extension ExtPose

YouTube Transcript Search

CRX id

eeebipnojmgobognppffkenhdoidendi-

Description from extension meta

Download YT transcripts and search through all at once to find timestamps

Image from store YouTube Transcript Search
Description from store Version 1.16 update (1 July 2023) 1) Fixed issue with downloading videos and livestream transcripts 2) Added donation link Version 1.15 update (4 Nov 2022) 1) Added ability to download/search from within live videos tab or a specific playlist. Version 1.14 update (29 Oct 2022) 1) Fixed issue with video extraction caused by the recent change to the user interface on YouTube. Current version bypasses the need for scrolling within a channel's videos page, but not within search results. Version 1.13 update 1) fixed some minor duplication issue. 2) fixed issue where uploaded files were not cleared out upon new uploads and the duplication of the search button. Version 1.12 Update 1) fixed issue where the initial transcript download did not keep the full list in memory if it exceeded 300mb. This issue made it so users had to reupload the transcripts which is mentioned at 8:58 in the demo video. 2) cleaned up the UI a bit. Removed some non-functional components. 3) added the ability to loop through search results and search those transcripts. This tool allows a user to search YouTube transcripts at scale. Running the tool on a channel's video tab will loop through the videos and extract the transcripts. Once the transcripts are loaded, a user can search through the transcripts to identify the timestamp associated with the match. Transcripts are downloaded as JSON files for later use. The max file size is about 300MB, so it may download multiple files and you will need to allow YouTube to allow multiple files. Previously downloaded transcripts can be uploaded to save time for future searches. Due to the size of files, the tool may hang up if you are uploading multiple transcript files. Just wait for the page to finish what it is doing. Do not click around as it will only cause more delays. The search can look for words near other words by using the tilde symbol, e.g., word~other stuff Double quotes create a word boundary. The default searches within 29 characters. You can adjust that by adding a custom number variance, e.g., word~245 other stuff No quotes assumes a wildcard on either side of the word. OR statements are allowed, e.g., (this OR that OR the other thing). Spaces are converted to 0-3 of any character, so "web store" would match "webstore" or "webed store". If you search for something really simple like, "the," you are going to have a bad time. Once the search is complete, you can download the results as a TSV (tab separated values) file which can be opened in google sheets or excel. To open in Excel, you will need to open a blank workbook and then open the file from the file menu. Be sure to change the file format to "all files" and select "tab separated."

