# 🚀 YouTube Transcript Scraper · 2,500 Free Transcripts/Month (`omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper`) Actor

YouTube Transcript Scraper gets you YouTube transcripts ⚡ fast, 🎯 100% accurate and 🔍 ridiculously detailed — full text plus timed segments in any language. 💰 $2 per 1,000 transcripts, no start fee. Scrape your first 2,500 transcripts free every month 🚀

- **URL**: https://apify.com/omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Omkar Cloud](https://apify.com/omkar-cloud) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, AI, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 transcripts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## YouTube Transcript Scraper

YouTube Transcript Scraper by Omkar Cloud gets you 🎯 accurate, 🔍 detailed YouTube transcripts.

YouTube uses Google BotGuard bot protection to stop you from getting its data.

YouTube Transcript Scraper beats it, so you get the data, and can successfully complete your project.

**$2 per 1,000 transcripts.** And with Apify's free plan you get $5 of credit every month, so your first **~2,500 transcripts each month are free**.

This is an excellent Actor made by Omkar Cloud, which is Rated Excellent — [4.7 based on 30 reviews on Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/omkar.cloud).

👉 [**Try YouTube Transcript Scraper free**](https://apify.com/omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper) — your first ~2,500 transcripts are Free.

### What can I get

- 📝 **The full transcript of any video** — ready-to-use plain text for AI, search and summaries
- ⏱️ **Timed segments** — every line with its start, end and duration in seconds
- 🌍 **Any language the video has** — manual or auto-generated tracks; the video's own language by default
- 📺 **A whole channel at once** — the latest uploads of any channel, one transcript per video

### Why YouTube Transcript Scraper

Most other YouTube scrapers fail you in one of four ways:

- 🗄️ **Inaccurate, cached, stale data**
- 🧩 **Low-detail data** — a few fields per row, never the full picture
- 💸 **Pay more to get the same data**
- 🪦 **Works today, breaks next month** — nobody maintains it

YouTube Transcript Scraper is scraped live on every run, priced honestly, and actively maintained.

### Example: A YouTube Transcript

```json
{
  "video": {"id": "aircAruvnKk", "title": "But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1", "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"},
  "language_code": "en",
  "language": "English",
  "is_auto_generated": false,
  "count": 286,
  "text": "This is a 3. It's sloppily written and rendered at an extremely low resolution of 28x28 pixels, but your brain has no trouble recognizing it as a 3....",
  "segments": [
    {"start_seconds": 4.22, "end_seconds": 5.4, "duration_seconds": 1.18, "text": "This is a 3."},
    {"start_seconds": 6.06, "end_seconds": 10.713, "duration_seconds": 4.653, "text": "It's sloppily written and rendered at an extremely low resolution of 28x28 pixels,"}
  ]
}
```

*Trimmed for readability.*

### Get Started with 2,500 Free Transcripts

1. [Hit **Try for Free Button**](https://apify.com/omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper) — the input is pre-filled with 3Blue1Brown's *But what is a neural network?*.
2. Enjoy your data 😎.

### Pricing

High value, Low price.

| What | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| **Transcripts** | **$2 per 1,000** | the video (id, title, link), language, auto-generated flag, full text and every timed segment |

No start fee — you pay only for the transcripts you get. Videos without subtitles are skipped and never billed.

💡 Apify's free plan includes $5 of credit every month — about **2,500 free transcripts, every month**.

👉 [**Scrape your first 2,500 transcripts free**](https://apify.com/omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper)

### FAQ

**How much will a run cost?** 1,000 transcripts cost about $2.

**Can I pick the language?** Yes — set **Transcript Language** (`en`, `es`, `pt-BR`, ...). Leave it empty for the video's own language.

**Can I get just the text?** Yes — turn off **Include Timed Segments**.

### Run It from Code

Grab your API token from [Integrations Settings here](https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations) and replace `<YOUR_API_TOKEN>` below.

**Python** (`pip install apify-client`)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input={
    "videos": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"],
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["video"]["title"], item["text"][:200])
```

**Node.js** (`npm install apify-client`)

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper').call({
    channels: ['@3blue1brown'],
    maxVideosPerChannel: 10,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);
```

### 💬 Have Questions? We Have Answers.

You're a business owner — we know how hard completing a project can be. So we offer full support: just message us and we'll reply ✅ with a solution within 1 working day.

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You are important to us — just message us and we will solve your problem ✅ within 1 working day. 🩷 Pinky Promise 🤙!

### Related Actors

- 🎬 [**YouTube Scraper**](https://apify.com/omkar-cloud/youtube-scraper) — search results, channel videos, Shorts & live streams with views, likes, chapters & heatmap. $1 per 1,000 videos.
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👉 [**Scrape your first 2,500 transcripts free now**](https://apify.com/omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `videos` (type: `array`):

Watch, youtu.be, Shorts or live links, or 11-character video IDs.

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Channel @handles (`@3blue1brown`), channel IDs (`UC...`) or channel links.

## `maxVideosPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

How many of each channel's latest videos to transcribe.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Subtitle track language code (`en`, `es`, `pt-BR`, `ja`, ...). Leave empty for the video's own language.

## `includeSegments` (type: `boolean`):

Add every line with its start and end time. Off = full text only.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "videos": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 20,
  "includeSegments": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "videos": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "videos": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "videos": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk"
  ]
}' |
apify call omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,omkar-cloud/youtube-transcript-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zhfyLCYk6LaNw9e1V/builds/a6AnVLaic8CiE8LQ6/openapi.json