YouTube Transcript Scraper

Keep YouTube speech as searchable text beside the video that issued it. Preserve segments, timing, language, video identity, title, channel, and source URL for research or publishing work.

The record

The dataset schema names every field before the run. The first working set is whatIFound, text, url, start, duration, language, transcript, videoId, type, video_id, title, and views. Dataset views keep related fields together without changing the underlying row.

Captured row

{
  "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "language": "en",
  "duration": 1.68
}

Input

YouTube Transcript Scraper accepts source URLs. Run controls stay in the same form.

Field	What it controls	Starting value
startUrls	Paste exact YouTube URLs, one per line.	["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"]
maxItems	Stop after this many dataset rows.	100
maxSeconds	Stop after this many seconds and keep completed rows.	240

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  ],
  "maxItems": 3,
  "maxSeconds": 240
}

Price

$100 per 1,000 transcript segments on the Free plan. Other Apify plans use the rates shown in the Pricing tab.

Console, API, schedules, and exports

Runs can begin in Apify Console, from a saved task, or through the Actor API. A schedule can reuse the same input. Completed rows remain in the run dataset for API retrieval and Apify dataset exports.

POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/O13aSeOnY1G8S2HP8/runs
GET  https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/{datasetId}/items

Saved tasks

Twenty task pages cover distinct research, comparison, operations, automation, and export jobs. The opening set is:

• YouTube transcript exact item: Review one YouTube record around type, video_id, title, and whatIFound. The saved task uses startUrls, maxItems, and maxSeconds and opens the overview view. Configured in YouTube Transcript Scraper.
• YouTube transcript publishing comparison: Compare YouTube transcripts using duration, views, text, and url. The overview view keeps the differences close together. Configured in YouTube Transcript Scraper.
• YouTube transcript source list: Process a saved YouTube input queue with startUrls, maxItems, and maxSeconds. Source and identifier fields remain visible in the overview view. Configured in YouTube Transcript Scraper.
• YouTube transcript publisher index: Index YouTube transcripts by type, video_id, title, and start. The saved input keeps the same matching keys from run to run. Configured in YouTube Transcript Scraper.
• YouTube transcript author register: Assemble a focused YouTube register centered on whatIFound, text, url, and start. The task keeps startUrls, maxItems, and maxSeconds visible for later review. Configured in YouTube Transcript Scraper.
• YouTube transcript engagement benchmark: Compare numeric and status fields across YouTube transcripts, led by duration, views, language, and transcript. Results open as the overview table. Configured in YouTube Transcript Scraper.

Related products

• YouTube Video Scraper
• YouTube Channel Scraper
• YouTube Shorts Scraper
• TikTok Transcript Scraper
• Instagram Transcript Scraper

Support

Include the Actor ID, run ID, saved task name, and affected input when reporting an issue. That is enough to locate the run and its dataset.