Latest reviews

  • (2025-07-05) Justine: I've used this for years and it's for sure a 5star, super useful... but it recently stopped working entirely! :'( Please fix!
  • (2025-06-20) DDD: I would give this extension a 5-Star rating for the past couple years. It was working fine up until about a week ago. Now, my JSONS only display "[]" I tried updating, deleting and reinstalling the extension a couple times, no success.
  • (2025-06-16) BruH: It was great but it stopped working, it needs an update
  • (2025-05-18) Mat Rix: Hey please check, transcript doesnt load , been happening from past 2 days
  • (2024-12-19) Travis Latner: Wow this is so helpful! I was trying to find a video where this guy talked about something specific, but I couldn't find it as they have hundreds of videos and post everyday, sometimes multiple times a day, so it would have been hours of research. NOT ANYMORE! Thank you so much I was able to pin point the exact video and time stamp too!
  • (2024-02-20) sona muda: Good jog,I loved this extension
  • (2024-02-07) James Gough: It only downloads the first 30 or so videos. You can't change the settings otherwise and the date function doesn't work. HOWEVER, you can import a list of videos and it will download them and then a quick script can convert them into readable formats. I'll send him a tip. Thanks
  • (2023-12-30) Luke Kenworthy: Doesn't let you change the date range. Only the ~30 latest videos can be searched.
  • (2023-12-10) Christopher de Vidal: Ran it against a channel with hundreds of videos (@DavidCanterbury), but it only searched about a dozen videos. So I reloaded the page and scrolled to the bottom of the channel (which took a while), and ran it again; On the second time, it still only searched about a dozen, but this time it produced a blank file as the output. I'm not sure what's going on with it. Two stars because the first time searching, it did work a little bit.
  • (2023-11-23) Walter Johnson: Just tried this.... it is fantastic!
  • (2023-11-22) Khurrum Mahmood: It just shows as grayed out on the Videos tab, or any tab.
  • (2023-11-05) Christoph Hollmann: So I remembered one very good joke from a Pitch Meetings episode "So is this an homage or a ripoff? Well with which one we dont get sued? Hommage. Sure that one then. Its a mirage." I googled and googled and went crazy because I could not find the episode. It didn't really matter - I did not need it for anything. I just wanted to know what episode it was from. And not knowing drove me crazy. 1 minute with this extension I have piece of mind again. Thank you so much!
  • (2023-11-05) Christoph Hollmann: So I remembered one very good joke from a Pitch Meetings episode "So is this an homage or a ripoff? Well with which one we dont get sued? Hommage. Sure that one then. Its a mirage." I googled and googled and went crazy because I could not find the episode. It didn't really matter - I did not need it for anything. I just wanted to know what episode it was from. And not knowing drove me crazy. 1 minute with this extension I have piece of mind again. Thank you so much!
  • (2023-11-02) Eric Neal: I love the concept and potential of this app. It's a game changer for commentary and investigation users, but it needs some fine tuning. For me, it only seems to work if I put in a date range and it seems to exclude a lot of videos. That being said, I still really like it.
  • (2023-11-02) Eric Neal: I love the concept and potential of this app. It's a game changer for commentary and investigation users, but it needs some fine tuning. For me, it only seems to work if I put in a date range and it seems to exclude a lot of videos. That being said, I still really like it.
  • (2023-09-26) Kevin D: It's broken. Hopefully you have time to take a look. Cheers
  • (2023-09-26) Kevin D: It's broken. Hopefully you have time to take a look. Cheers
  • (2023-09-14) ZAPPELFRY: It does what it should. The only thing what makes a problem for me is that there seems to be a limit of 30 results at a time. mabe i do something wrong i don't know. i would pay for an option without a limit. when i search a youtube channel with 400 videos i want to do it in one click. is there a way to do it?
  • (2023-09-14) ZAPPELFRY: It does what it should. The only thing what makes a problem for me is that there seems to be a limit of 30 results at a time. mabe i do something wrong i don't know. i would pay for an option without a limit. when i search a youtube channel with 400 videos i want to do it in one click. is there a way to do it?
  • (2023-08-22) Riley Jones: Worked like a charm
  • (2023-08-22) Riley Jones: Worked like a charm
  • (2023-08-15) Joseph La Mere: Great extension, when it works. It's a bit buggy in selecting anything other than the start date. Very often, clicking anywhere within the extension selects start date, even if the mouse is no where near the start date. If that can be fixed, it's an automatic 5 stars.
  • (2023-08-15) Joseph La Mere: Great extension, when it works. It's a bit buggy in selecting anything other than the start date. Very often, clicking anywhere within the extension selects start date, even if the mouse is no where near the start date. If that can be fixed, it's an automatic 5 stars.
