YouTube transcript generator, free
YouTube transcript generator that turns any YouTube video or Short to text in seconds. Paste a link for a clean transcript, AI summary, and SRT/VTT.
Your transcript will appear here
Paste a video link on the left and hit transcribe — the full text lands here, ready to copy.
Searching 42 platforms in parallel
TikTok·
Instagram·
YouTube·
Facebook·
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LinkedIn·
Reddit·
Threads·
Pinterest·
Twitch·
Truth Social·
Snapchat·
Kick·
Bluesky·
Kwai·
Rumble·
Spotify·TikTok Shop·
Amazon Shop·
Google Shopping·
Trustpilot·
TripAdvisor·
Linktree·
Komi·
Pillar·
lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Google Finance·
Polymarket·
Tavily·
Hacker News·
GitHub·
Perplexity·
Naver·UUtility·
Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Google Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·UUtility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Google Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·UUtility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Google Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·UUtility·Universal SearchThree steps, zero learning curve
Paste a URL, hit run, get structured data. That's the whole workflow.
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How do you turn a YouTube video to text?
Paste any YouTube watch link, Shorts URL, or youtu.be share link. We auto-detect it instantly and pull the full transcript — no Chrome extension, no copy-paste from the caption box.
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Does it work when YouTube auto-captions are off?
Yes. When the creator's auto-generated or manual captions exist, we read them for high accuracy. When they're missing, we transcribe the audio stream directly, so you still get a clean YouTube video transcript.
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What do you get back?
The full text, ready to copy, plus an AI summary and downloadable SRT or VTT subtitles. Drop it into a blog draft, a translation tool, or your notes — one click, no cleanup.
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://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel',
params={'handle': '@mkbhd'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "youtube",
"data": {
"channel": {
"handle": "@mkbhd",
"subscribers": 19400000
},
"engagement": {
"avg_views": 4200000,
"engagement_rate": 0.062
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "tech"
}
}
}What is the world really saying?
Type a question. Twelve walled gardens search at the same time. AI gives you the brief — the source posts stay one click away.
For builders → MCP, skills, and the APIReal ways teams use this tool
A few patterns we see from marketers, researchers, and builders shipping with SocialCrawl.
How do creators turn a YouTube video into an article?
Pull the transcript from a 20-minute tutorial or podcast episode, paste it into your editor, and ship a blog post in minutes instead of scrubbing the timeline. The long-form footage you already recorded becomes searchable text.
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Faster than re-watching
vs. pausing and typing
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Words per long video
typical article length
Why export YouTube captions as SRT instead of copying them?
YouTube's caption box strips timing and breaks on long videos. Export clean SRT and VTT files in one click — ready for re-uploads, localization, or your own player. 85% of muted viewers rely on accurate subtitles to keep watching.
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of social viewers watch muted
Verizon Media, 2024
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From paste to subtitle file
per export
How do you study a competitor's YouTube strategy at scale?
Transcribe a rival channel's top uploads to map their hooks, talking points, and CTAs — then write tighter scripts. YouTube reaches over 2.7B logged-in monthly users, so the playbooks that work there are worth reading closely.
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Videos in one session
one link each
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Transcripts you can batch
via the API
Subtitle a YouTube video in any language
Send the transcript to DeepL, GPT, or your translator and ship multilingual subtitles. One video, every market — 100+ languages from a single link.
Rank your YouTube content in Google
Google can't watch a video, but it reads a transcript. Publish the text on your page and rank for every phrase your host says — proven to lift video-page indexing.
Build datasets from real YouTube creators
Collect thousands of transcripts to fine-tune models or feed RAG pipelines with how creators actually explain things — long-form, on-camera, unscripted voice.
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