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.

Publisher description, verbatim

Last 7 dayson this actor

3rank moves
4other changes
107new rivals on YouTube

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Key figures30 readings

Price / 1k$0.01per 1,000 videoprocessed

Users / 30d1,863↑ 536 over 30 readings

Users, all time3,725↑ 1,702 over 30 readings

Runs / 30d85.7k↑ 60,693 over 30 readings

Runs / user / mo46.0runs per monthly user

Standing

#7of 1,669

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

Store search presence

12top-10 keywords

best #1 for “captions”

captions#1
transcript subtitles#1
subtitles#2
9 more#3–#9

re-crawled daily

Recorded changes

2026-09-24schemaInput schema changed—on record
2026-09-24contentREADME updated+1,373 characters+1,373characters
2026-09-22searchKeyword rank moveleft top-10 for “client” (#10 → #12)—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 2026-08-27

Users / 30d30 readings

Users, all time30 readings

Runs / 30d30 readings

Standing30 readings

Alternatives on YouTube

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#	Actor	Grade	Price / 1k	Users /30d	Success	Rating	Age	Fresh
2	YouTube Shorts Scraperstreamers	B	RES$4.00 /1kfair price	3,26963.8K total	99.6%	4.4 (22)	3.6y	fresh
3	Fast YouTube Channel Scraperstreamers 4 open	A	RES$1.30 /1kgood price	2,56823.0K total	99.6%	4.6 (40)	3.2y	fresh
4	Youtube Transcript Scraperpintostudio 8 open	C	RES$10.00 /1ksteep price	2,31724.9K total	86.6%	3.7 (49)	22m	fresh
5	YouTube Video Transcriptstarvibe	B	RES$5.00 /1khigh price	2,30311.2K total	99.7%	5.0 (23)	13m	stale
6	YouTube Comments Scraperstreamers	A	RES$2.00 /1kfair price	2,15724.0K total	98.6%	4.9 (43)	3.2y	fresh
7	YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper APIjohnvc	B	EVT$0.01 /1k videoprocessed	1,8633,725 total	98.7%	4.5 (10)	10m	fresh	This
8	YouTube Video Downloaderstreamers 2 open	B	EVT$6.00 /1k downloadMb	1,03121.7K total	97.9%	4.3 (28)	20m	fresh
9	Youtube Channel Video Scrapergrow_media	B	RES$1.00 /1kgood price	9725,301 total	100.0%	—	8m	aging
10	Youtube Transcript Scraper - $0.7 per 1ksupreme_coder 3 open	B	RES$1.00 /1kgood price	7222,319 total	97.3%	5.0 (2)	11m	fresh
11	Youtube Transcriptskaramelo	A	RES$7.00 /1khigh price	7058,407 total	100.0%	5.0 (15)	2.0y	fresh
12	Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper & APIscrapesage	B	EVT$2.00 /1k ad	6361,279 total	99.9%	5.0 (1)	3m	fresh

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