YouTube Transcript Scraper - bulk videos, channels, search
Pricing
from $0.50 / 1,000 transcript founds
YouTube Transcript Scraper - bulk videos, channels, search
Download YouTube transcripts in bulk for videos, Shorts, channels, playlists or search results. Keyless, with timestamped output and optional AI transcription fallback for videos without captions.
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from $0.50 / 1,000 transcript founds
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Karl Sundström
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YouTube Transcript Scraper (fresh)
Bulk YouTube transcripts — keyless, HTTP-only, no proxies. Video URLs/IDs, Shorts, channels, playlists and search keywords in one run. One of the only transcript actors that combines every input type.
What you get
- Timestamped segments (
start,dur,text, per-word timing on auto-captions) - Output formats:
jsonsegments, flattext,srt,vtt, andllm— LLM-ready ~1000-char chunks with second offsets for RAG pipelines - Metadata: title, channel, channelId, duration, views, keywords, thumbnail, description, isLive
- Languages: fallback-ordered list; optional translation via YouTube's built-in
tlang; manual vs auto caption choice - AI fallback (off by default): Whisper transcription for caption-less videos using your own OpenAI key, capped by minutes, with
dryRuncost preview - Paid per successful transcript only — videos without captions or failed lookups are never charged
Fair-use limits
Search/channel/playlist discovery respects maxVideosPerSource (default 20). AI fallback is capped (maxMinutes, maxVideosForAi).
Run success
We publish our own success rate in run logs (done: {...} (success rate N/M)). As of the 2026-09-25 build: 30/30 video lookups OK from datacenter IPs; transcripts fail only when a video genuinely has no captions.
Cost
actor-start $0.001 + $0.50 per 1,000 transcripts (Apify plan discounts apply) + optional AI at $0.006/min (at-cost Whisper API rate, ~half of comparable actors). OpenAI key stays yours (BYOK) — bring it in aiFallback.apiKey or as the OPENAI_API_KEY env var.
