YouTube Transcript API That Just Works
transcriptapi.com Video & Audio / Transcription & Dictation
- Monthly visits
- 59.2K
- Down17.7%MoMSep 2026
- Entry price
- $5/mo
- Lower than 83% of peersNiche median $9.99/mo
- Launched
- 11mo ago
- 2025-12-20 · Est.
Traffic & revenue
- Nov 2026$16.9KSelf-reported MRR · unverified
Revenue evidence
Publicly disclosed & verified revenue figures, sorted by date“📽️TranscriptAPI — $16.9K”
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions- SaaS is dead, they say 引用帖 @scheemunai： I made $52,555 in October 2026. 🤖CRHQ .ai — $24.3K 📽️TranscriptAPI — $16.9K 📰YoutubeToTranscript — $8.4K 🏠ZillAPI — $2088 🏖️StayingAPI — $451 📷Recapio — $388 + $10K+ in client work an
@scheemunai · 2026-11-02 · 24 likes · 2 reposts · 1,707 views
- I made $52,555 in October 2026. 🤖CRHQ .ai — $24.3K 📽️TranscriptAPI — $16.9K 📰YoutubeToTranscript — $8.4K 🏠ZillAPI — $2088 🏖️StayingAPI — $451 📷Recapio — $388 + $10K+ in client work and consulting fees. 引用帖 @scheemunai： I ma
@scheemunai · 2026-11-02 · 233 likes · 3 reposts · 16.5K views
- I turned ChatGPT into a YouTube research agent 🤯 It searched 5 pizza tutorials, read every transcript, compared the methods, built one perfect recipe—and linked its findings to the exact moments in each video. Here’s how 👇
@transcriptapi · 2026-09-02 · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 36 views
TranscriptAPI is being offered for sale at $480KProduct Activity
TranscriptAPI has become fully autonomous run by CRHQ, and conversations to sell the business are taking place at $480K.
Nov 4 · 10d agoX Post
Launched on Show HN (1 pts)Launch
My YouTube API Tool generated 10M transcripts this month
Jan 26 · 10mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Show HN (2 pts)Launch
A JSON API for YouTube Transcript with MCP Support — I built this because running yt-dlp in production (especially on serverless/Vercel) is a nightmare of IP blocks, cold starts, and binary d…
Dec 23, 2025 · 11mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Uneed (#1)Launch
TranscriptAPI — Get YouTube Transcripts Everywhere
Dec 20, 2025 · 11mo agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- Post excerpt:
- I built this because running yt-dlp in production (especially on serverless/Vercel) is a nightmare of IP blocks, cold starts, and binary dependencies. TranscriptAPI is a lightweight wrapper that handles the extraction, formatting, and proxy rotation. It prioritizes manual captions over auto-generated ones and returns clean JSON with timestamps, ready for RAG
MCP Server & Agent Ecosystem
- Exposed tool capabilities:
- Video TranscriptionSummarize videosStudy notesSearch indexesContent repurposingAI Agent Skills
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Display Ads35%
- Direct31%
- Organic Search14%
- Referrals8%
- Other12%
Countries
- India21%
- United States12%
- Vietnam11%
- Germany6%
- Canada5%
Search
Domain authority 42Domain registered 2024-11-20
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| youtube transcript api | 3,880 |
| transcriptapi | 1,590 |
| transcript api | 1,480 |
| youtube-transcript-api | 1,450 |
| youtubetranscriptapi | 940 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Trial: None · 2 paid tiers ($4.5–$5) · Observed 2026-11-03 · Pricing page
Entry price $5/mo, Lower than 83% of peers; “Transcription & Dictation” median is $9.99/mo.View pricing benchmark
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshots- Hometranscriptapi.com/
- Pricingtranscriptapi.com/#pricing Snapshot 2026-11-03
Changes
No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.
Questions & evidence
- How much does TranscriptAPI cost?
- Monthly: $5/mo; Annual: $4.5/mo (billed annually) (annual billing available). Observed 2026-11-03. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
- How much website traffic does TranscriptAPI get?
- Vaneform estimates 59.2K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate does not measure paying customers or revenue.Source
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