YouTube Playlist Extractor

Paste a playlist URL to list every video and pull their transcripts - free to try, no card.

Fast, free, and no card required. SSL secured.

How it works

  1. Paste the playlist's URL (or its ID) into the box above.
  2. Browse its videos, loading more pages as needed.
  3. Select up to 10 videos and click Extract - each transcript is fetched in the background.
  4. Copy the combined text or download it as a single .txt file.

Why extract a whole playlist

Turn a course playlist into notes

Pull transcripts across an entire tutorial or lecture playlist to build searchable study notes.

Archive a curated collection

Turn a playlist's videos into searchable text for reference, show notes, or your own knowledge base.

Research across a themed playlist

Extract transcripts from a topic-focused playlist to compare how different videos cover the same subject.

Need more than 10 videos at a time?

This tool is built for quick, one-off research - free to try, with more transcripts on a free account. For a full playlist, scheduled/recurring pulls, or wiring this into an AI agent, use the public API (from $5/month for 1,000 credits).

View API pricing & credits

Playlist Transcript Extraction FAQs

How do I extract transcripts from an entire YouTube playlist?

Paste the playlist's URL above, wait for its videos to load, select the ones you want (or use "Select first 10"), then click Extract. You can copy the combined text or download it as a .txt file.

Is this free, and do I need to sign up?

Yes - listing a playlist's videos and extracting up to 10 transcripts per batch is free with no account.

Why is there a 10-video cap per extraction?

Fetching an uncached video's transcript costs us a real request to our scraping infrastructure, so an unlimited anonymous bulk tool isn't sustainable. 10 per batch covers most quick research tasks; you can run it again for more.

What if I need a whole playlist (hundreds of videos) or recurring pulls?

Use the public API's /playlist and /transcript endpoints - credit-metered with no per-batch cap, starting at $5/month for 1,000 credits.

Does this work on any playlist?

Any public YouTube playlist. Private or unlisted playlists aren't accessible, same as browsing YouTube directly.