Tom Scott Transcripts | Free YouTube Transcript API

Get transcripts of Tom Scott videos via REST API. Short-form weird-things-around-the-world videos. Free tier available. Use the YouTube Transcript API to programmatically pull transcripts from Tom Scott videos for analysis, summarization, search, or AI training.

Quick start

Get any Tom Scott video's transcript in one HTTP request:

curl "https://youtubetranscript.us/api/v1/transcript?video_id=YOUR_VIDEO_ID" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Python example

import requests
r = requests.get("https://youtubetranscript.us/api/v1/transcript",
                 params={"video_id": "VIDEO_ID"},
                 headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"})
data = r.json()
for line in data["transcript"]:
    print(line["start"], line["text"])

Why use it for Tom Scott?

Get started: Sign up for a free API key. 500 requests/month on the starter plan.

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