TikTok Transcript: Video to Text with Captions & Stats

What is TikTok Transcript?

Paste public TikTok video links and get what is said in each video as text, with timestamps and optional SRT subtitles, plus the video's creator, caption, views, likes and comments.

Try it now: the example below transcribes a public video in a few seconds.

What can this TikTok transcript tool do?

• Works on any public video, with or without captions: the audio itself is transcribed, so you are not limited to the videos where the creator added subtitles.
• 99+ languages, detected automatically (Whisper large-v3).
• Music-only videos are recognised: they come back marked noSpeech with an empty transcript, and are not charged.
• Pay per audio minute. Most TikToks are under a minute, so one video usually costs one minute. Nothing is charged for videos that fail.
• No login, no cookies, no TikTok account.

Because it runs on Apify, you also get:

• Scheduling: collect transcripts of new videos on a regular basis.
• API access: start runs and read results from your own code.
• Integrations: send results to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and more.
• Monitoring: get alerted when a run fails or returns less than expected.
• Exports: download results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

What can you provide?

Input	Example
Video link	https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa/video/7700397098994273549
Share link from the app	https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMabc123/

Paste as many links as you like, one per line. Profiles, hashtags and search pages are not videos: open the video and copy its link.

How to get a TikTok transcript

1. Copy the link of each TikTok video (in the app: Share → Copy link).
2. Paste the links into TikTok video links.
3. Optionally set the language, turn off timestamps, or turn on SRT subtitles.
4. Click Start, then download the results from the Output tab as JSON, CSV or Excel.

How much does a TikTok transcript cost?

You pay for each minute of audio transcribed, rounded to the nearest minute, with a minimum of one minute per video that contains speech. Most videos are under a minute, so one video usually costs one minute. The price depends on your Apify Store discount tier:

Store discount tier	Price per audio minute
Free plan	$0.003
Bronze	$0.0027
Silver	$0.0024
Gold and above	$0.0021

At the Bronze price:

Run	Cost
100 videos of under a minute	$0.27
1,000 videos of under a minute	$2.70

Music-only videos and failed videos are free. Set Maximum minutes per video or the run's maximum charge to cap spending.

On the free Apify plan, each run transcribes up to 10 minutes of audio in total: longer audio is cut there and marked "truncated": true. Paid Apify plans have no such limit.

Input example

{
    "urls": [
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa/video/7699974130153590029"
    ],
    "includeSegments": true
}

Field	Meaning
urls	Links to public videos, one per line
language	Two-letter language code (optional; detected automatically otherwise)
includeSegments	Add timestamped segments to each result
includeSrt	Add the transcript as SRT subtitles
maxMinutesPerFile	Longer videos are cut at this length

Output example

A real result for the input above, shortened. One dataset item per video:

{
    "inputUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa/video/7699974130153590029",
    "status": "ok",
    "platform": "TikTok",
    "postUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa/video/7699974130153590029",
    "postTitle": "NASA shared a major update today on the road ahead for Artemis 🚀 ...",
    "creator": "NASA",
    "creatorHandle": "nasa",
    "caption": "NASA shared a major update today on the road ahead for Artemis 🚀 2027: Artemis III tests Orion and two lunar landers in low Earth orbit...",
    "postedAt": "2026-10-23",
    "views": 189200,
    "likes": 18800,
    "comments": 523,
    "language": "English",
    "durationSeconds": 171,
    "transcribedMinutes": 3,
    "truncated": false,
    "text": "NASA is accelerating Artemis, and this week we shared some major updates on our path back to the moon. From rocket hardware to updated mission plans...",
    "segments": [{ "start": 0, "end": 6, "text": "NASA is accelerating Artemis, and this week we shared some major updates on our path back to the moon." }]
}

Counts are the public figures at the time of the run. Fields TikTok does not show for a video are left out. Videos that cannot be read produce an item with "status": "error" and an error message saying why.

Use cases

• Content research: read what top creators in your niche actually say, and search it.
• Repurposing: turn your own TikToks into blog posts, threads or newsletters.
• Competitor and brand monitoring: see how products are described and reviewed in videos.
• Subtitles: get SRT files to re-upload a video elsewhere with captions.
• AI workflows: feed transcripts to an LLM for summaries, hooks or trend analysis.

Tips for reliable results

• Paste the link of the video itself. Profile and hashtag pages are not accepted.
• Run a failed link again later. A platform refusal is usually temporary, and it is not charged.
• Set the language for short clips or noisy audio.

FAQ

Does it need TikTok's captions?

No. It listens to the audio, so it works on videos without captions, and in any language.

Can I transcribe a whole profile?

Paste the links of the videos you want. Profile pages are not accepted, so a run never costs more than the videos you chose.

Can I use it from my own code, Make, Zapier or n8n?

Yes. Every Apify Actor has an API and ready-made integrations. See the examples below.

Limits

• All users share one transcription service with an hourly limit. When it is reached, the Actor waits up to 5 minutes, then returns what it has finished, marked "truncated": true and charged only for that part, with a note saying when to try again.
• Public videos only. Private, friends-only and age-restricted videos need a login, which this Actor does not use.
• TikTok occasionally refuses a request. The Actor retries once; if it still fails, the video is reported as an error, not charged, and can be run again later.
• Photo slideshows have no speech to transcribe unless they carry a voice-over.

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Run it from the API

With cURL:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/spokentext~tiktok-transcript/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "urls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa/video/7699974130153590029"] }'

With Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("spokentext/tiktok-transcript").call(run_input={"urls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa/video/7699974130153590029"]})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("creator"), item.get("text", "")[:100])

This Actor is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by TikTok or ByteDance; their names only describe the links it accepts.

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