Download YouTube subtitles (SRT, VTT, TXT)

SRT subtitles are selected below. Pick a language or keep the video's original one, then paste a video, playlist or channel link.

In short: ChannelText downloads the transcripts of YouTube videos, Shorts, playlists and whole channels as TXT, SRT, WebVTT or JSON files, in one ZIP with a CSV report. It costs $0.008 per delivered transcript from a prepaid balance topped up with $10 (1,250 transcripts): a one-time payment in USD, no subscription, no free sample, and videos without a transcript are not charged. Up to 50 links and 500 videos per run; it uses the captions YouTube publishes, so a video without captions has no transcript. Also available as a REST API and an MCP server.

Result

#	Video	Result	Files

API keys

Get transcripts from your own code with the ChannelText API, paid from the same balance. A new key is shown once; keep it secret and revoke it if it leaks.

Name	Key	Created	Last used

Choose the language

By default you get the language the video was recorded in, even when YouTube also offers auto-dubbed or translated tracks. Choose one of 66 languages to get that one when the video has it; otherwise you get the original language.

Creator captions or automatic captions

Creator captions are the subtitles the creator uploaded: punctuated and usually more accurate. Automatic captions are made by YouTube's speech recognition and exist for most videos. ChannelText takes the creator's captions when they exist in your language and the automatic ones otherwise; the result for each video says which one you got.

Formats

SRT works in almost every video player and editor. WebVTT (under “More formats”) is the web standard. Text is the same words without timestamps.

Pricing

$0.008 per delivered transcript ($8 per 1,000). No subscription.

Prepaid balance: add $10 (1,250 transcripts) when your balance is short. You only pay at that point, after you have seen how many videos your link has and the most it can cost.
Videos without captions, private or removed videos and videos YouTube blocked are free. You pay only for transcripts you get. “Update this channel” skips the videos of that channel you already received.
No free sample. Transcripts come from the captions YouTube publishes (the creator's or YouTube's automatic ones); there is no speech-to-text, so a video with no captions has no transcript.

Questions

How to download youtube subtitles as srt file?

Paste the video link above with “Subtitles (SRT)” checked and download the .srt file, or the ZIP for many videos.

How to download youtube auto generated subtitles?

When a video has no creator captions in your language, ChannelText downloads YouTube's automatic captions for it, in the same SRT, VTT or Text formats.

How to download youtube video subtitles only?

ChannelText downloads only the subtitles and transcripts, never the video or the audio.

How to download youtube captions?

Captions and subtitles are the same files here: paste the link, choose the formats, and download.