Youtube Metadata Scraper (Transcripts Included 😋)

Introducing the most comprehensive and robust Youtube Metadata web scraper on Apify. Get video details, channel details, engagement statistics, transcripts and more from Youtube videos and shorts via a single interface.

😋 Features 😋

• Extract complete video metadata including video title, description, thumbnail, channel details, engagement stats and full transcripts.
• Seamlessly handle both videos and shorts URL through a single interface.
• Easily customize transcript options in the input settings including transcript formats and languages.
• Access detailed timestamps, including start times and time ranges for each transcript segment.

👩‍🍳 Input Parameters 👩‍🍳

Parameter	Type	Description	Default Value
startURLs	array	At least one Youtube URL (Video and Shorts URL are supported). The maximum number of URLs is 1000.	-
extractTranscript	boolean	If selected, includes transcript in the result	true
transcriptFormat	raw|timestamp	If raw, return transcript as a string without timestamp information. If timestamp, include timestamp information for each transcript segment	timestamp
includeEnglishAG	boolean	If selected, includes English (auto-generated) option in transcript	false
includeNonEnglish	boolean	If selected, includes non-English languages in transcripts	false
proxy	object	Apify's proxy configuration. Choose RESIDENTIAL proxies for reliable runs	RESIDENTIAL

🍖 Output Example 🍖

includeEnglishAG and includeNonEnglish was set to False while transcriptFormat was set to raw:

{
  "id": "4KbrxIpQgkM",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KbrxIpQgkM",
  "title": "Nothing Phone 3 Review: They Lied!",
  "description": "So you want to be a flagship?\n\nNothing Phone 3: https://geni.us/Lv2Fcd\n\nMKBHD Merch: http://shop.MKBHD.com\n\nPlaylist of MKBHD Intro music: https://goo.gl/B3AWV5\n\nPhone provided by Nothing for review.\n\n~\nhttp://twitter.com/MKBHD\nhttp://instagram.com/MKBHD\nhttp://facebook.com/MKBHD",
  "lengthInSeconds": 938,
  "uploadDatetime": "2025-07-08T13:00:59+00:00",
  "category": "Science & Technology",
  "tags": [
    "Nothing Phone",
    "Nothing Phone 3",
    "Nothing Phone 3 review",
    "MKBHD",
    "Nothing phone MKBHD",
    "Nothing Phone 3 review MKBHD",
    "Nothing 3",
    "Nothing 3 vs",
    "Nothing phone 3 vs",
    "flagship",
    "true flagship",
    "glyph",
    "glyph matrix"
  ],
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4KbrxIpQgkM/hqdefault.jpg",
  "channelID": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "channelURL": "http://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "channelUsername": "mkbhd",
  "channelDisplayName": "Marques Brownlee",
  "channelSubscribers": "20.1M",
  "viewCount": 2493676,
  "likeCount": 81093,
  "commentCount": 6785,
  "transcripts": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "content": "(funky upbeat music) - This is the Nothing Phone 3 and yeah, it's ugly. (funky music) You know, people say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and stuff like that. I get it. You can find\nbeauty in anything, for sure. But also, you know,\nthere's a nice alignment to things that feels good. And you know, when things are, when things are where\nyou expect them to be, doesn't that feel better? Okay. All right, carcinisation. I learned about this recently..."
    }
  ]
}

Also, here is an excerpt of the transcript when transcriptFormat is set to timestamp:

{
  ...,
  "transcripts": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "content": [
        {
          "startMs": 291,
          "endMs": 3374,
          "startTime": "0:00",
          "text": "(funky upbeat music)"
        },
        {
          "startMs": 18600,
          "endMs": 21390,
          "startTime": "0:18",
          "text": "- This is the Nothing Phone 3"
        },
        {
          "startMs": 21390,
          "endMs": 23974,
          "startTime": "0:21",
          "text": "and yeah, it's ugly."
        },
        ...,
      ]
    }
  ]
}

🚫 Limitations 🚫

• The actor will most likely fail if RESIDENTIAL proxies are not used.

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This scraper is under active development and suggestions or feature requests will be greatly appreciated. If you have suggestions, feature requests, or encounter any issues, feel free to:

• Open an issue - https://console.apify.com/actors/f2jWZcFtNz7SeL7We/issues
• Email me directly at isaactoluwani30@gmail.com