YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API
By John · Pay per event · ApifyIntel score 96/100
Published 2025-11-19 · Last updated 2026-10-04
Scrape YouTube transcripts, subtitles, and captions in bulk, the cheapest pay-per-video YouTube transcript API on Apify. Callable from any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT). Supports YouTube videos, Shorts, and every URL format.
Key stats
- 211.7K total runs
- 4.9K total users
- 4.54 Apify Store rating (10 reviews)
- 27 bookmarks
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How YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API has moved
ApifyIntel has recorded YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API in 268 daily snapshots of the Apify Store since 2025-11-21. Latest reading: 2026-10-08.
- 2,183 monthly users, up 26% from 1,738 on 2026-09-08, up 2629% from 80 on 2026-07-10
- 116.8K runs in the last 30 days, 99.3% of them succeeded (30 days earlier: 60.8K runs, 99.1% succeeded)
- 119.6K runs added to the lifetime total since 2026-09-08 (now 211.7K)
- Ranked #60 of 72,628 actors by monthly users, down 1 place since 2026-09-08
- Apify Store rating 4.54 from 10 reviews (5.00 from 4 on 2026-07-10)
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