example:

python async tutorial

AI Analysis

ai_analysis

Optional

Structured AI analysis attached to channel summary or AI summary records.

Type:object | null

Example:

{
  "themes": [
    "beginner-friendly tutorials",
    "live coding"
  ],
  "audience": "Junior developers",
  "growth_signals": [
    "Recent uploads outperforming the channel average."
  ]
}

Total Videos Analyzed

total_videos_analyzed

Optional

Count of videos sent to the AI analysis on summary records.

Type:integer | null

Example:

Scraped At

scraped_at

Optional

ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of when the record was scraped.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-04-19T08:15:23+00:00

Other properties may be included.

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