YouTube Scraper — Videos, Comments & Transcripts for AI
Pricing
from $2.68 / 1,000 videos
Scrape YouTube channels, playlists, videos and search results: full metadata, top comments and timestamped transcripts in one run. Built for AI, RAG and LLM pipelines. No API key or login needed.
You can access the YouTube Scraper — Videos, Comments & Transcripts for AI programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "startUrls": [< {< "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"< }< ],< "searchQueries": [],< "maxVideos": 20,< "sortBy": "newest",< "uploadedAfter": "",< "scrapeComments": true,< "maxCommentsPerVideo": 100,< "scrapeTranscripts": true,< "transcriptLanguages": [< "en"< ],< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": true< },< "maxRequestRetries": 5,< "maxConcurrency": 10<}' |<apify call yasaslive/youtube-channel-comments-transcripts --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Scraper — Videos, Comments & Transcripts for AI locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: