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Extract video transcripts from a URL and get clean, readable text with timestamps. Copy or download subtitles for notes, research, and content review.

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Extract Web Data with ThunderbitUse Thunderbit to scrape pages fast and turn messy sites into structured tables with AI. Automate extraction across subpages and export to Sheets, Airtable, or Notion.
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Extract Web Data with Thunderbit

Collect structured data from websites in a couple of clicks with Thunderbit’s AI Web Scraper Chrome extension. Scrape listings, profiles, and directories, then follow subpages to enrich each row with more fields. Thunderbit can also scrape PDFs, docs, and images, and help summarize, categorize, and format the extracted data. Export results to Google Sheets, Airtable, or Notion, or download as CSV or JSON. Use pagination support and optional cloud scraping to process up to 50 pages per batch, or switch to browser scraping for logged-in sites. Set up scheduled scraping to keep datasets fresh with minimal manual work.

How to Extract YouTube Transcripts Using Thunderbit

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STEP 1Download and InstallDownload and install the Thunderbit Chrome Extension from the Thunderbit Chrome Extension Download Page. Once installed, log in or create a free account to get started.
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STEP 2Open ExtensionOpen the Thunderbit Chrome Extension, then select the YouTube Transcript Extractor. In the "Enter YouTube Video URL" tab, paste the full YouTube link into the "video_url" field. If you want a specific transcript language, enter a code like "en" or "es" in "preferred_language". Choose a transcript format in the "format" dropdown: select "paragraphs" for clean text without timestamps, or "timestamps" to include time markers before each segment.
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STEP 3Click the Extract transcript ButtonClick the "Extract transcript" button to generate the transcript from the provided video URL. Thunderbit retrieves the available subtitles, applies your language and formatting choices, and displays the full transcript as text. After the transcript appears, copy the text for reuse, or download it as a file if you want to save it for later.

Learn how to extract YouTube video transcripts from a URL

Extract transcripts from YouTube links

Paste a YouTube video URL and generate the full transcript based on the subtitles available for that video. This helps anyone who needs the spoken content in text form, such as marketers repurposing video into blogs, students creating study notes, or sales teams reviewing webinars. Instead of replaying sections and typing by hand, you get a readable transcript you can copy and use right away.
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Choose language and formatting options

Select a preferred transcript language (like en, en-US, or es) when multiple subtitle tracks exist, or leave it blank to use the best available option. You can also choose between paragraph formatting for clean reading or timestamp formatting for precise referencing. This is useful for teams that need quotes with time markers, editors building captions, or researchers who want to cite exact moments in a video.
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Repurpose video content into written assets

Turn interviews, product demos, podcasts, and webinars into text you can reuse for blog posts, newsletters, social snippets, and documentation. With a transcript, you can search for key topics, pull quotes, and outline summaries faster than scrubbing through video. This workflow fits content marketers, founders, and creator teams who publish across multiple channels and need a reliable source text.
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Support analysis, review, and team collaboration

Use transcripts to review customer calls, training videos, and internal presentations with less back-and-forth. Timestamp mode helps teams align on specific sections, while paragraph mode works well for sharing notes in docs or knowledge bases. This is helpful for product and research teams analyzing user interviews, educators preparing lesson materials, and operations teams documenting standard procedures from recorded walkthroughs.
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What users say about Thunderbit

Taryn W.Growth Strategist@Thunderbit changed how I run competitor research. I click 'AI Suggest Fields,' and it builds a clean table across paginated results—no coding, no CSS. Huge time-saver when analyzing product data from long-tail marketplaces.
Miles T.Sales Development ConsultantI use Thunderbit to grab emails and phone numbers from directories. It extracts clean contact info in one click, and exporting to Sheets or Notion takes seconds. No extra setup, no coding—just usable data ready to work with.
Rhea C.E-commerce AnalystThunderbit helps me monitor SKU data across multiple pages. I scrape the listings, then use Subpage Scraping to pull full product specs, pricing, reviews, and stock. The AI organizes everything into columns I define.
Cassian B.Real Estate AdvisorThunderbit's Scheduled Scraper makes real estate tracking easier. I describe the interval in plain English, and it automatically pulls updated listings, prices, and links without touching the setup again. Simple and very practical.
Dorian B.Content & SEO SpecialistI use Thunderbit's Field AI Prompts to clean and tag scraped blog content. It extracts titles, authors, and even suggests categories. Works great across dynamic sites and subpages—perfect for building structured SEO datasets.
Lina K.Marketplace Operations LeadWe track SKUs from niche stores using Thunderbit. Cloud Scraping handles 50 pages at a time, and for login-required sites, we switch to browser mode. It’s fast, flexible, and doesn’t need ongoing maintenance or manual edits.
Jorge F.Inbound Sales ManagerThunderbit’s AI Autofill is a lifesaver. After scraping contact info, I use it to fill lead forms directly in my browser. I just select the tab, and it fills everything using the scraped row. No manual input needed.
Alina D.Freelance ResearcherI rely on Thunderbit for extracting data from PDFs, image-based sites, and infinite scroll pages. It handles messy formats with AI and delivers ready-to-export tables I can send to Google Sheets or Airtable in seconds.
Taryn W.Growth Strategist@Thunderbit changed how I run competitor research. I click 'AI Suggest Fields,' and it builds a clean table across paginated results—no coding, no CSS. Huge time-saver when analyzing product data from long-tail marketplaces.
Miles T.Sales Development ConsultantI use Thunderbit to grab emails and phone numbers from directories. It extracts clean contact info in one click, and exporting to Sheets or Notion takes seconds. No extra setup, no coding—just usable data ready to work with.
Rhea C.E-commerce AnalystThunderbit helps me monitor SKU data across multiple pages. I scrape the listings, then use Subpage Scraping to pull full product specs, pricing, reviews, and stock. The AI organizes everything into columns I define.
Cassian B.Real Estate AdvisorThunderbit's Scheduled Scraper makes real estate tracking easier. I describe the interval in plain English, and it automatically pulls updated listings, prices, and links without touching the setup again. Simple and very practical.
Dorian B.Content & SEO SpecialistI use Thunderbit's Field AI Prompts to clean and tag scraped blog content. It extracts titles, authors, and even suggests categories. Works great across dynamic sites and subpages—perfect for building structured SEO datasets.
Lina K.Marketplace Operations LeadWe track SKUs from niche stores using Thunderbit. Cloud Scraping handles 50 pages at a time, and for login-required sites, we switch to browser mode. It’s fast, flexible, and doesn’t need ongoing maintenance or manual edits.
Jorge F.Inbound Sales ManagerThunderbit’s AI Autofill is a lifesaver. After scraping contact info, I use it to fill lead forms directly in my browser. I just select the tab, and it fills everything using the scraped row. No manual input needed.
Alina D.Freelance ResearcherI rely on Thunderbit for extracting data from PDFs, image-based sites, and infinite scroll pages. It handles messy formats with AI and delivers ready-to-export tables I can send to Google Sheets or Airtable in seconds.

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