YouTube Video Transcript API - Text, Timestamps, JSON

Video transcript API for LLMs and RAG: YouTube videos or whole channels to JSON with full text and timestamped segments. Also views, likes, upload date, channel subscribers, optional SRT/VTT and RAG chunks. MCP-ready. $2.50 per 1,000 transcripts, failed videos never charged.

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3other changes
236new rivals on YouTube

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Key figures30 readings

Price / 1k$2.50per 1,000 transcript

Users / 30d4↓ 1 over 30 readings

Users, all time13↑ 8 over 30 readings

Runs / 30d155↑ 60 over 30 readings

Runs / user / mo38.8runs per monthly user

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#500of 2,331

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

Store search presence

2top-10 keywords

best #8 for “text api”

text api#8
youtube transcript api#8

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Recorded changes

2026-10-24pricePrice changed$5.0 → $2.5/1k—on record
2026-10-24searchKeyword rank moveentered top-10 for “youtube transcript api” (outside top 100 → #8)—on record
2026-10-24searchKeyword rank moveentered top-10 for “text api” (outside top 100 → #8)—on record

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History

30 readings since 2026-09-25

Users / 30d30 readings

Users, all time30 readings

Runs / 30d30 readings

Standing30 readings

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495	YouTube Music Downloadermaximedupre	D	EVT$6,851 /1k youtube-music-tracsteep price	462 total	65.4%	—	4m	aging
496	YouTube Similar Channels Findermaximedupre	C	EVT$18.00 /1k similar-channel-dihigh price	416 total	99.9%	—	52d	aging
497	Media / CDN Extractor ($0.001 pre Request)mikolabs	—	RES$10.00 /1k	413 total	—	—	5m	aging
498	YouTube Ads Scraper - Video Ad Transparency & Competitor Intelmochiboo	—	RES$3.00 /1k	47 total	—	—	3m	aging
499	YouTube Transcript Scraper - Captions + AI + Translationmof1re	—	RES$1.00 /1k	415 total	—	—	3m	fresh
500	YouTube Video Transcript API - Text, Timestamps, JSONom_kh	B	EVT$2.50 /1k transcriptfair price	413 total	100.0%	—	2m	fresh	This
501	YouTube Channel Search Scraper - Subscribers, Emailsom_kh	—	EVT$0.50 /1k channelgood price	410 total	—	—	24d	fresh
502	Songlink / Odesli Music Link Resolverparseforge	B	EVT$14.67 /1k result-itemfair price	418 total	100.0%	—	5m	fresh
503	YouTube Scraper – Videos, Channels, Comments & Searchpear_fight	—	RES$2.50 /1k	485 total	—	—	8m	aging
504	YouTube Shorts On-Screen Text Extractor (OCR)rainminer	—	EVT$0.49 /1k short-processedgood price	48 total	—	—	3m	fresh
505	Fast YouTube Scraper — Videos, Shorts & Channelsrbbscrap	—	FREEfree	47 total	—	5.0 (1)	11d	fresh

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