# Youtube Transcript Downloader

> Lets you download the Transcripts of Youtube Videos as JSONs It does this by adding a download button to the vanilla Youtube transcript which uses some custom parsing in order to convert all data and metadata into a JSON that then gets downloaded.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-downloader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-downloader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-transcript-downloader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** RandomGamingDev
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,download-management,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 863
- **Weekly downloads:** 28
- **Rating:** 4.13 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-01
- **First published:** 2024-07-20
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-transcript-downloader/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/RandomGamingDev/yt-transcript-downloader](https://github.com/RandomGamingDev/yt-transcript-downloader)

## Description

The YouTube Transcript Downloader Chrome extension enables users to easily download transcripts of YouTube videos in JSON format. It enhances the native YouTube transcript feature by adding a download button that leverages custom parsing to convert all transcript data and metadata into a structured JSON file for efficient saving and use.

This tool provides developers, researchers, and content creators a straightforward method to extract and utilize video transcripts programmatically. The JSON output includes the video title, URL, and segmented sections with timestamped lines, facilitating detailed analysis or integration. Open-source code is available for transparency and customization at the project's GitHub repository.

## Rankings

- #3,624 — Overall
- #204 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #323 — Download Management
- #67 — script
- #74 — json
- #203 — downloader

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-downloader)