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How to get transcripts of Huberman Lab videos
Episodes run two to three hours, and the protocols you actually want are buried somewhere in the middle. In text you can search every episode in seconds.
Get every available transcript in three steps
- Paste the podcast link. BulkTranscripts detects whether it is a video, playlist, or channel automatically.
- Press Get transcripts. Videos are processed in parallel with live progress, and anything already in your library is served instantly from cache.
- Export. Download a ZIP with one file per video, or a single combined document in TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV, JSON, or AI-ready format.
What people do with Huberman Lab transcripts
The common use is to build a searchable protocol reference, or ask an AI which episodes cover sleep, dopamine, or training. Because the combined export carries each video's title, channel, date, and link in a header, an AI model can cite which video an answer came from instead of blending everything together.
About the Huberman Lab archive
Huberman Lab has published weekly since early 2021: long solo episodes on one topic (sleep, dopamine, focus, fitness) plus guest interviews, most running two to three hours. Most episodes come with YouTube's auto-generated captions rather than channel-uploaded ones, so the protocols come through clearly but unusual compound and supplement names are worth checking against the video.
Questions the full transcript set can answer
Load the combined export into NotebookLM, ChatGPT or Claude and ask:
- Which episodes discuss morning sunlight, and what exact protocol is given in each?
- What does Huberman say about caffeine timing across every episode that mentions it?
- List every supplement mentioned with the episode and timestamp where it comes up.
What Huberman Lab looks like as text
Measured from Huberman Lab videos our users have already transcribed, pulled from our production library on September 27, 2026. It is a sample of the archive, not the whole thing.
| Measure | Result | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Videos already transcribed | 36 | Upload dates March 2024 to September 2026 |
| Hours of audio | 16 | Average 27 min, longest 176 min |
| Words per video | 5,373 on average | About 11 printed pages each |
| Speaking pace | 198 words a minute | Useful for estimating an episode you have not pulled yet |
| Caption source | 3 channel-uploaded, 33 auto-generated | Channel captions are preferred when both exist |
Includes the Huberman Lab Clips channel, which is why the average is short; full episodes run two to three hours and 22,000 to 32,000 words.
For sizing: 100 episodes at this length is roughly 0.5 million words and costs 100 credits, one per video. That is more than most AI chats will hold at once, so use the combined export in NotebookLM, or connect the MCP server and let the assistant fetch only the episodes a question needs.
Questions
Are Huberman Lab transcripts auto-generated?
Mixed. Of the 36 videos from Huberman Lab in our library, 3 carry captions uploaded by the channel and 33 use YouTube's auto-generated ones. When both exist, the channel's own captions are used.
Is there a limit on how many Huberman Lab videos I can transcribe?
You can run a whole channel or playlist in one job. Large archives are processed in batches with live progress, and everything you have already pulled is cached so re-runs are instant.
Do I need to sign in?
No. Paste a link and go.
What if a video has no captions?
It is skipped and reported in the results, and the rest of the job continues. Videos with creator-written captions are preferred over auto-generated ones when both exist.
Can I get one file instead of hundreds?
Yes. Choose the combined export to get the entire channel or playlist as a single document, which is what you want for NotebookLM, ChatGPT, or Claude.