Transcribe any social video to text, free
Free video transcript generator for 5 social platforms. Paste a link from Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, or X — get a clean, copy-ready transcript in seconds. No login, no watermark, no limits.
Your transcript will appear here
Paste a video link on the left and hit transcribe — the full text lands here, ready to copy.
Works with 21 platforms
TikTok·
Instagram·
YouTube·
Facebook·
X·
LinkedIn·
Reddit·
Threads·
Pinterest·
Twitch·
Truth Social·
Snapchat·
Kick·TikTok Shop·
Amazon Shop·
Linktree·
Komi·
Pillar·
lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·
Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·UUtilityTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·UUtilityTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·UUtilityTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·UUtilityThree steps, zero learning curve
Paste a URL, hit run, get structured data. That's the whole workflow.
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How do you transcribe a video to text?
Paste any video link — Instagram Reel, TikTok, YouTube Short, Facebook video, or X post. We auto-detect the platform in under a second.
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How fast is the transcript generated?
Most transcripts return in 5–15 seconds. The AI processes the audio stream directly — no manual upload, no file conversion.
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What can you do with the transcript?
Copy the text for blog posts, captions, translations, SEO content, or AI training data. One click to copy — ready to paste anywhere.
Use it in your code in seconds
Same engine, exposed as a clean REST API. One key works for every platform — and every response uses the same schema.
One key, every platform
Authenticate once. Hit TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, and 17 more — all from the same key.
Same shape, every response
Identical schema across platforms. Write your integration once and never adapt to a new payload.
Drop into any agent
Cleanly typed JSON, ready for LLM tool-calls, RAG pipelines, and automation flows.
import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://api.socialcrawl.com/v1/instagram/profile',
params={'username': 'cristiano'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "instagram",
"data": {
"author": { "username": "cristiano", "followers": 124000 },
"engagement": { "likes": 5200, "engagement_rate": 0.045 },
"metadata": { "language": "en", "content_category": "food" }
}
}Start with 100 free credits
Sign up, grab your API key, and start scraping social media data — all in under 60 seconds. Scale seamlessly as your project grows. No credit card needed.
Get an API key here →Real ways teams use this tool
A few patterns we see from marketers, researchers, and builders shipping with SocialCrawl.
How do creators turn short videos into blog posts?
Pull a clean transcript from any platform, drop it into your editor, and ship a blog post in minutes — not hours of replaying and typing. Over 85% of top creators repurpose video content as written articles.
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Why do 85% of social media viewers watch videos muted?
According to Verizon Media research, 85% of Facebook videos are watched without sound. Generate clean text for captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions in a single click — no manual cleanup needed.
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How do you analyse competitor video content across platforms?
Transcribe competing clips across TikTok (2.05B MAU), Instagram Reels (2B MAU), YouTube Shorts (2B MAU), and X to study their hooks, pacing, and messaging side by side — then write better.
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Platforms in one tool
one URL, one flow
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Translate any video into any language
Drop the transcript into DeepL, GPT, or any translation tool. Every video, every market — 100+ languages from one link.
Make video content searchable in Google
Search engines can't watch videos. Give Google the transcript and rank for every keyword your creator says — proven to boost video page indexation by 3x.
Build datasets from real creator voices
Collect thousands of transcripts across 5 platforms to fine-tune models or feed RAG pipelines with the way creators actually talk — authentic social-native voice.
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