  • (2023-07-24) Cody Conyers (StellarAvenger): It's close, but select date range doesn't work. It only downloads the transcripts for the most recent vids.
  • (2023-07-24) Cody Conyers (StellarAvenger): It's close, but select date range doesn't work. It only downloads the transcripts for the most recent vids.
  • (2023-06-28) John: Nothing happens? I don't get any option to activate the extension... it's added but there's no way to start it...
  • (2023-06-28) Eric: Nothing happens? I don't get any option to activate the extension... it's added but there's no way to start it...
  • (2023-06-13) Sam Biswas: I've waited over 20 min just for this one to change from "Initiate Program" to "Run Search" and still nothing happen, is there something I've missed?
  • (2023-06-13) Sam Biswas: I've waited over 20 min just for this one to change from "Initiate Program" to "Run Search" and still nothing happen, is there something I've missed?
  • (2023-05-29) Jesse Gardner: It still works so relax. Like others said it doesn't work when a video is pull up on your tab, although I havent confirmed that as I only know it works. Try to only use it on youtube home page or a channel home page and not on a video page.
  • (2023-05-29) Jesse Gardner: It still works so relax. Like others said it doesn't work when a video is pull up on your tab, although I havent confirmed that as I only know it works. Try to only use it on youtube home page or a channel home page and not on a video page.
  • (2023-05-05) matthewarnold1776: I love it, but doesnt seem to be working at the moment.
  • (2023-05-05) matthewarnold1776: I love it, but doesnt seem to be working at the moment.
  • (2023-03-10) Abel Schutte: It was the crème de la crème... Until YouTube changed something. Now it does not work anymore :/
  • (2023-03-10) Abel Schutte: It was the crème de la crème... Until YouTube changed something. Now it does not work anymore :/
  • (2023-03-03) redacted: deserves 1 start since it doesn't work. it works when you are on home tab of a channel but not the videos tab (where it should and what video tutorial guides). i give it 2 star and will update to 5 start when it actually works as it was intended.
  • (2023-03-03) redacted: deserves 1 start since it doesn't work. it works when you are on home tab of a channel but not the videos tab (where it should and what video tutorial guides). i give it 2 star and will update to 5 start when it actually works as it was intended.
  • (2023-01-29) DT 0997: It was a good extension, but now it doesn't work.
  • (2023-01-29) DT 0997: It was a good extension, but now it doesn't work.
  • (2023-01-11) Anon ymous: Idk. Seemed really promising but doesn't seem to work. The video posted on this listing no longer matches what is shown in the extension when you enable it. My guess is some kind of update to YouTube came along and the developer needs to update the listing. Hopefully this can be fixed. Currently the program will not pull any transcripts, and therefore cannot perform any searches.
  • (2023-01-11) Anon ymous: Idk. Seemed really promising but doesn't seem to work. The video posted on this listing no longer matches what is shown in the extension when you enable it. My guess is some kind of update to YouTube came along and the developer needs to update the listing. Hopefully this can be fixed. Currently the program will not pull any transcripts, and therefore cannot perform any searches.
  • (2022-12-05) Bob Bobby: worked well for a while but now it bugs out on the videos page and wont download any transcripts at all
  • (2022-12-05) Bob Bobby: worked well for a while but now it bugs out on the videos page and wont download any transcripts at all
  • (2022-12-04) Kate H. Miller: Really cool feature. I think YouTube's new formatting thing for /videos pages (Recently Uploaded vs. Popular tabs) may have messed up the extension a bit (or I'm doing it wrong, which is definitely possible) because I can't search time periods on entire channels, only in playlists, but it still worked for my purposes.
  • (2022-12-04) Kate H. Miller: Really cool feature. I think YouTube's new formatting thing for /videos pages (Recently Uploaded vs. Popular tabs) may have messed up the extension a bit (or I'm doing it wrong, which is definitely possible) because I can't search time periods on entire channels, only in playlists, but it still worked for my purposes.
  • (2022-10-31) Michelle Agnew: Great extension and video for showing how to use it. Thank you!
  • (2022-10-31) Michelle Agnew: Great extension and video for showing how to use it. Thank you!
  • (2022-10-13) ai: Wow this is amazing chrome extension. I hope you will add srt, xlsx options. 👍
  • (2022-10-13) ai: Wow this is amazing chrome extension. I hope you will add srt, xlsx options. 👍

Statistics

Installs
2,000 history
Category
Rating
3.5 (36 votes)
Last update / version
2023-07-03 / 1.16
Listing languages
en-US

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