TranscriptYTHow to get a comedy transcript from YouTube
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Copy the set's link
Stand-up sets, specials, late-night monologues, and sketches all work.
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Paste it above
The set loads as text with a timestamp on every line.
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Find the bit
Search for a word from the joke and click the line to watch it again.
Find that one bit
Comedy specials run an hour or more. The transcript lets you find the joke you're thinking of in seconds instead of scrubbing.
For comedians and writers
Study how a set is built, from setup to callback, by reading it with timestamps next to the performance.
Need more?
Need transcripts at scale? Use the API
The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.
curl "https://transcript-yt.com/v1/transcript?url=5f3Pn-N6yLc&format=text" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ts_live_..."
Common questions
Can I find a specific joke in a special?
Yes. Search the transcript for a word you remember from the bit and click the line to jump there.
Do transcripts include audience laughter?
Some captions mark [laughter] and [applause]; others only have the spoken lines.
Can I share a joke with the exact moment?
Yes. Copy the line and use its timestamp with the YouTube Timestamp Link Generator.
What if the video has no captions?
The free tool reads the captions YouTube already has, creator-uploaded or auto-generated, and most videos with speech have them. For a video with no captions at all, click Transcribe the audio with AI: it's on paid plans and credit packs, at 1 credit per minute.