Free tool
YouTube channel transcript downloader
Paste a channel URL and get the transcript of every video it has published — not one at a time.
Download channel transcriptsWhat counts as a channel URL
Any of these work, and the type is detected automatically: a handle like youtube.com/@channelname, a legacy /c/ or /user/ URL, a channel ID URL, or the channel's Videos tab. You do not need to find a playlist ID or dig through the page source.
How many videos you can pull
A channel job runs up to 300 videos at a time, processed in parallel with live progress so you can watch each transcript land. Large channels are simply run in batches — and because every transcript is cached, a second pass over the same channel only fetches what is new.
What you get back
One file per video in a ZIP, or the entire channel as a single combined document. Each transcript carries the video title, channel, upload date, duration, and link in a header, so you can always trace a line back to the video it came from.
Videos without captions
Some videos have captions disabled and no auto-generated track. Those are reported in the results and skipped; the rest of the job continues. Where both exist, creator-written captions are preferred over auto-generated ones because they are materially more accurate.
Questions
Can I download transcripts from any YouTube channel?
Any channel whose videos have captions available — which is the overwhelming majority, since YouTube auto-generates them for most uploads.
Do I need a Google account or API key?
No. There is no sign-up, no OAuth, and no API key to configure.
How long does a whole channel take?
Videos are fetched in parallel, so a 50-video channel typically finishes in a couple of minutes. Anything already in your library returns instantly.