YouTube Transcript Search
Find every time a word or phrase is said in a video, then jump straight to that moment.
Works on any public video with captions, manual or auto-generated. Searching the transcript is instant.
How it works
- Paste a YouTube link or video ID and click Get transcript.
- Type a word or phrase in the search box.
- Click a timestamp to open the video at that exact moment.
Why search a transcript
Find a quote
Get the exact words and the second they were said, without scrubbing through the video.
Review a lecture
Jump to every place a term comes up before an exam.
Research faster
Check whether a long interview or podcast covers a topic, and where.
Need to search many videos?
To pull transcripts for a whole channel or playlist from code, use the public API.
YouTube Transcript Search FAQs
Can I search for a phrase, not just one word?
Yes. Type the whole phrase. It is found even when it runs across two caption lines.
Is the search case-sensitive?
No. "Stay Hungry" and "stay hungry" find the same places.
Does it work with auto-generated captions?
Yes. Any public video with captions works, including YouTube's automatic ones. Auto captions can spell names and jargon differently, so try a shorter word if a search finds nothing.
Can I search across all of YouTube?
Not here. This tool searches one video at a time. To search a whole channel, download its transcripts with the channel transcripts tool and search the file.
Is it free?
Yes. Getting a transcript is free, and searching it as many times as you like costs nothing.