YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API

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.

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Last 7 dayson this actor

2rank moves
2other changes
236new rivals on YouTube

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Key figures30 readings

Price / 1k$2.75per 1,000 videoprocessed

Users / 30d3,760↑ 1,897 over 30 readings

Users, all time7,377↑ 3,652 over 30 readings

Runs / 30d185.7k↑ 99,973 over 30 readings

Runs / user / mo49.4runs per monthly user

Standing

#3of 2,331

on YouTube, by users in the last 30 days among actors classified to this platform.

Store search presence

28top-10 keywords

best #1 for “captions”

captions#1
scrape youtube#1
transcript subtitles#1
25 more#2–#9

re-crawled daily

Recorded changes

2026-10-22schemaInput schema changed—on record
2026-10-22contentREADME updated-438 characters-438characters
2026-10-21searchKeyword rank moveentered top-3 for “scrape youtube” (outside top 100 → #1)—on record

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What the reviews say

4 reviews with text — too few to summarize. We do not read themes off 4 data points; the stars above are all anyone has.

History

30 readings since 2026-09-25

Users / 30d30 readings

Users, all time30 readings

Runs / 30d30 readings

Standing30 readings

Alternatives on YouTube

The actors either side of #3 of 2,331, ranked by users in the last 30 days. Same platform, adjacent adoption — the comparable set.

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#	Actor	Grade	Price / 1k	Users /30d	Success	Rating	Age	Fresh
1	YouTube Scraperstreamers 2 open	A	RES$4.00 /1kfair price	15,020177.3K total	99.1%	4.8 (198)	3.3y	fresh
2	YouTube Video Transcriptstarvibe	B	RES$5.00 /1khigh price	3,90314.4K total	99.9%	5.0 (23)	14m	stale
3	YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper APIjohnvc	A	EVT$2.75 /1k videoprocessed	3,7607,377 total	99.9%	4.8 (11)	11m	fresh	This
4	YouTube Comments Scraperstreamers	A	RES$2.00 /1kfair price	3,32527.3K total	98.5%	4.9 (42)	3.3y	fresh
5	Fast YouTube Channel Scraperstreamers	A	RES$1.30 /1kgood price	3,17026.8K total	98.3%	4.7 (41)	3.2y	fresh
6	Youtube Transcript Scraperpintostudio 8 open	C	RES$10.00 /1ksteep price	2,56626.5K total	81.9%	3.7 (49)	23m	fresh
7	YouTube Shorts Scraperstreamers	B	RES$4.00 /1kfair price	2,26469.7K total	99.5%	4.4 (22)	3.6y	fresh
8	Youtube Channel Video Scrapergrow_media	B	RES$1.00 /1kgood price	1,5236,592 total	100.0%	—	9m	fresh

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